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Using crayfish species as bioindicators of water quality

Principal Investigator: Kathryn Mudica
Affiliation: Indiana State University
Initiation Date: 2023

For this project, crayfish samples, water samples, and sediment samples will be collected in several creeks in the Little Calumet-Galien Watershed representing a variety of environmental exposures. The environmental interactions of crayfish as omnivores and biotic engineers place them in a unique environmental niche. We hypothesize that these characteristics make them a reliable sentinel species. By testing and comparing the bioaccumulation of metals in crayfish tissue, water, and sediments, to dominant species, average crayfish size, and population density, we can reliably predict creek health for metals.


Using Habitat Suitability Modeling to Determine the Vulnerability of Rare Illinois Plant Species to Climate Change

Principal Investigator: Alexandra Touloupas
Affiliation: Northwestern University
Initiation Date: 2021

Through this graduate student scholars project, I will expand the impact of my research using habitat suitability modeling (HSM) to map the distribution of Illinois wetland rare plant species and assess their vulnerability to climate change. Using HSM, I will determine the required niche conditions for two species, Epilobium strictum and Rhynchospora alba and identify locations of suitable habitat in Illinois. To evaluate the accuracy of my models, I will conduct field monitoring of all known populations, as well as sites designated as suitable by the models to potentially discover new populations. The monitoring data collected will be added to the HSM, which I will use to test the possible response of these species to predicted climate scenarios. Rare plant conservation efforts require informed climate strategies to implement urgently-needed species protections and prevent unnecessary climate extinctions. 


Utilization of genomic signatures from Hyalella azteca as a way to quickly evaluate toxicity and need of sediment remediation in the Great Lakes basin

Principal Investigator: Marisol Sepulveda
Initiation Date: 2009
  • Use microarrays for the evaluation of gene expression signatures after exposure to different sediment pollutants
  • Examine this gene expression after the amphipod Hyalella azteca was exposed to different pollutants commonly found in sediments across the Great Lakes basin

Valuing Recreational Benefits of Great Lakes Areas of Concern Cleanup

Principal Investigator: Lopamudra Chakraborti
Affiliation: Loyola University Chicago
Initiation Date: 2022
  • To measure the economic benefits of tourism-based activities for the Grand Calumet River Waukegan Harbor Areas of Concern following cleanup and restoration.
  • To identify socioeconomic benefits of community revitalization through increased jobs due to robust growth in the tourism sector.
  • To test whether gentrification or preference-based sorting predominates restoration and remediation incentives in contrast to a more stable resident population.
  • To engage in outreach with local stakeholders and communicate findings on economic benefits of environmental projects.

Yellow Perch Effluent Characterization

Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Wood
Affiliation: Illinois State University
Initiation Date: 1994

The objective of this project is to characterize perch effluent water quality from two different by similarly designed recirculating aquaculture systems.


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