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
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R/ER-063-PD
Started: 9/1/2002Wetland Renovation in East Harbor State Park, Lakeside-Marblehead, OH - Water Control
R/ER-016-PD
Started: 9/1/1988, Status: CompletedWetland Enhancement Through the Reintroduction of a Desirable Submersed Aquatic Macrophyte, Vallisneria Americana
R/ER-046-PD
Started: 3/1/1997, Status: CompletedVegetation Dynamics in Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands: Toward a Field-Based Management Model
R/ER-065-PD
Started: 6/1/2003, Status: CompletedThe fish assemblage of Metzger Marsh: Continued assessment of the effects of restoration
R/ER-039
Started: 3/1/1997, Status: CompletedStrateties to Control Exotic Invasive Plant Species in Great Lakes Wetlands: A Field Evaluation
R/GIS-002-PD
Started: 3/1/2000, Status: CompletedSpatial Modelling of the Mentor Marsh and its Watershed: Equipment Grant
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/PS-035
Started: 3/1/2005Reduction of Agricultural Pesticides in the Sediments of a Coastal Great Lakes Wetland
R/ER-076-PD
Started: 3/1/2006, Status: CompletedRates of Oxygen and Nutrient Exchange Between Sediments and Water in the Great Lakes
A/AS-004-PD
Started: 3/1/1989, Status: CompletedPriorities for Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Research: A Planning Conference
R/ER-059-PD
Started: 5/24/2000, Status: CompletedPreliminary tests of seiches on plant litter decomposition and macroinvertebrates in Great Lake coastal wetlands
R/ER-073
Started: 3/31/2007Phylogenetic analysis and physiological characterization of photosynthetic picoplankton in Lake Erie
R/ER-054-PD
Started: 8/1/1999Phragmites australis: Response to Wave Exposure Gradients, Substrate Characteristics, and Its Effect on the Diversity of Shoreline Vegetation in a Lake Erie Coastal Marsh
R/PS-022
Started: 9/1/1996, Status: CompletedPhotodegradation of Agricultural Pesticides and Herbicides in Estuarine Wetlands in the Great Lakes Basin
