Stockwell Laboratory

Est. 2011

Burlington, Vermont

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Stockwell Laboratory

Est. 2011

Burlington, Vermont

Welcome.

The Stockwell Laboratory is housed within the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory at the University of Vermont. Our interests are diverse and include the impact of cyanobacteria blooms on food webs, winter aquatic ecology, the role of diel vertical migration in aquatic systems, and impacts of disturbance events on lakes.

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Jason Stockwell

RT @CEREEP_Ecotron: ECORELAX experiment with aquatic metacommunities by Isabelle Gounand @INEE_CNRS @iEESParis up and running with help… https://t.co/SzLr0T8rZ6
Apr 3, 2023, 9:21 PM
Jason Stockwell

RT @aslo_org: Today is a big day for ASLO! We are proudly honoring a group of exemplary scientists, their scientific achievements… https://t.co/RGXEjezbcD
Apr 3, 2023, 6:19 PM

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Congratulations to Rosie Chapina 🎉a second year PhD candidate in the Rube Lab who recently accepted the co-chair position for the Student Association of the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON). GLEON is a world-wide network with the m

Look who’s back...⛴⚓️
Yesterday our research vessel, the Melosira, was launched in Lake Champlain and is now back in the slip at the Burlington Waterfront!

Following regulations and plans from the state of Vermont and from the University if Ve

The recent sunshine has us reminiscing about sunny days out on our research vessel, the Melosira. We’re hoping to have the vessel out on Lake Champlain again soon.

#fieldwork #research #sunshine #lakechamplain #bluesky 📷 credit: @cass_wolfan

Happy Earth Day from the Rube Lab! Take some time to get into nature and enjoy the 50th anniversary of this incredible day. I’d you’re looking to take some action, check out the website: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/

#earthda

While COVID-19 has been keeping us physically separated, it hasn’t kept us from having fun as a lab. With access to virtual meeting platforms, we’ve happily stayed connected with games like science jeopardy and celebrations for new and gr

Don’t miss out on this incredible virtual learning opportunity hosted by @lakechamplainseagrant!

Original post from @lakechamplainseagrant :
Over the next few weeks the Lake Champlain Sea Grant team will be hosting "Zoom a Scientist,&quot

Looking for an exciting way to practice social distancing? Grab a fishing pole and head out to any local water body. We are fortunate to have so much accessible water here in Vermont. Also, if you’re trying to avoid the grocery store, there are

We are beyond excited to share the announcement of our new boat captain for the Rube Lab, Capt. Kirstin Collins 🎉 ⛴⚓️ Kirstin will bring years of experience working aboard various vessels across the globe. She is thrilled to join our team and we are

Knowledge is one of the most important tools we have and is often taken for granted. Fortunately, there are groups like @lakechamplainseagrant that are driven to continue educating others despite all the challenges we are facing at this time.
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Time for some exciting news! Rube Lab member Ben Block (@feast_the_northeast) successfully defended his Master’s thesis yesterday 🎉 Ben’s research focused on seasonal differences in foraging and growth among three fish species (yellow pe

At the Rube Lab, we acknowledge that we’re surrounded by every-day people who share a similar appreciation for the natural environment. As scientific researchers, we often look at this environment from an analytical and holistic perspective by

Determining the winter diet of lake trout means early mornings out on the ice. It also means great views and great fishing.

#icefishing #lakechamplain #sunrise #laketrout #research #fieldwork #science @rosaptorus @dmmcaree @matt_futia katherinehelme

Last week, members of the Rube Lab went to Lake Placid, NY for the annual meeting of the NY Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. At the meeting we presented recent and ongoing research focused on Lake Champlain. Meetings like this provide a fan

Graduate student Rosie Chapina @rosie_guizar began her semester visiting collaborator and former Rube Lab member Dr. Brian O’Malley at the USGS Lake Ontario Biological Station (LOBS). Brian helped Rosie process ponar samples collected from Lake

These fun pictures are from the past three summers and depict undergraduate interns hard at work with PhD student @wiltonburns on the Vermont EPSCoR Basin Resilience to Extreme Events (BREE) grant. These undergrads were part of the BREE lake research

PhD student Natalie Flores (@nmf3491) researches environmental impacts of cyanobacteria blooms, including potential effects on air quality. She is using epifluorescent microscopy and a natural pigment in cyanobacteria (phycocyanin) to identify cells

Congratulations to Pascal Wilkins, a long-time member of the Rube Lab, for passing his Master’s Thesis Defense today 🎉 Pascal’s thesis project investigated various aspects of the stocked and wild juvenile lake trout populations in Lake C

Great tips from @lakechamplainseagrant on how to stay safe this winter while keeping the environment healthy too! Check out @lakechamplainseagrant to see the original post or try the link below.
#saltsmart

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5lXgHwhH_L/?ig

It’s a bittersweet day when our research vessel, the Melosira, comes off the water. Thank you to our captain @captaincluett and deckhand @nauticalzabel for helping making this season so productive with 120 days of research and education on #lak

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CONTACT US

Jason.Stockwell@uvm.edu

Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory

3 College St., Burlington, VT, 05401, USA