IAGLR-Hydrolab Best Student Paper Award

Each year, the best student presentations given at the annual meeting are honored by awards sponsored by IAGLR and HYDROLAB/HACH CORP., headquartered in Loveland, Colorado. The awards consist of a cash prize and a complimentary 1-year membership to IAGLR, which includes a subscription to the Journal of Great Lakes Research. Students may indicate that they wish to enter the competition when they submit an abstract for the presentation at the annual meeting. The IAGLR-HYDROLAB Student Paper Award is presented for the best student paper at the annual meeting.

Previous Winners

YearRecipient
2008Emily Rogers, University of Tennessee
Global Gene Expression in Larval Zebrafish Exposed to Microcystis aeruginosa: More Than Just Microcystin

2007Elizabeth C. Craig, Columbia University
Impacts of Double-crested Cormorants on New York Harbor: Vegetation and Arthropods

2006Andrea Bernard, University of Guelph
Genetic Assessment of Stock Structure, Diversity, and Conservation Status of Lake Whitefish in Ontario Waters

2005Kevin Pangle, Michigan State University
Anti-predator Behavior Elicited by a Nonnative Invertebrate Predator: Lake Michigan Daphnia and Bythotrephes

2004Emily K. Linebaugh, University of Iowa
Synthetic Musk Fragrances in Great Lakes Sediment

2003Geoffrey B. Steinhart, Ohio State University
High Growth Rate of Young-of-the-Year Smallmouth Bass in Lake Erie: Benefit of the Round Goby Invasion?

2002Gene Kim, Ohio State University
Selective Predation by Smallmouth Bass on Round Goby, Emerald Shiner, and Crayfish

Sandra Parker, Cornell University
Energetic Consequences of Rainbow Smelt Diet Shifts

2001Darryl Hondorp, University of Michigan

2000Jill A. Kostel, Northwestern University
The influence of periphyton on the bioavailability of contaminants in lotic sediments

Janick Lalonde, INRS-Eau; Universite du Quebec
Hg(0) photooxidation in fresh and salt waters

Cynthia Kolar (Runner-up), University of Notre Dame
Predicting invading fishes in the Great Lakes: What can be learned from past invasions?

Julian D. Olden (Runner-up), University of Toronto
Artificial neural networks: New insight in modeling fish-habitat relationships

Chantal Vis (Runner-up), University of Montreal
A GIS based comparison of methods used to estimate macrophyte biomass: an example for Lake Saint-Pierre, Québec

1999Rajat K. Chakraborti, University at Buffalo
Particle aggregate characterization using image processing technique

Donald R. Cortes

Kenneth J. Freeman Jr. (Runner-up)

Jerel J. Bogdan (Runner-up)

1998Christine M. Mayer

A.P. Vette (Runner-up)

M. Saito (Runner-up)

K.R.A. Guiguer (Runner-up)

1997Matt F. Simcik

M. Terra (Runner-up)

T. Diggins (Runner-up)

1996T.J. Harner

T.F. Bidelman

R.D. Vinebrooke (Runner-up)

P.R. Leavitt (Runner-up)

J.E. Faber (Runner-up)

C.A. Stepien (Runner-up)

1995L.M. Hewit

V.J. Brady (Runner-up)

Richard J. Ruby (Runner-up)

1994Renee L. Falconer

S. Jeong (Runner-up)

Jeff D. Jeremiason (Runner-up)

1993Tamara L. Yankovich

Frank Tokar Jr. (Runner-up)

P. Vlahos (Runner-up)

1992Daniel T. Weaver

A. Cywinska

R.J. Drimmie (Runner-up)

1991Peter Rand

Lisa Williams (Runner-up)

Susan E. Burns (Runner-up)

1990A.G. VanHegningen

1989Donna Carter

Margaret Lansing (Runner-up)

Don Branstrator (Runner-up)

1988R.S. Skoglund

R. Craig McCrimmon (Runner-up)

Mark N. Law (Runner-up)

1987David B. MacNeill

Annette M. Olwarcz (Runner-up)

Doran M. Mason (Runner-up)

1986Bernard Bauer

Tim Wilson (Runner-up)

Eric Loucks (Runner-up)

1985Patricia VanHoof

Hunter Carrick (Runner-up)

William Doucette (Runner-up)