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EAST BAY AQUATIC LIFE

A TNN Field study shows there are very few macro-invertebrates found near the East Bayshore due to the lack of diverse habitat for colonization. Game fish are at the top ...

MACRO ORGANISM STUDY AT EASTB SHORE

‘Macros’ were sampled from floating debris, woody debris, and small cobble.  TNN funded this assessment of the density and health of aquatic food web near shore; four new locations to ...

QUAGGA MUSSEL CONTROL TEST

Good Harbor Bay near Sleeping Bear Dunes. Goal: Evaluate controls for invasive deep-water quagga mussels in coastal, naturally rocky, reef habitats. In short, learn to kill Quagga where they live - ...

PIPING PLOVER THREATS

Officials at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore are doing what they can to protect an already endangered shorebird from rising water levels in the Great Lakes.  Rising water levels ...

FISH EGGS SUFFOCATE IN LAKE MICHIGAN REEFS

Many Great Lakes reefs have been smothered by invasive Quagga & Zebra mussels, leaving (fish) eggs exposed and vulnerable to predators.  Near river mouths and tributaries, scientists say these reefs ...