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Presley Hasse

Presley Hasse, Biology student, presented "Influence of Floodplain Connectivity on Aquatic Insect Emergence in the Upper Mississippi River " at Mississippi River Research Consortium on April 16 in La Crosse, WI. Presley is an undergraduate student working with Ross Vander Vorste.

Submitted on: April 24

Steven Verhaalen

Steven Verhaalen, Biology student, presented "Understanding the Influence of Substrate Type on Chironomid Emergence in Laboratory Mesocosms" at Mississippi River Research Consortium on April 16 in La Crosse, WI. Steven is an undergraduate student working with Ross Vander Vorste

Submitted on: April 24

Ben Patschull

Ben Patschull, Biology student, presented "Applying Underwater Camera Methods in a Novel Environment to Evaluate Overwintering Habitat Preference in Backwater Lakes on the Upper Mississippi River" at Mississippi River Research Consortium on April 16 in La Crosse, WI. Ben is a graduate student working with David Schumann and Ross Vander Vorste.

Submitted on: April 24

David Ellefson

David Ellefson, Biology student, presented "Dispersal Limitation of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in Pool 8 of the Mississippi River" at Mississippi River Research Consortium on April 16 in La Crosse, WI. David is a first-year graduate student working with Ross Vander Vorste.

Submitted on: April 24

Ross Vander Vorste and Sara Strassman

Ross Vander Vorste, Biology, and Sara Strassman, Trout Unlimited, presented "Desiccation-resistant phytoplankton, zooplankton, and macroinvertebrates: implications for transporting dredged sediments from the Upper Mississippi River" at the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee Annual Conference on March 19 in La Crosse, WI.

Submitted on: April 21