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Joe Nohner is a CSIS PhD student who's studying largemouth bass, specifically how habitat helps baby largemouth survive and grow, and the socioeconomic factors that influence landowners’ habitat management choices. He's also a passionate fisherman who aims to understand the layers and layers of complexity to solve ecosystem problems. This is an excerpt from Joe's blog, Fishing for Habitat.
Sept. 25, 2015
This fall, our field team is out conducting electrofishing surveys on 16 lakes in Michigan -- see the video below. Our goal is to determine if changes to shoreline habitats are impacting the growth, reproduction and population sizes of Largemouth Bass. When we catch Largemouth Bass, we also compare what they were eating to the habitats in which they were found. Almost halfway through our surveys for the year, we’ve collected plenty of data.
Joe Riedy measures temperature and dissolved oxygen levels in Ford Lake.
Michelle VanCompernolle records data from Ford Lake.
Jess Clark checks the livewell on the electrofishing boat for Largemouth Bass to measure and release.
The control panel of our Smith-Root electrofishing boat.
