The
canal boat visited on the Tuesday afternoon trip. |
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Tuesday
evening reception. |
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The
Bonzai workshop on Wednesday morning. |
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ABLE
v.s. the Toledo Mud Hens, the farm team of the Detroit
Tigers! |
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Presenter
Kathy Winnett-Murray and Lori Hertl (right) dressed
the part for their mini workshop titled Phylum Masquerade.
Students dress up to best represent a characteristic
organism from a phylum or class that has been assigned
to them, and are evaluated on how well they display
the distinguishing features of the group. |
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ABLE
members at the Toledo Zoo, location of the conference
banquet. |
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At
the conference dinner, ABLE president Carol Budd (right)
presents a "thank you" plaque to host Charlene
Waggoner. |
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Lake
Erie Islands post-conference field trip. The trip
began at mayfly-infested Port Clinton, then continued
to the Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island. |
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Two
ABLE members take bottom samples aboard the Gibraltar
III research vessel. |
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If
you know what a druse of quagga is, you remember your
lessons from the Lake Erie Islands field trip! Mussels
are overrunning the lake bottom, but the most common
is not the zebra mussel, but the very similar quagga
mussel (Dreissena bugensis). When a group of mussels
stick together, the spherical mass of shells is called
a "druse." |
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An
afternoon view from Stone Laboratory. |
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ABLE
group pauses during their tour of Gibraltar Island. |
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View
from the top of the Perry Monument, Put-in-Bay, South
Bass Island. |
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Victorian
courthouse in Bowling Green, just a few blocks from
the
conference dorm. |
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Relaxing
in the sun on Gibralter Island near the Stone Laboratory. |
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On
the ferry to Gilbralter Island on the Saturday Field
trip to the Erie Islands. |
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John
Hageman, leader of tour to Stone Labs, identifying
some zebra mussels for us. |
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On
the Stone Laboratory fishing boat to find some specimens. |
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Part
of the group on Look Out Point on Gibralter Island. |
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