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Freshwater Colloquium: Contaminant biotransport by migratory fish in the Great Lakes
December 2, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Brandon Gerig will present “Contaminant biotransport by migratory fish in the Great Lakes” as part of the School of Freshwater Sciences Fall colloquium.
Dr. Gerig is an Assistant Professor here at the School of Freshwater Sciences. As an applied ecologist, his research is broadly focused on freshwater fish and the food webs that support them. Prior to joining UWM, Gerig was an ecologist for the National Park Service where he co-led the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit out of the University of Missouri. H also previously served as an assistant professor at Northern Michigan University (promoted to associate in 2022) where his teaching and research focus was primarily on the Upper Great Lakes.
In the Great Lakes, introduced Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) deposit resources and contaminants as carcass and gametic tissue during spawning migrations to tributaries. Such ecosystem linkages can increase growth and contaminant bioaccumulation in stream-resident fish but mechanisms driving this process remain unclear. In this seminar, Dr. Gerig will synthesize findings from observational, experimental, and modeling studies related to Pacific salmon and other migratory fish species in the Great Lakes.
This final seminar of the Fall 2024 Freshwater Colloquium series will be, as usual, in the GLRF Ballroom. Snacks will be available prior to the talk. Please join us!
This presentation is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni and the public.
Fall 2024 Colloquium Series schedule. The Colloquium series creates a platform where students, faculty, and scientists discuss emergent issues related to freshwater science research. Invited speakers present specific topics of their research, as well as policy, commercial, and industrial experiences. Everyone is welcome.