Modeling the effects of land use/land cover change on surface water quality within the Chicago MSA

Principal Investigator: Cyril Wilson
Affiliation: Indiana University
Initiation Date: 2010

• 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

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Contaminant transport by introduced Pacific salmon to Great Lakes tributaries

Principal Investigator: David Janetski
Affiliation: University of Notre Dam
Initiation Date: 2010

• Quantify contaminant levels in salmon and stream-resident fish at three sites at the southern end of Lake Michigan

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Trace organics in Lake Michigan: concentration and detection frequency of pharmaceuticals in the near-shore water column

Principal Investigator: Melody Bernot
Affiliation: Ball State University
Initiation Date: 2010

• 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?

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Quantifying estrogen compound and nutrient reduction in a coupled wetland and groundwater flow-through system

Principal Investigator: Eric Peterson
Affiliation: Illinois State University
Initiation Date: 2010

• 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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Pilot field observations of Lake Michigan atmospheric boundary layers

Principal Investigator: David Kristovich
Affiliation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Initiation Date: 2010

• 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

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Ecological genetics of Phragmites australis invasion in southern Lake Michigan coastal habitats

Principal Investigator: Daniel Larkin
Affiliation: Chicago Botanic Garden
Initiation Date: 2010

• Investigate the genetics of populations of Phragmites australis
  (common reed) throughout the Lake Michigan coast of Illinois and Indiana

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