- 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
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Results
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
Evaluating environmental DNA detection alongside standard fish sampling in Great Lakes coastal wetland monitoring
- Develop and apply eDNA sampling methods for detecting fish species and measuring eDNA concentration in these large, complex habitats
- Compare results between fish capture methods and eDNA methods
Genomic resources in lake sturgeon
- Analyze lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens DNA sequence data for genetic markers
Food webs in the 21st century: exploration of new enabling technologies to understand and predict changes in aquatic food webs and impacts of ecosystems
- Explore application of a new enabling technology to aquatic food web dynamics
- Assess whether organisms within trophic levels have unique chemical/nutrient compositions
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