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Interdisciplinary Impact

May 17, 2016

Kelsey Gosselin, a research assistant in the lab of WHOI biogeochemist Amanda Spivak, saws into a core collected from the Kennebec River watershed in Maine. Spivak is working with biologist Joel Llopiz to assess how river herring impact the water’s biological and chemical systems. While Spivak examines the chemical composition of cores from lakes with and without herring, Llopiz is looking at herring skeletons to determine if some lakes are more advantageous for growth. “Working together, we can get a more holistic picture of how the lakes work,” Spivak explained.

(Photo by Gwen Schanker, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)