Sea Grant Illinois-Indiana
Results
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
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
Low impact development in Chicago for integrated watershed management across scales
- 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
PhragNet: A cooperative learning network for adaptive management of Phragmites-invaded coastal habitats
- Build a network (“PhragNet”) to serve as the foundation for an adaptive management framework focusing on reducing uncertainty associated with Phragmites management
A three stage outreach transferability program of decision making tool to prevent, manage, and control Asian carp populations in Lake Michigan tributaries based on the evaluation of transport of eggs of local Asian carp populations
- Develop an outreach plan for technology transfer targeting three stakeholder groups: technical and scientific community, decision makers, and K-12 students and general public
- Train and instruct the technical and scientific community on how to use and
interpret FluEgg as a decision making tool, but also to educate decision makers and the general public on the importance of preventing, controlling and managing Asian carp at early life stages
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