<div dir="ltr"><div><img src="cid:ii_lryzmfrs0" alt="2023-LakeChamplain_darkNOAAblue_transparent.png" width="160" height="79" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><b><div><b><br></b></div>Lake Champlain Sea Grant Research Webinar</b><br><br>Join us for the January 31 research presentation in our spring webinar series.<br><br><b><i>Eating, moving, and eating again: Considering cross-habitat connectivity and fish movement improves our understanding of Lake Champlain food webs</i></b><br><br><b>Date/Time:</b> Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm<br><br><b>Location:</b> Zoom (registration required). <b>REGISTER <a href="https://www.uvm.edu/seagrant/programs/events/research-webinar-eating-moving-and-eating-again-considering-cross-habitat" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><br><br><b>Speaker:</b> Justin Lesser, Postdoctoral Associate at the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory (University of Vermont)  <br><br><b>Description:</b> Across all ecosystems, consumers can move energy and nutrients across space; that fish you catch in your favorite spot could have visited 20+ favorite spots that day. By eating in one location, moving somewhere else, and eating again, or by being eaten themselves, consumers link habitats that otherwise might be thought of as distinct, separate ecosystems. Lesser will discuss current preliminary work from the Rubenstein Lab, demonstrating how applying concepts of cross-habitat connectivity from completely different ecosystems can greatly enhance our understanding of the rules and drivers of fish production in Lake Champlain. The frameworks he utilized highlight consequences for lake food web productivity under projected climate change in the Lake Champlain basin and reveal new implications for projected ecosystem change in the face of imminent invaders.<div><br></div><div>Hope to see you there!<font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div></font></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">Aude Lochet, PhD</font></b><div><font face="times new roman, serif">(She/Her/Hers)<br></font><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Lake Champlain Sea Grant, Lake Champlain Research Institute</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Water Resources Outreach/Extension Specialist</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Adjunct Instructor</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">SUNY Plattsburgh</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Mail box: Hudson Hall 136</span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Office: Hudson Hall 123</span><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">101 Broad Street<br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;line-height:18px;display:inline">(o) 518-564-2056</div><a href="tel:+1-518-564-3039" title="Office Phone Number" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);background-color:transparent;line-height:18px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin:0px;display:inline" target="_blank"><br></a></font></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>