Development of virtual coastal cities for Indiana

Principal Investigator: Jie Shan
Affiliation: Purdue University
Initiation Date: 2008

• Develop virtual reality visualization applications for coastal cities by Lake Michigan in northern Indiana

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Increasing the availability of veterinarians for Indiana and Illinois aquaculturists

Principal Investigator: Jesse Trushenski
Affiliation: Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Initiation Date: 2009

• Develop and deliver an introductory fish health class for veterinarians and veterinary students, fisheries professionals and students, and other stakeholders in Illinois and Indiana

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Replacement of fish meal in hybrid striped bass diets with proteinaceous fermentation biomass

Principal Investigator: Brian Gause
Affiliation: Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Initiation Date: 2009

• 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)

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How do plant species invasions affect water quality services performed by Great Lakes coastal wetlands

Principal Investigator: Nancy Tuchman
Affiliation: Loyola University Chicago
Initiation Date: 2009

• 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

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Simulating the implications of recreational disturbance on Karner Blue Butterflies (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Principal Investigator: Patrick Zollner
Affiliation: Purdue University
Initiation Date: 2009

• 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

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Toxic byproducts generated in disinfected drinking water contaminated with pharmaceuticals

Principal Investigator: Michael Plewa
Affiliation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Initiation Date: 2009

• Analyze source water contaminated with the X-ray imaging contrast pharmaceutical iopamidol before and after disinfection with chlorine

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