Physical Intricacies of Water
In this episode, Stuart and Carolyn speak with Dr. Jay Austin about stratification in lakes and how the Great Lakes behave differently, stratificationally speaking. Plus: fancy meat!
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Links:
- Jay Austin | Swenson College of Science and Engineering | UMN Duluth
- Winter thermal structure across the Laurentian Great Lakes - ScienceDirect
- In winter, the waters of Lakes Michigan and Huron separate into layers. Not anymore. Why?
- Data: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory - Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- An abrupt decline in springtime zooplankton diel vertical migration due to a shift in stratification regime - ScienceDirect
- Teach Me About the Great Lakes | Most of My Babies Are Buoys
- Teach Me About the Great Lakes | 62: The G.L.O.A.T.
- Northern Waters Smokehaus
- Blue Heron | Swenson College of Science and Engineering | UMN Duluth
- Slate Islands Provincial Park
Creators and Guests

Host
Stuart Carlton
Stuart Carlton is the Assistant Director of the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program. He manages the day-to-day operation of IISG and works with the IISG Director and staff to coordinate all aspects of the program. He is also a Research Assistant Professor and head of the Coastal and Great Lakes Social Science Lab in the Department of Forestry & Natural Resources at Purdue, where he and his students research the relationship between knowledge, values, trust, and behavior in complex or controversial environmental systems.