- Develop virtual reality visualization applications for coastal cities by Lake Michigan in northern Indiana
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Results
Increasing the availability of veterinarians for Indiana and Illinois aquaculturists
- Develop and deliver an introductory fish health class for veterinarians and veterinary students, fisheries professionals and students, and other stakeholders in Illinois and Indiana
Replacement of fish meal in hybrid striped bass diets with proteinaceous fermentation biomass
- Evaluate the potential use of ethanol yeast, a co-product of bio-ethanol production, as a fish meal replacement in the diets of sunshine bass (white bass Morone chrysops x striped bass M. saxatilis)
How do plant species invasions affect water quality services performed by Great Lakes coastal wetlands
- Characterize the relationships between invasive species and water quality ecosystem services in Great Lakes area wetlands
- Develop site-specific management recommendations for optimizing ecosystem services based on improved understanding of invasive species effects of denitrification.
- Provide educational and research opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students centered on improving the scientific basis for stewardship of Great Lakes area wetlands
Simulating the implications of recreational disturbance on Karner Blue Butterflies (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
- Assess how recreation influences the behavior of the endangered Karner blue butterfly at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
- Identify and predict the implications of such disturbance-related behavior on oviposition rate and larval host plant selection by the Karner blue butterfly
- Identify and devise active management strategies and site designs minimizing recreational disturbance to the Karner blue butterfly at sites with existing populations and restored sites proposed for the species re-introduction
Toxic byproducts generated in disinfected drinking water contaminated with pharmaceuticals
- Analyze source water contaminated with the X-ray imaging contrast pharmaceutical iopamidol before and after disinfection with chlorine
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