- Improve understanding of the hydrologic behavior of green roofs
- Understand the impact of green roofs on hydrological processes at the watershed scale
- Examine the watershed-scale impact of different spatial distributions of green roofs
- Explore the economies of scale and benefits of scaling green roofs in a watershed
Sea Grant Illinois-Indiana
Results
Estimating the ecological impacts of pharmaceuticals in Lake Michigan
- Test the acute and chronic effects of cotinine, and triclocarban on aquatic organisms including: green algae (Pseudokirchneriella capricornutum), water fleas (Daphnia magna) and fathead minnows
- Test the effects of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) detected in Lake Michigan on diatom (Cyclotella meneghiniana) survival
- Conduct a mixture study chronically exposing D. magna, P.capricornotum, C. meneghiniana, and P. promelas to several PPCPs
Evaluating the maintenance and diffusion of best management practices in the Salt Creek Watershed
- Investigate the factors influencing the adoption and maintenance of rain barrels, a commonly promoted urban-suburban best management practice, in the Salt Creek watershed in northwestern Indiana
Mapping vulnerabilities in EPA-designated Areas of Concern
Quantifying coastal wetland-nearshore linkages in Lake Michigan for sustaining sport fishes
- Determine whether important Lake Michigan sport fish, such as yellow perch, bass, salmon, and walleye, utilize coastal wetland habitat during various periods of their lives and to what degree they depend on food provided by coastal wetlands
Impact of taxonomic and genetic diversity on dissolved organic carbon uptake by bacterial communities
- Determine how Lake Michigan microbial communities compare between near- to offshore sites and sites experiencing different nutrient inputs
- Evaluate which organisms are breaking down and assimilating various dissolved organic matter sources
- Determine how the response to a dissolved organic matter pulse is transmitted through the community over time
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