Reporting from #Windsor about the lack of ice on the #GreatLakes this year and how it really impacts shipping (easier, but locks are closed so only inter-basin transport is possible anyway). Also highlighted opportunistic sampling for the #WinterGrab2023 we arranged on the Canadian Coast Guard Ship the Samuel Risley with University of Windsor. #Winter #Limnology 🧊 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/shipping-great-lakes-ice-erca-windsor-port-authority-coast-guard-1.6741874

There isn't much ice this year but we took advantage of the mild weather to use the #CCGSlimnos as a platform to train our new co-op students to sample #HamiltonHarbour water properties and #zooplankton this week. Winter limnology is not well documented for the #GreatLakes so we are making an effort to collect samples monthly if we can. Plenty of phytoplankton and zooplankton. We will do our part sampling again for the collaborative 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 #WinterGrab2023 in a month.

Lifting my twitter moratorium to post a thank you to the @CoastGuardCAN@twitter.com #SamuelRisley crew for assisting us collecting water samples for #WinterGrab2023. Winter limnology on the #GreatLakes is poorly documented and so little ice this year! Samples going to @McKayGLIER@twitter.com. #BravoZulu