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Ohio Sea Grant College Program
and Stone Laboratory

Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory

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

Completed: Project Completed Title: Sort Title AscendingSort Title Descending Completion: Sort Title AscendingSort Title Descending Start Date: Sort Title AscendingSort Title Descending

R/ER-062-PD 

Started: 5/1/2001

Great Lakes Limnology: Interactions among physics, chemistry, and biology in a large lake

R/EM-024-PD Project Status R/EM-024-PD: Completed

Started: 1/1/2002, Status: Completed

Preliminary Evaluation of a New Technique for Linking Picoplankton Community Structure with Function in Aquatic Environments

R/EM-022 Project Status R/EM-022: Completed

Started: 3/1/2002, Status: Completed

Origin and fate of the organic matter exchanged between coastal wetland and the Great Lakes

R/ER-060 

Started: 3/1/2002

Importance of the Microbial Food Web in C- Transfers Through the Base of the Food Web in Great Lakes Plankton CommunitiesImportance of the Microbial Food Web in C- Transfers Through the Base of the Food Web in Great Lakes Plankton Communities

R/ES-007 

Started: 3/1/2002

Examining the Effects of Lake Water Level Variations on Sediment Resuspension

R/PS-028 

Started: 3/1/2002

Role of Detritivores in PCB Trophodynamics in Western Basin of Lake Erie

R/ER-064-PD Project Status R/ER-064-PD: Completed

Started: 5/1/2002, Status: Completed

Movement Patterns and Hibernation Sites of the Lake Erie water snake

R/ER-061-PD 

Started: 6/1/2002

Trophic transfer of heavy metals to top predators: Quantifying the role of non-native species

R/ER-063-PD 

Started: 9/1/2002

Wetland Renovation in East Harbor State Park, Lakeside-Marblehead, OH - Water Control

R/EM-023 Project Status R/EM-023: Completed

Started: 3/1/2003, Status: Completed

Developing a spatial watershed model to predict the effects of watershed policies on coastal water quality and habitat change

R/ER-029-PD 

Started: 6/1/2003

Distribution and abundance of fishes in native and non-native macrophytes in Old Woman Creek estuary

R/ER-065-PD Project Status R/ER-065-PD: Completed

Started: 6/1/2003, Status: Completed

The fish assemblage of Metzger Marsh: Continued assessment of the effects of restoration

R/ER-066-PD Project Status R/ER-066-PD: Completed

Started: 7/1/2003, Status: Completed

Development of a rapid surveillance method for annual mayfly surveys in Lake Erie

R/ER-068-PD 

Started: 11/1/2003

Influence of Landscape Hierarchies on Food Web Structure in a Lower Great Lakes River System

R/ER-069-PD Project Status R/ER-069-PD: Completed

Started: 3/1/2004, Status: Completed

Lake Erie Watersnake Recovery Plan Implementation