GLSC Best paper of 2017 Awarded to Yu-Chun Kao et al.

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The James W. Moffett Award was established in 1968 by GLSC to recognize the best scientific publication authored by GLSC personnel during each calendar year. The award selection criteria are: compelling concept behind the research, originality, study design and execution, effectiveness and completeness of data analysis, clarity of presentation, anticipated impact to scientific discipline, and anticipated impact to management. Review teams representing each GLSC station or section reviewed all GLSC-authored papers from 2017.

The winning publication selected for the 2017 Moffett Award is:

Kao, Yu-Chun, Mark W. Rogers, and David B. Bunnell. Evaluating Stocking Efficacy in an Ecosystem Undergoing Oligotrophication. Ecosystems. 2017. Springer. (link)

Finalists:

• Johnson, N.S., W.D. Swink, and T.O. Brenden. Field study suggests that sex determination in sea lamprey is directly influenced by larval growth rate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284[1851]. 2017. The Royal Society Publishing.
• Weidel, B.C., M.G. Walsh, M.J. Connerton, B.F. Lantry, J.R. Lantry, J.P. Holden, M.J. Yuille, and J.A. Hoyle. Deepwater sculpin status and recovery in Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research. Elsevier.
• Binder, T.R., J.E. Marsden, S.C. Riley, J.E. Johnson, N.S. Johnson, J. He, M. Ebener, C.M. Holbrook, R.A. Bergstedt, C.R. Bronte, T.A. Hayden, and C.C. Krueger. Movement patterns and spatial segregation of two populations of lake trout. Journal of Great Lakes Research.
• George, E.M., M.P. Hare, D.L. Crabtree, B.F. Lantry, and L.G. Rudstam. Comparison of genetic and visual identification of cisco and lake whitefish larvae from Chaumont Bay, Lake Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.