Wetlands
Lake Erie has lost an estimated 90% of Ohio's historic "Great Black Swamp." Remaining coastal marshes are often diked to prevent further losses to development or fluctuating lake levels. While protecting wetlands from complete loss, dikes dramatically change wetland functions in the landscape. With only a small fraction of Lake Erie's original wetlands remaining, the preservation and restoration of those that remain and the functions they provide to the Lake's biotic and human communities are essential.
Project List
R/ER-001 
Started: 9/1/1981, Status: CompletedFish Community Structure, Movements, and Reproduction in Controlled and Uncontrolled Marshes
R/PS-002 
Started: 9/1/1984, Status: CompletedExposure of Wetlands to Agricultural Pesticides in Storm Runoff
R/ER-016-PD 
Started: 9/1/1988, Status: CompletedWetland Enhancement Through the Reintroduction of a Desirable Submersed Aquatic Macrophyte, Vallisneria Americana
A/AS-004-PD 
Started: 3/1/1989, Status: CompletedPriorities for Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Research: A Planning Conference
R/ES-004 
Started: 9/1/1987, Status: CompletedAn Ecosystem Approach to Lake Erie Coastal Wetlands: Sediment, Nutrient and Pesticide Budgets
R/ER-019-PD 
Started: 3/1/1990, Status: CompletedFish Effects on Algal Biomass and Species Composition in an Estuary: A Pilot Study
R/ER-018-PD 
Started: 6/1/1991, Status: CompletedAn Analysis of the Role of Invertebrate Predators in Determining the Success of Lake Reclamation by Planktivore Removal: A Demonstration Project
R/PS-012-PD
Started: 7/1/1995Role of Sunlight and Dissolved Organic Matter on the Transformation of Some Pesticides Commonly Used in Agricultural Practices in Lake Erie Drainage Basin
R/ER-034-PD
Started: 8/1/1994An Integrated Examination of Structure, Function, and Value of Three Types (Undisturbed, Disturbed, and Constructed) of Lake Erie Wetlands
R/ER-032 
Started: 9/1/1994, Status: CompletedLittoral Vegetation in the Old Woman Creek NERR: Community Dynamics and Energy Flow
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-037 
Started: 9/1/1996, Status: CompletedOrigin, Processing and Fate of Phosphate and UV-Sensitive Phosphorus Inputs in a Great Lakes Coastal Wetland
