Eighty Years of Tiny Lake Erie Critters
It’s easy to get excited about new science: new discoveries, cool things that have never been seen before, a new solution to an old problem. But sometimes, it’s worth taking a step back to look at what’s been done before, and how history can inform future research.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been collecting information on western Lake Erie benthos – the mollusks, snails and worms that live in sediments on the lake bottom – since the 1930s.