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/ZM-017 
Started: 9/1/1994, Status: CompletedZebra Mussel-Mediated Shifts in Benthic Algal Communities in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron
R/ER-063-PD
Started: 9/1/2002Wetland Renovation in East Harbor State Park, Lakeside-Marblehead, OH - Water Control
R/EM-016-PD 
Started: 9/1/1992, Status: CompletedWetland Reductions of Pollution to the Great Lakes: Quantification of a Model for Sediment, Nutrient and Pesticides
R/ER-016-PD 
Started: 9/1/1988, Status: CompletedWetland Enhancement Through the Reintroduction of a Desirable Submersed Aquatic Macrophyte, Vallisneria Americana
R/ER-053-PD 
Started: 6/1/1999, Status: CompletedVertical transport of oxygen, nutrient, and algae in Lake Erie
R/ER-046-PD 
Started: 3/1/1997, Status: CompletedVegetation Dynamics in Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands: Toward a Field-Based Management Model
R/EM-028-PD
Started: 4/1/2006Using solid-phase Microextraction (SPME) fibres to model PCB bioaccumulation by zebra mussels
R/ER-027 
Started: 9/1/1994, Status: CompletedUse of Electron Transport System Enzyme Activity to Estimate Respiration in Bioenergetics Models of Juvenile Fish: Growth and Compensation of Zooplankton
R/ER-061-PD
Started: 6/1/2002Trophic transfer of heavy metals to top predators: Quantifying the role of non-native species
R/PS-014 
Started: 9/1/1994, Status: CompletedThe Relationship Between Critical Body Burden of Hydrophobic Contaminants and Biological Endpoints in Aquatic Biomonitoring Organisms
R/ER-052-PD 
Started: 7/1/1999, Status: CompletedThe NWRI Lake Erie Central Basin Mooring: A UniqueOpportunity to Study Phytoplankton Fe Nutrition
R/ES-008-PD 
Started: 6/1/2008, Status: CompletedThe influence of seasonality in the prevalence of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV) infection in adult yellow perch
