Aquatic Ecology & "Dead Zone"
From the loss of the Great Black Swamp to the burning of the Cuyahoga River to the changes induced by the Clean Water Act to the recent reemergence of the "Dead Zone," the Lake Erie ecosystem is in a constant state of change. It is imperative that academia, decision makers, and resource users understand these changes as they arise, and Sea Grant research significantly impacts this understanding.
Project List
R/ER-030-PD
Occurrence and Distribution of Freshwater Sponges (Spongillidae) on Zebra Mussels in Lake Erie
R/ES-001-PD 
Started: 9/1/1982, Status: CompletedLarge Lakes of the World: An Inventory of Morphometric and Limnological Data
R/ER-002-PD 
Started: 4/1/1983, Status: CompletedProgramming for Graphic Interpretation of Water Quality Data
R/EM-005 
Started: 9/1/1984, Status: CompletedGrazing and Competition in Aquatic Food -Chains: The Use of Enclosures to Investigate Zooplankton--Phytoplankton Interactions
R/ER-001 
Started: 9/1/1981, Status: CompletedFish Community Structure, Movements, and Reproduction in Controlled and Uncontrolled Marshes
R/ER-003 
Started: 9/1/1983, Status: CompletedDynamics of Bioavailable Phosphorus as Related to Phosphorus Loadings
R/ER-005 
Started: 9/1/1984, Status: CompletedOrganic Matter Decomposition Rates in Polluted and Unpolluted Bottom Sediments
R/ES-002-PD 
Started: 1/1/1987, Status: CompletedSpectral Transmittance of Sunlight Through Great Lake Ice and Snow Covers
R/LR-001 
Started: 9/1/1983, Status: CompletedFeeding Ecology of Age Zero Piscivores and Forage Fishes
R/ER-007 
Started: 9/1/1986, Status: CompletedMyxococcal Control of Cyanobacterial Populations: Nutrient Effects
R/ER-008 
Started: 1/1/1987, Status: CompletedConnecting Water Quality to Fish Community Dynamics: Effect of Phosphorus Loading on Zooplankton
