2023 Stone Lab Scholarships Flyer

Student Applicant Guide to Sea Grant Fellowships

2024 Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Student Guide

MK Rinderle is senior environmental science major at The Ohio State University’s School of Environment and Natural Resources. In 2022, she spent the summer at Stone Lab as part of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Fellowship Program.

The program allowed her to completely focus on her research and expand what she learned on Ohio State’s Columbus campus to a larger lab setting. MK completed water quality research with Dr. Justin Chaffin, studying harmful algal blooms using some of Stone Lab’s new mesocosms, which are large tanks of lake water that mimic the natural environment better than smaller bottle experiments. The data they collected in those experiments will help Great Lakes researchers continue to address Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms and provide safe drinking water for millions of people living near the lake.

2022 Aquatic Visitors Center Coordinator Flyer

2022 Stone Lab Scholarships Flyer

2022 Research Aide Flyer

2022 Research Experience for Undergraduates Flyer

2022 Student Jobs Flyer

2022 Biological Field Station Assistant Flyer

Stone Lab’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) students present the results of their independent research projects.

Ohio Sea Grant researchers and Extension specialists are working to protect public health, prevent plastic pollution and maintain drinking water safety.

2020 Stone Lab Biological Sciences Library Display

2020 Stone Lab Jennings Hall Display

A complete overview of the summer 2020 Stone Lab course offerings and details for studying on the island

Student Presenters

Survivorship of Red-winged Blackbirds and American Robins in Human Dominated Areas and Wildlife Preserves
Kevin Perozeni, The Ohio State University (Ornithology REU)

Does Turbidity Type Affect Lure Color Preference in Smallmouth Bass?
Luke Bobay, The Ohio State University (Ichthyology REU)

Investigating the Environmental Drivers of Phytoplankton Community Composition and Cyanotoxin Production in the Maumee River
Audrey Laiveling, University of Cincinnati (Limnology REU)

Effect of Emerald Ash Borer on Lowland Forest Composition of Kelleys Island
Malia Southard, The Ohio State University (Botany REU)

Effects of Light and Nutrients on Benthic Cyanobacteria in Lake Erie
Sophia Schroeder, The Ohio State University (Limnology REU)

Does Microcystis Act as a Biological Phosphorus Pump?
Kathryn Jobe, The Ohio State University (Limnology REU)

Stone Lab field trips have brought life to Lake Erie science to 282,000 kids and adults since 1973.

Results from an ongoing partnership between 10 Ohio universities continue to benefit the state and its residents. Read about some of the newest findings, as well as other Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab success stories, in this newest issue.

Making Lake Erie Science Come Alive

Ohio Sea Grant celebrates its 40th anniversary with a special issue of Twine Line, packed with science, research and education stories from the past, present and future of the program.

Twine Line Winter/Spring 2018. Twine Line gets ready for summer. Learn how travel benefits our state and the ways that research at Stone Lab is improving the quality of our drinking water, plus lots more in this issue of Twine Line.

Stone Lab REU Presentations 2017

Depth distribution of phytoplankton in western Lake Erie: Correlation between buoy and Fluoroprobe-derived data
Alex Johnson, Cleveland State University

Visual detection thresholds of walleye under varying turbidity
Andrew Oppliger, The Ohio State University

Intoxicated fishes: evaluating Aqui-S as an anesthetic for lake trout
Kearstin Findley, Rockford University

Determining nutrient limitations of benthic algae growth using a nutrient diffusing substrate
Marissa Musk, Michigan State University

Nutrient limitations in the central basin of Lake Erie
Madeline Lambrix, The Ohio State University

Effects of sediment resuspension on nutrient flux and nitrification in Lake Erie
Taylor Michael, Kent State University

Changes in forest composition in lowland island forests after the emerald ash borer
Camille Manoukian, The Ohio State University

Importance of Lake Erie island preserves for birds during breeding season
Stacey Clay, The Ohio State University

Presentation 1
Survivorship of Birds in the Lake Erie Region
Adam Cupito

Presentation 2
Determination of a Thermal Coefficient for Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) and IButton Thermologger
Kevin Fisher

Presentation 3
Dominance, Aggression, and Resource Holding Potential in Round Goby
Alex Maytin

Presentation 4
Effects of Turbidity on Emeral Shiner Vision
Caroline McElwain

Presentation 5
Distribution of Orconectes rusticus and Orconectes c.f. propinquus in the Put-in-Bay area of Lake Erie
Lydia Fyie

Presentation 6
Effectiveness of Data Buoys for Detecting CHABs
Morgan Potts

Presentation 7
Recycling of Nutrients from Sediment Resuspension in Lake Erie
Jennifer Brown

Presentation 8
The Cyanobacterial Assemblage and its Relationship to Nitrogen Cycling and Microcystin Concentrations in Sandusky Bay
Michael Elbrecht

Presentation 9
The Role of Nutrient Limitation in Central Basin Cyanobacterial Blooms
Brittany Dalton

Presentation 10
The Effect of Nitrogen Form and Light on Planktothrix Growth and Toxicity in the Sandusky Bay
Emily B. Richards

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