Chris Merkes

Geneticist working to preserve nature. Optimistically hopeful. Tweets reflect my own opinions and do not represent USGS policy.

[Chris Merkes @MerkesChris]

Great panel of presenters at #CarpChallenge this morning. Also great to hear that Michigan residents value their waters and support intensive and aggressive action to #StopAsianCarpNow

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@MichiganOGL @USFWSMidwest #eDNA

[Chris Merkes @MerkesChris]

Great presentation for #CarpChallenge by Matthew Cook on acoustic targeting and narcotization of #AsianCarp with AI and retrieval with AUVs.

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Fish Fentz: Very cool idea for preventing fish migration through lock chambers. Nice presentation Larry Kearns! #CarpChallenge #AsianCarp #GreatLakes

[Rick Snyder @onetoughnerd]

Congratulations to our grand prize winner, Edem Tsikata – Software Consultant from Boston, MA! #CarpChallenge

[Chris Merkes @MerkesChris]

Congratulations to Edem Tsikata for the $200,000 idea of cavitation barriers to prevent #AsianCarp from entering the #GreatLakes

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@GregJennings Aside from that, great job in the booth today. It was much better listening to you than joe and Troy.

[Chris Merkes @MerkesChris]

Hey @GregJennings , fans were booing the conservative play calling by coach McCarthy. Not hundley’s play.

[Doug Jensen @djensenmnsg]

Habitattitude Surrender Events planned for 2018. Contact MN WI or IL-IN Sea Grant for dates&location. #ICAIS2017 @t_campy @MNSeaGrant

[Chris Merkes @MerkesChris]

@UKLadybirds hey there! My coworker would love to talk to you about ladybirds. Please email [email protected] re: more ladybirds in greenhous

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Matthias Johanssen: More genetic diversity at closer sites suggests ballast introductions rather than natural range expansion. #ICAIS2017

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Emily Smith discussing risk of anglers moving #InvasiveSpecies in U.K. and to Europe at #ICAIS2017

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@oliver_dejong Contact Sunil. https://t.co/oaLgAANZW0

[Chris Merkes @MerkesChris]

U of MN researchers may have found novel virus in Minnesota that selectively kills invasive carp. #ICAIS2017

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Marybeth Brey: Asian Carp move upstream on a seasonal basis, most often during open river events at low-head dams. #ICAIS2017

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Heidi Himes: It’s my first time at ICAIS, and I feel like I’m at Disneyland. #ICAIS2017

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In Singapore, if you dig a hole and let it fill with water, the next day there will be a koi in it. Tough to overcome. #ICAIS2017

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Interesting talk about #InvasiveSpecies in Singapore by Darren Yeo Chong Jinn. #ICAIS2017

[Chris Merkes @MerkesChris]

Frank Collas: zebra mussels attach to boat hulls better than quaggas and 14.7% detach alive after 24-48 hrs overland transport. #ICAIS2017

[Chris Merkes @MerkesChris]

Valuable watercraft inspection and decon efforts in Adirondacks presented by Meg Modley and Eric Holmlund. #ICAIS2017 #InvasiveSpecies