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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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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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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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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Real-time fluorometric assay for sewage presence: a cost-effective method to determine potential water quality threats to swimmers and ecosystem health

Principal Investigator: Kizhanipuram Vinodgopal
Affiliation: Indiana University Northwest
Initiation Date: 2008

• Use high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection to track the distribution of fluorescent whitening agents along a southern portion of the Lake Michigan shoreline
• Examine the relationship between these fluorescent whitening agents and E. coli

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Development of a comparative toxicity database for the U.S. EPA priority drinking water disinfection by-products

Principal Investigator: Michael Plewa
Affiliation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Initiation Date: 2006

• Examine drinking water disinfection byproducts for ability to kill mammalian cells and damage mammalian DNA
• Compare results to published databases that include carcinogens

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