For decades, yellow perch have been an important part of Lake Erie’s ecosystem, supporting both commercial and recreational fisheries. But in recent years, yellow perch productivity in the lake’s central basin has declined.
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A new study led by one of our postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Jason Laurich, looks at a framework that may help predict how species can—and cannot—adapt to increasingly complex conditions in a world facing rapid environmental change.
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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are becoming an increasingly serious problem in lakes worldwide, driven largely by nutrient runoff from agriculture and urban development. A new study co-authored by our director, Dr. Kevin McCann, delves into how one particular neurotoxin and its related compounds move through the food web in Lake Erie.
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A new Ecology Letters article authored in part by our own Dr. Joey Bernhardt tackles a challenge that is becoming central to how we understand the effects of climate change on ecosystems: the disconnect between environmental conditions and the biological communities that live in them.
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Freshwater ecosystems are under growing pressure from human activities like development, climate change, and pollution. But how do we know when fish are most at risk—and how can we use that knowledge to better protect them?
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