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Ohio Sea Grant College Program
and Stone Laboratory

Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory

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

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

R/ER-001 Project Status R/ER-001: Completed

Started: 9/1/1981, Status: Completed

Fish Community Structure, Movements, and Reproduction in Controlled and Uncontrolled Marshes

R/PS-002 Project Status R/PS-002: Completed

Started: 9/1/1984, Status: Completed

Exposure of Wetlands to Agricultural Pesticides in Storm Runoff

R/ME-007-PD Project Status R/ME-007-PD: Completed

Started: 1/1/1987, Status: Completed

Economic Impact of Marshes to the Economy

R/ER-011-PD 

Started: 4/14/1987

Development of the Sea Grant Big Island Wetland Program

R/ES-004 Project Status R/ES-004: Completed

Started: 9/1/1987, Status: Completed

An Ecosystem Approach to Lake Erie Coastal Wetlands: Sediment, Nutrient and Pesticide Budgets

R/ER-016-PD Project Status R/ER-016-PD: Completed

Started: 9/1/1988, Status: Completed

Wetland Enhancement Through the Reintroduction of a Desirable Submersed Aquatic Macrophyte, Vallisneria Americana

R/ER-013-PD Project Status R/ER-013-PD: Completed

Started: 1/1/1989, Status: Completed

Sediment Core Data for a Lake Erie Coastal Wetland

A/AS-004-PD Project Status A/AS-004-PD: Completed

Started: 3/1/1989, Status: Completed

Priorities for Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Research: A Planning Conference

R/ER-019-PD Project Status R/ER-019-PD: Completed

Started: 3/1/1990, Status: Completed

Fish Effects on Algal Biomass and Species Composition in an Estuary: A Pilot Study

R/ER-018-PD Project Status R/ER-018-PD: Completed

Started: 6/1/1991, Status: Completed

An Analysis of the Role of Invertebrate Predators in Determining the Success of Lake Reclamation by Planktivore Removal: A Demonstration Project

R/ER-034-PD 

Started: 8/1/1994

An Integrated Examination of Structure, Function, and Value of Three Types (Undisturbed, Disturbed, and Constructed) of Lake Erie Wetlands

R/ER-032 Project Status R/ER-032: Completed

Started: 9/1/1994, Status: Completed

Littoral Vegetation in the Old Woman Creek NERR: Community Dynamics and Energy Flow

R/PS-012-PD 

Started: 7/1/1995

Role of Sunlight and Dissolved Organic Matter on the Transformation of Some Pesticides Commonly Used in Agricultural Practices in Lake Erie Drainage Basin

R/ER-037 Project Status R/ER-037: Completed

Started: 9/1/1996, Status: Completed

Origin, Processing and Fate of Phosphate and UV-Sensitive Phosphorus Inputs in a Great Lakes Coastal Wetland

R/ER-042-PD Project Status R/ER-042-PD: Completed

Started: 9/1/1996, Status: Completed

Nonpoint Source Pollutants in the Lake Erie Basin: Direct and Indirect Phototransformation of Agricultural Pesticides in a Coastal Wetland System