Pollution
Lake Erie is faced with constant challenges from pollution, both newly introduced and recycled through changing biological pathways and invasive species; Ohio Sea Grant works to keep resource users informed and help management agencies understand and control these problems. From tracking the presence of pollutants and potentially toxic algal blooms to remediation through biotechnology and wetland restoration to staying abreast of the most recent fish consumption advisories, our programs produce real tools for dealing with pollution.
Project List
R/PS-031
Started: 3/1/2003Advanced Treatment Processes for the Removal of Cyanobacterial Toxins from Drinking Water
R/ES-004 
Started: 9/1/1987, Status: CompletedAn Ecosystem Approach to Lake Erie Coastal Wetlands: Sediment, Nutrient and Pesticide Budgets
R/BT-003 
Started: 9/1/1994, Status: CompletedApplications of Recombinant Algae for the Treatment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Aqueous Solutions
R/PS-006-PD 
Started: 4/1/1990, Status: CompletedContribution of the Zebra Mussel to Contaminant Cycling in the Great Lakes
R/PS-007-PD 
Started: 12/1/1990, Status: CompletedControl of Zebra Mussels with Lemmatoxins, a natural molluscicide from Phytolacca dodecandra
R/PS-018-PD 
Started: 3/1/1996, Status: CompletedDegradation of Alachlor Under Sulfate Reducing Conditions
R/ER-075-PD
Started: 4/1/2005Development of a MODIS Image Product for Mapping Phycocyanin Pigment in Blue-Green Algal Blooms (Toxic Algae)
R/PS-003 
Started: 9/1/1983, Status: CompletedDevelopment of an Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) for the Great Lakes
R/BT-008
Started: 6/1/2003Development of Fluorescent Biosensors for In Situ Trace-Metal Quantification and Biomonitoring
R/PS-027-PD
Started: 6/1/2000Digestive physiology as it relates to food preference as a mechanism explaining differential bioaccumulation of lipophilic pollutants among benthic invertebrates
R/PS-015-PD
Started: 9/1/1996Economic and Hydrologic Analysis of Integrated Wetland Reservoir and Subirrigated Agricultural Production Systems
