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
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R/ER-038
Started: 9/1/1996, Status: CompletedEcosystem State Changes in Lake Erie: Expansion of Invading Mussel Assemblages on Soft Substrates
R/ER-040-PD
Started: 9/1/1996Preliminary Field and Laboratory Tests of the Hypothesis that Zebra Mussels Release Phytoplankton Populations from P-limitation
R/ER-042-PD
Started: 9/1/1996, Status: CompletedNonpoint Source Pollutants in the Lake Erie Basin: Direct and Indirect Phototransformation of Agricultural Pesticides in a Coastal Wetland System
R/ER-039
Started: 3/1/1997, Status: CompletedStrateties to Control Exotic Invasive Plant Species in Great Lakes Wetlands: A Field Evaluation
R/ER-046-PD
Started: 3/1/1997, Status: CompletedVegetation Dynamics in Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands: Toward a Field-Based Management Model
R/ZM-020-PD
Started: 5/15/1997, Status: CompletedBenthic Invertebrate Communities along Zebra Mussel-Macrophyte Gradients
R/ER-044-PD
Started: 6/1/1997, Status: CompletedHabitat Use and Movements of Staging American Black Ducks and Mallards in Ohio
R/ER-045-PD
Started: 6/1/1997, Status: CompletedEffects of Food Quality on Growth and Nutrient Excretion of Amphipods in Lake Erie
R/ER-047
Started: 9/1/1997The Genetic Population Structure of the Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens
R/EM-020
Started: 3/1/1998Spatial Dynamic Modeling of Large Lake Lower Trophic Level Dynamics: Effects of Zebra Mussels and Nutrient Loading
R/ER-043
Started: 3/1/1998Effects of Zebra Mussels on Benthic Microbial Processes: Field and Laboratory Tests of the Hypothesis that Dreissena polymorpha Feeding Activity Increases Benthic Microbial Processes
R/ZM-028
Started: 3/1/1998Substrate and Zebra Mussels: Controls and Impacts on Fish Reproductive Habitat--Western Basin Reefs
R/ER-048-PD
Started: 4/1/1998, Status: CompletedPopulation Dynamics of Coral Reef Fish: Consequences of the Pelagic to Demersal Phase Transition on Juvenile Recruitment Success.
