- Explore the relationship between land use structural complexity and surface water quality
- Assess the role of seasonal differentials on surface water quality
- Explore the implications of future land use and climate changes on surface water quality
Sea Grant Illinois-Indiana
Results
Contaminant transport by introduced Pacific salmon to Great Lakes tributaries
- Quantify contaminant levels in salmon and stream-resident fish at three sites at the southern end of Lake Michigan
Trace organics in Lake Michigan: concentration and detection frequency of pharmaceuticals in the near-shore water column
- Quantify pharmaceutical abundance in near-shore Lake Michigan habitats by addressing the question: How do pharmaceutical concentrations vary spatially along the Indiana-Illinois shoreline of Lake Michigan?
Quantifying estrogen compound and nutrient reduction in a coupled wetland and groundwater flow-through system
- Investigate the reduction of 17β-estradiol (E2) and Estrone
(E1) in treated wastewaters that were subjected to a tertiary treatment composed of a coupled wetland and ground water flow through system - Quantify the presence of E2 and E1 in treated wastewater and along ground water pathways from a wetland
- Determine the potential reduction of E2 and transformation of E2 to E1 along the ground water pathways
- Expand upon the results by Peterson and Lanning (2009) showing the effectiveness of wetlands as a treatment for E2 removal
- Use the pilot data gathered to develop a more thorough assessment of the wastewater treatment process
Pilot field observations of Lake Michigan atmospheric boundary layers
- Test the ability of a mobile atmospheric sounding system, and best deployment methods, to observe marine boundary layer (MBL) structure and evolution across Lake Michigan
- Compare observations from this sounding system to nearby standard NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) sounding data in the Great Lakes region
- Conduct initial tests of theories by Workoff (2010) on cross-lake changes in marine boundary layer vertical stability and wind structure
- Use pilot data gathered during these field tests to develop a more complete observational field study of interactions between Lake Michigan marine boundary layers and deep convective storm systems
Ecological genetics of Phragmites australis invasion in southern Lake Michigan coastal habitats
- Investigate the genetics of populations of Phragmites australis
(common reed) throughout the Lake Michigan coast of Illinois and Indiana
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