The motivation for this project is to lay the groundwork for studying the relative roles of physical, chemical, and biological factors on the ecology of Lake Erie at a variety of space and time scales. Lake Erie was chosen as the target lake for several reasons including population density, availability of long term data sets, a variety of physical, chemical, and biological forcing functions (including invasive species), and a wide variety of impacts including water quality (hypoxia/anoxia), fisheries, and biological community structure. Researchers believe that a reasonable initial approach would be to identify sources for and begin gathering data on the biological, chemical, and physical environment in Lake Erie. The data would be organized in a format that would be conducive to interdisciplinary analyses. The next step would be to develop a linked hydrodynamic/ecological model of Lake Erie including relevant physics (tributaries, advection, resuspension, etc.) and lower food web ecology. This project is intended to support the development of the Lake Erie hydrodynamic model which will eventually form the basis for the linked hydrodynamic/ecological model. Objectives: 1) Incorporation of ice, hydrology, storm climatology, and remote sensing data into the Lake Erie data base. The data base includes hourly surface meteorological data from U.S. and Canadian weather stations, Coast Guard Stations, buoys, and coastal marine stations around Lake Erie since 195 as well as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wave climatology information for 53 stations in Lake Erie. Meteorological parameters have been summarized on daily, monthly, and annual time scales. 2) Development of a coupled hydrodynamic-ecological model of Lake Erie (in collaboration with J. DePinto, Limnotech Inc.). A 2 km hydrodynamic model grid will be established and the GLERL version of the Princeton Ocean Model will be implemented on this grid. (Lake Erie); (hydrodynamics); (hydrodynamic); (hydrodynamic modeling)
- Establishing Physiological Indices for More Effective Use of TFM toControl Sea Lamprey Populatins in the Great Lakes.
- Determining the effects of wetlands on the dispersal of zebra mussels in coupled lake-stream systems
- Biomonitoring prospects for diatoms and paleolimnology in the Western Great lakes National parks
- An Integrated Approach to Monitoring and Forecasting Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in the Great Lakes
- Costridium botulinum (type E) occurs and grows in the alga, Cladophoraglomerata
- Effect of activity on bioenergetics model performance in the laboratory
- Implementation of the Great Lakes Observing System
- Land-Atmosphere Dynamics of Mercury and Ecological Implications for Adirondack Forest Ecosystems
- ESTABLISHMENT OF A PCR-BASED METHOD FOR FERTILITY ASSESSMENT IN STERILE MALE SEA LAMPREY
- Integrating Multimedia Measurements of Mercury in the Great Lakes Region
General
Monitoring
Annex
General
- Scope of Study
Scope of StudyField Investigation
- Scale of Phenomena
Scale of PhenomenaLandscape
- Impact of Pollutants
- Processes
- Land Use and Habitat
- Resource Management
- Socio-Economic
- State / Province
- Lake Basin / Connecting Channels
Lake Basin Connecting ChannelsLake Erie
Monitoring
- Purpose of Project
- Frequency
- Number of Sampling Entities
- Data Availability
- Region Being Monitored
Region Being MonitoredNear and OpenShore Waters
- Resource Being Monitored
Resource Being MonitoredHydrologic / Hydrometric / ClimaticSocietal/Surface Water
- Program Drivers
- Beneficial Use Impairment Assessments
Aquatic Nuisance Species
Annex
- Annex Numbers
Annex NumbersResearch & Development
- Annex 17
Annex 17Physical and transformational processes affecting delivery of pollutants