Our new peer-reviewed paper is in the September issue of the journal Freshwater Science. We have been studying Lake Minnewaska for many years now and found successive (serial) introductions of two fish species – first a minnow (Golden shiner) followed by Largemouth bass. We discovered that the bass ate all the minnows and following the loss of all minnows from the lake, the lake partially returned to pre-fish conditions including high water clarity.
My co-authors are all undergraduates from SUNY New Paltz from a variety of majors (Biology, Biochemistry, and Environmental Geochemical Sciences) who have gone on different career paths. All co-authors were incredibly involved in the process. We met for 2+ years in multiple research classes working through data collection, data analysis, writing, etc…; most of the students spent summers as paid researchers via various programs and grants. They devoted a ton of time and effort, even post graduation to seeing this paper get published. Hopefully, this process was informative and helped them develop useful skills for their future careers. (Thanks Emma, Hailee, Dejea, Avery, Sawyer, Kayla, and Heather!)