Making Waves: A Freshwater Science Podcast: Recent Episodes
Current Hosts: Stephen Elser, Erin Larson, Eric Moody, Susan Washko. Past Hosts: Tim Cline, Julie Kelso
We disseminate current research in the aquatic sciences to a general audience through a semi-monthly podcast. Our goal is to frame recent high-profile research papers or career achievements in the broader context of current environmental and scientific issues and discuss how the guests arrived at these discoveries. We interview a wide variety of scientists ranging from graduate students to tenured professors from a diversity of countries and backgrounds.
Three scientists discuss the importance of field trips to freshwater science education.
Four scientists discuss issues for studying and managing freshwater ecosystems across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Dr. Arial Shogren and Dr. Jake Zwart discuss efforts to increase representation of freshwater science topics on Wikipedia.
Attendees of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Desert Fishes Council discuss the history and future of desert fish conservation.
Dr. Michael Bogan shares an activity that teaches stream orders and prepares students for an active learning environment.
Dr. Cayelan Carey and Dr. Kait Farrell share teaching modules designed to show students how coding skills apply to limnology.
Dr. Amy Burgin shares how she brings the news into her courses to engage students in real-world issues.
Whitney Beck shares a trophic interaction and nutrient excretion experiment she designed for an upper level freshwater ecology course.
Three scientists discuss the challenges and importance of amphibian conservation in the Neotropics.
Stephen Cook discusses eutrophication and how it affects stream invertebrate communities.
Dr. Juliana D'Andrilli talks about the importance of dissolved organic matter in freshwater ecosystems.
Dr. Amanda Subalusky discusses how migrations of terrestrial megafauna impact freshwater ecosystems.
Arial Shogren discusses how environmental DNA (eDNA) is used and how it moves through streams.
Dr. Jonathan Tonkin discusses his approach to understanding patterns in freshwater biodiversity.
Dr. Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles discusses the causes and impacts of freshwater salinization.
Mathis Messager discusses his work measuring the number and volume of water of lakes in the world.
Dr. Soren Brothers discusses shifts in primary production in the Laurentian Great Lakes.
Dr. Sherri Mason discusses the extent and effects of microplastic pollution in freshwaters.
Kelly Stettner talks about the Black River Action Team, a watershed organization in Vermont.
Dr. Raphael Mazor discusses how biological indicators are used to monitor stream quality.
Dr. Jeff Muehlbauer discusses his work on the extent of stream influence into the riparian zone.
A group of scientists who started the SFS Instars program talk about why diversity is important to our field.
Dr. Stan Gregory discusses the 2012 award of the Thiess International Riverprize to the Willamette River.
Dr. Carol Ann Woody discusses the conflict between mining and salmon fisheries in Bristol Bay.
Dr. William Graf discusses how dams affect river processes, particularly sedimentation.
Dr. Catherine Leigh talks about how she assesses human impacts on intermittent streams.