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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-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/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-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-072 

Started: 3/31/2007

Assessing the role of turbid river plumes in the development of Microcystis blooms in Lake Erie with molecular techniques

R/ER-077-PD Project Status R/ER-077-PD: Completed

Started: 3/1/2006, Status: Completed

Boundary Dynamics of the Hypoxic Hypolimnion of Lake Erie’s Central Basin

R/ER-011-PD 

Started: 4/14/1987

Development of the Sea Grant Big Island Wetland Program

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/PS-015-PD 

Started: 9/1/1996

Economic and Hydrologic Analysis of Integrated Wetland Reservoir and Subirrigated Agricultural Production Systems

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-056-PD 

Started: 3/1/2000

Effects of Salt Contamination and Exotic Species Invasions on a Large, Freshwater Marsh in the Lake Erie Basin

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/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/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/EM-027 

Started: 9/1/2004

Large Lake Ecosystems: Modeling Interactions Among Human, Biological, and Physical Processes

R/EM-025-PD Project Status R/EM-025-PD: Completed

Started: 5/1/2001, Status: Completed

Larval Fish Flux between Metzger Marsh and Lake Erie