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Research Vessel Lake Guardian Returns to Port After a Successful Field Season

In early October, the research vessel Lake Guardian returned to its home port in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a busy field season of offshore surveillance on all five Great Lakes. Among other activities, the Guardian monitored the low-oxygen “dead zone” in Lake Erie, hosted teacher trainings and public tours, and conducted several intensive studies of Lake Ontario.  

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