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December 19, 2007

Contents
1) Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Facility - December 17
2) New Reprints
3) Web Hot Items
4) Two New Positions Open
- Ecological Toxicologist
- Physical-biological Modeler
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1) Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Facility - December 17

• http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071217_glerl.html
• http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-25/1197906588137310.xml&coll=2
• http://www.criticalmention.com/ctv3-1/landing_email.php?type=email&video=true&random_string=7056454aa895123797c3e2fc0eed3c72
• http://www.criticalmention.com/ctv3-1/landing_email.php?type=email&video=true&random_string=51acd9e11c989017d635a8326cb18338
• Construction to begin on Great Lakes lab, Lansing State Journal, MI
• Ground Breaking For Great Lakes Lab, To Open Summer 2008, CBS 5 - Green Bay, WI
• NOAA Breaks Ground for New Great Lakes Research Laboratory, NOAA, DC
• Ground breaking for Great Lakes lab, to open summer 2008, Battle Creek Enquirer, MI
• Ground breaking for Great Lakes lab, to open summer 2008, WSBT-TV, IN
• Ground breaking for Great Lakes lab, to open summer 2008, Lansing State Journal, MI
  

NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) seeks an enthusiastic scientist with experience in environmental/ecological toxicology, chemistry, or biogeochemistry to pursue research towards understanding the impact of contaminants on Great Lakes and coastal ecosystems, and to apply this understanding to management and restoration problems.  The incumbent will be expected to develop predictive models to address contaminant concerns in the Great Lakes and coastal ecosystems, to collaborate with other scientists at GLERL and outside GLERL (e.g., other federal laboratories, universities, private industry), and to build active research programs emphasizing collaborative and inter-disciplinary approaches.  It is desirable that the incumbent have a PhD in environmental/ecological toxicology, chemistry, biology, biogeochemistry or related field; and strong quantitative skills.  The individual will be expected to present results in peer-reviewed publications and scientific presentations and to submit research proposals to supplement their research programs.  This is a full time permanent Federal position (GS-12) with a starting salary of at least $68,423.  Qualifications will be judged in part based on both numbers of peer reviewed publications and a track record for obtaining grants.  Closing date is midnight January 7, 2008. 

Detailed job information and application instructions can be found at: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/, reference vacancy number OAR-GLERL-2008-0007. Position is open to all U.S. citizens and Federal status applicants.  Further information can be obtained from Doran.Mason@noaa.gov.  In addition to making a formal application on line, please send a courtesy CV to Dr. Doran Mason either electronically or by mail to Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 2205 Commonwealth Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105.  Further information on NOAA GLERL, can be found at www.glerl.noaa.gov.

Physical-biological Modeler - NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI

NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) seeks an enthusiastic scientist with experience in numerical modeling to examine physical-biological coupling in Great Lakes ecosystems.  The candidate will be expected to develop coupled numerical models of Great Lakes ecology and physical dynamics, with particular emphasis on ecosystem forecasting.  Some examples include episodes of hypolimnetic hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, and fish production and recruitment.  The approach would involve coupling multiple state-variable ecological models with 3-d hydrodynamic, hydrologic, and/or sediment dynamics models.  The incumbent will be expected to develop predictive models, to collaborate with other scientists at GLERL and other federal laboratories, universities, and private industry, and to build active research programs emphasizing collaborative and inter-disciplinary approaches.  It is desirable that the incumbent have a PhD in physical sciences, biological sciences, or related field; and strong quantitative skills.  Excellent communication skills are required to present results in peer-reviewed publications, scientific meetings, and to submit research proposals to supplement their research programs.  This is a full time permanent Federal position (GS-12) with a starting salary of at least $68,423.  Qualifications will be judged in part based on both numbers of peer reviewed publications and a track record for obtaining grants.  Closing date is midnight January 7, 2008.

Detailed job information and application instructions can be found at: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/, reference vacancy number OAR-GLERL-2008-0005. Position is open to all U.S. citizens and Federal status applicants.  Further information can be obtained from Doran.Mason@noaa.gov.  In addition to making a formal application on line, please send a courtesy CV to Dr. Doran Mason either electronically or by mail to Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 2205 Commonwealth Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105.  Further information on NOAA GLERL, can be found at www.glerl.noaa.gov.

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

November 26, 2007

GLERL's Annual Internal Proposal Review is scheduled for December 10-11, 2007. A list of proposals submitted follows:

Projects closing in 2007
(2007 Reports Available on Request)

• Hypoxia Effects on the Living Resources of the Northern Gulf of Mexico - Brandt
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2005/epludsin05-4.html
• Lake Erie Precipitation: using radar-measured precipitation to improve estimates - DeMarchi
• Modeling historic and spatial variation of Great Lakes fish maturation schedules - Hook - (External funding)
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2006/ephook06-2.html
• Wang, H.Y., T.O. Höök, M.P. Ebener, L.C. Mohr, and P.J. Schneeberger. in review. Spatial and temporal variation in
             maturation schedules of Great Lakes lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis).
• Climate and Land Use Change Processes in East Africa - Lofgren - (External funding)
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2001/cclofgren11-2.html
  • Olson, J. M., G. Alagarswamy, J. A. Andresen, D. J. Campbell, J. Ge, M. Huebner, B. M. Lofgren, D. P. Lusch, N. J. Moore, B. C. Pijanowski, J. Qi, N. Torbick, and J. Wang. Integrating Diverse Methods to Understand Climate-Land Interactions at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales.   GeoForum, accepted.
• Statistical Downscaling of Global and Regional Climate Simulations - Lofgren
• Salmonid spawning stock abundance, recruitment & exploitation in Muskegon R. - Mason - Walleye do not consume Chinook smolts in Muskegon Lake, but prefer alewife instead. Walleye, however, will consume Chinook in the Muskegon River, though they seem to prefer hatchery trout when available. Brown trout appear to prey heavily on juvenile Chinook salmon in the Muskegon River. Managers may therefore be advised to release average quantities of rainbow trout and few (or no) brown trout into the Muskegon River.
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2001/edymason09-4.html
• Upwelling Dynamics in the Laurentian Great Lakes - Mason
• Consequence of coastal hypoxia on food web structure and function - Mason
• Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis for rapid assessment of fish condition - Pothoven - Ultimately, the BIA approach appears to be a potentially useful tool to predict energy and lipid content, but predictions are highly variable and possibly biased. Thus, further exploration is suggested before BIA is routinely incorporated into fisheries studies.
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2005/epludsin05-3.html
  • Lu, Y., S.A. Ludsin, and D. Fanslow. Development and validation of a micro-analytical technique to quantity fish lipids. Target Journal: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (in review)
  • Pothoven, S.A., Ludsin, S. A., Hook, T. O., Fanslow, D. L., Mason, D. M., Collingsworth, P. Van Tassell, J. J. An evaluation of bioelectrical impedance analysis for estimating fish energy, lipid, and water content. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (in review)
    

Continuing Projects
(2007 Progress Reports, Reprints, and 2008 Draft Proposals Available on Request)

• ECOFORE: Forecasting Causes & Impacts of Lake Erie Hypoxia - Brandt
• Next Generation Large Basin Runoff Model - Croley
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2000/wrcroley05-6.html
  • Hook, T. O., E. S. Rutherford, T. E. Croley II, D. M. Mason, and C. P. Madenjian, 2007. Annual variation in habitat-specific contributions of alewife recruits in Lake Michigan: implications from an individual-based model.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, (in review).
  • Croley, T. E., II, D. F. Raikow, C. He, and J. F. Atkinson, 2007. Hydrological resource sheds. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, (in review).
  • He, C. and T. E. Croley II, 2007. Estimating Nonpoint Source Pollution Loadings in the Great Lakes Watersheds. In Wetland and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment: A Watershed Perspective (W. Ji, Ed.), Taylor and Francis Books (in press).
  • Croley, T. E., II, and C. He, 2007. Spatially Distributed Watershed Model of Water and Materials Runoff. In Wetland
    and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment: A Watershed Perspective (W. Ji, Ed.), Taylor and Francis Books (in press).
  • He, C., and T. E. Croley II, 2007. Integration of GIS and Visualization for Distributed Watershed Modeling of the Great Lakes Watersheds. In Environmental Change and Rational Water Use, The International Geographical Union Commission for Water Sustainability (in press).
  • He, C., T. E. Croley II, and Q. Feng, 2007. Impacts of glacial recession on water movement between the agricultural oasis and desert in the inland Heihe Watershed, Northwestern China. Proceedings Papers of The Third International Conference on Climate and Water, Finnish Environment   Institute, Helsinki, Finland, September 3-6 2007, 170-175.
  • Croley, T. E., II, J. F. Atkinson, and D. F. Raikow, 2007. Hydrologic—hydraulic—ecologic resource sheds. Proceedings of Water Resources Management 2007 Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, International Association of Science and Technology for Development, Calgary, Canada, August 20-22, 2007, 6 pp.
  • He, C., and T. E. Croley II, 2007. Application of a distributed large basin runoff model in the Great Lakes basin. Control Engineering Practice, 15(8):1001-1011.
  • Croley, T. E., II, C. He, J. F. Atkinson, and D. F. Raikow, 2007. Resource Shed Definitions and Computations. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-141, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 43pp.
• Great Lakes Sensitivity to Climatic Forcing - Croley
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2005/pepcroley05-1.html
  • Schertzer, W. M., R. A. Assel, D. Beletsky, T. E. Croley II, B. M. Lofgren, J. H. Saylor, and D. J. Schwab, 2007. Synopsis of Lake Huron System Climatology, Inter-Lake Exchange and Mean Circulation. In State of Lake Huron (SOLH) (Munawar, Ed.), Ecovision World Monograph Series, Backhuys, Leiden, The Netherlands, (in press).
  • Croley, T. E., II, and C. F. M. Lewis, 2007. Warmer and drier climates that make Lake Huron into a terminal lake. In State of Lake Huron (SOLH) (Munawar, Ed.), Ecovision World Monograph Series, Backhuys, Leiden, The Netherlands, (in press).
  • Croley, T. E., II, and C. F. M. Lewis, 2006. Warmer and drier climates that make terminal Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, IAGLR, 32(4):852-869.
• Improving DLBRM's capabilities to forecast hydrological and water quality impacts - DeMarchi
• Genetic and environmental factors influencing Microcystis bloom toxicity - Dyble
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2006/aisdyble06-1.html
  • Dyble, J., Fahnenstiel, G.L., Litaker, R.W., Millie, D.F., and P.A. Tester. Accepted. Microcystin concentrations and genetic diversity of /Microcystis /in the lower Great Lakes. Environmental Toxicology.
• Eval. of Hazard of Microcystis Blooms for Hum. Health through Fish Consumption - Dyble
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2005/aislandrum05-1.html
  • Wilson, A.E., Gossiaux, D.C., Hook, T.O., Berry, J.P., Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, Evaluation of the human health threat associated with the hepatotoxin microcystin, in the muscle and liver tissues of Perca flavescens).
• GLERL ECOHAB - Fahnenstiel
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2004/epfahn04-1.html
  • Redalje, D. G., S. E. Lohrenz, M. J. Natter, M. D. Tuel, G. J. Kirkpatrick, D. F. Millie, G. L. Fahnenstiel, and F. M.   Van Dolah. The growth dynamics of Karenia brevis within discrete blooms on the west Florida shelf. Cont. Shelf Res. In Press.
  • Fahnenstiel, G. L., Y. Hong, D. F. Millie, M. Doblin, D. F. Reid, and T. Johengen. Marine dinflagellates cysts in the ballast tank sediments of ships entering the St. Lawrence Great Lakes. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. Submitted.
  • Weckman, G. R., D. F. Ganduri, M. Rangwala, W. Young, and G. L. Fahnenstiel. Knowledge extraction from the neural ‘black box’ in ecological modeling. Int. J. Gen. Systems. Submitted.
  • Wynne, T., R. Stumpf, M. C. Tomlinson, R. A. Warner, P. A. Tester, J. Dyble, and G. Fahnenstiel. Relating spectral shape to cyanobacteria blooms in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Int. J. Remote Sensing. Submitted.
• OHH: Microcystins in the Great Lakes - Fahnenstiel
  • Millie, D. F., G. L. Fahnenstiel, J. Dyble, R. Pigg, R. Rediske, R. W. Litaker, and P. A. Tester. Influence of environmental conditions on summer cyanobacterial abundance in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Aquat. Ecosyt. Health Management. In Press.
  • Fahnenstiel, G. L., D. F. Millie, J. Dyble, R. W. Litaker, P. A. Tester, M. J. McCormick, R. Rediske, and D. Klarer. Microcystin concentrations and cell quotas in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Management. Submitted.
  • Millie, D. F., R. J. Pigg, G. L. Fahnenstiel, and H. J. Carrick. Algal chlorophylls: A synopsis of analytical methodologies. American Water Works Assoc. Manual M57. AWWA, Denver, Co. Submitted.
  • Dyble, J., G. Fahnenstiel, R. W. Litaker, D. Millie, and P. Tester. Microcystin concentrations and genetic diversity of Microcystis in Saginaw Bay and western Lake Erie. Env. Toxicology. Submitted.
• Measurement & modeling of wave-induced sediment resuspension - Hawley
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2002/pphawley02-3.html
• Time series measurements in Lake Erie - Hawley
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2004/pephawley04-1.html
• Recruitment of Great Lakes Fishes: A Meta-analysis - Hook
• Long-term changes in daphnid responses to Great Lakes contaminants - Kashian
• Causes, Consequences and Correctives of Fish Contamination in Detroit River AOC - Kashian
• CoastWatch Operations - Leshkevich
  • http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1994/cmleshk03-1.html
• Environmental Monitoring with Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery - Leshkevich
• Dynamical Modeling of Great Lakes Regional Climate - Lofgren
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1993/cclofgren11-1.html
  • Lofgren, B. M., and P. Bieniek. Large-scale 700 hPa height patterns associated with cyclone pasage and high winds on Lake Erie. J. Great Lakes Res., reviewed and under revision.
• Lakes in General Circulation Models - Lofgren
• Habitat-Mediated Predator-Prey Interactions in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico - Mason
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1997/edymason09-3.html
  • Butler, M., D.M. Mason, W.J. Lindberg, D. Murie, D.C. Parkyn. Application of the ETS enzyme assay to large marine fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.
• Temperature & salinity effects on growth & survival of juvenile penaeid shrimps - Mason
• River discharge as predictor of Erie yellow perch recruitment - Mason
• International Field Years on Lake Erie (IFYLE) - Mason
• Lake Champlain - McCormick
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1990/ppsaylor02-1.html
  • McCormick, M. J., Manley, T. O., Beletsky, D., Foley, A. J. and G. L. Fahnenstiel. Tracking the surface flow in Lake Champlain. J. Great Lakes Res. (Submitted).
  • McCormick, M. J., Manley, T. O., Foley III, A. J., Gascard, J. C., and G. L. Fahnenstiel. 2006. Lake Champlain Lagrangian Experiment. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:1683-1687.
• Thermal structure monitoring and related studies - McCormick
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1998/cmmccorm13-3.html
  • McCormick, M. J. and D. J. Schwab. Observations of currents in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Aquatic Ecosys. Health & Management J. (In Press).
  • Fahnenstiel, G. L., D. F. Millie, J. Dyble, R. W. Litaker, P. A. Tester, M. J. McCormick, R. Rediske, and D. Klarer. Microcystin concentrations and cell quotas in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Aquatic Ecosys. Health & Management J. (In Press).
  • Beletsky, D., Schwab, D. J. and M. J. McCormick. 2006. Modeling the 1998-2003 summer circulation and thermal structure in Lake Michigan. J. of Geophys. Res. 111, C10010, doi:10.1029/2005JC003222.
  • Foley, A. J. III, Nalepa, T. F., Walker, G. K., and M. J. McCormick. 2006. Epibiont populations associated with Diporeia spp. (amphipods) from Lake Michigan. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:1205-1211.
  • Fahnenstiel, G. L., Klarer, D., Mille, D., McCormick, M. J., and A. J. Foley III. 2006. Epilithic algae in the North Channel, Lake Huron. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:
  • Hook, T. O., McCormick, M. J., Rutherford, E. S., Mason, D. M., and G. S. Carter. 2006. Short-term water mass movements in Lake Michigan: implications for larval fish transport. J. Great Lakes Res. 32(4):728-737.
  • Vanderploeg, H. A., Johengen, T. H., Lavrentyev, P. J., Chen, C., Lang, G. A., Agy, M. A., Bundy, M. H., Cavaletto, J. F., Eadie, B. J., Liebig, J. R., Miller, G. S., Ruberg, S. A., and M. J. McCormick. 2007. Anatomy of the recurrent coastal sediment plume in Lake Michigan and its impacts to light climate, nutrients, and plankton. J. Geophys. Res. 112, C03S90, doi:10.1029/2004JC002379.
• Long term trends in Benthic Populations in Lake Michigan - Nalepa
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1980/cmnalepa13-2.html
• Pelagic-Benthic Coupling in Nearshore Lake Michigan - Nalepa
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1997/edynalepa09-2.html
• Assessments of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Great Lakes region - Nalepa
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2000/edynalepa09-3.html
• Condition of Dreissenids in Western Lake Erie and Lake Michigan - Nalepa
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2004/aisnalepa04-1.html
• Impacts of Hypoxia on the Benthos of Central Lake Erie - Nalepa
• Diets and condition of forage fish in southern Lake Huron - Pothoven
• Effects of non-indigenous invertebrates on pelagic food web of Lake Michigan - Pothoven
  • Pothoven, S.A., I. A. Grigorovich, G. L. Fahnenstiel, M. D. Balcer. 2007. Introduction of the Ponto-Caspian bloody-red mysid Hemimysis anomala into the Lake Michigan basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:285-292.
• New Bathymetry of the Great Lakes: Huron and Superior - Reid
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1998/ppreid01-1.html
• Computational Modeling of Ballast Tanks - Reid
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2003/nsreid10-2.html
• NOBOB Best Management Practices - Reid
  • Gray, D.K., T.H. Johengen, D.F. Reid, and H.J. MacIsaac (2007). Efficacy of open-ocean ballast water exchange as a
    means of preventing invertebrate invasions between freshwater ports. Limnol & Oceanogr, 52(6).
  • Reid, D.F., T. Johengen, H.J. MacIsaac, F.C. Dobbs, M. Doblin, L. Drake, G. Ruiz, P. T Jenkins, S. Santagata, C. van Overdijk, D. Gray, S. Ellis, Y. Hong, Y. Tang, F. Thomson, S. Heinemann, and S. Rondon. (2007). A Final Report for the Project "Identifying, Verifying, and Establishing Options for Best Management Practices for NOBOB Vessels.” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, and University of Michigan Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research, Ann Arbor, 173 pp.
• ISP / NCRAIS - Reid
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Programs/ncrais/ncrais.html
  • Ruiz, G. and D. Reid. (2007). Current State of Understanding about the Effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in Reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) Introductions to the Great Lakes Basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and Analysis of Existing Information. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Technical Memorandum GLERL-142, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA. September. 127 pp
  • Reid, D.F., R. Sturtevant, and S. Pothoven. 2007. Calling on the Public: Where in the Great Lakes Basin Is the Newest Aquatic Invader, Hemimysis anomala? Aquatic Invaders (Newsletter), 18(1), January-March.
• NOBOB-S: Salinity/Brine Exposure as a Biocide - Reid
• Invertebrate Resting Eggs - Reid
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2002/nsreid10-5.html
• Raikow,D.F., D.F. Reid, E.R. Blatchley III, G. Jacobs and P.F. Landrum (2007a). Effects of Proposed Physical Ballast Tank Treatments on Aquatic Invertebrate Resting Eggs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26 (4): 717-725.
• Raikow, D.F., D.F. Reid and P.F. Landrum (2007b). Aquatic invertebrate resting egg sensitivity to glutaraldehyde and sodium hypochlorite. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(8): 1770-1773.
• Raikow, D.F., D.F. Reid, E.E. Maynard, and P.F. Landrum (2006). Sensitivity of aquatic invertebrate resting eggs to SeaKleen® (Menadione): A test of potential ballast tank treatment options, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25(2):552-559.
• Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System (GLANSIS) - Reid
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2003/nsreid10-3.html
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Programs/ncrais/glansis.html
• Ballast Vector Research Consolidation - Reid
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2001/nsreid10-1.html
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2004/aisreid04-1.html
• Real-time Environmental Coastal Observation Network (RECON) - Ruberg
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2002/cmbrandt13-3.html
  • Ruberg S, Brandt S, Muzzi R, Hawley N, Bridgeman T, Leshkevich G, Lane J, Miller T, A Wireless Real-Time Coastal Observation Network, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 88(28) : 285-286, 10 July 2007
  • Ruberg S, Muzzi R, Brandt S, Gray J, Downing E, Lane J, Miller T, Constant S. A Wireless Internet-Based Observatory: The Real-time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON), Oceans 2007 MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings, October 1-5, 2007.
• Real-time Meteorological Observation Network - Ruberg
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1998/ppschwab01-3.html
• Microsensor Development - Ruberg
• Mapping Methods Research and Development - Ruberg
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2006/eosruberg06-1.html
  • H. A. Vanderploeg,T. H. Johengen,P. J. Lavrentyev, C. Chen,G. A. Lang,M. A. Agy, M. H. Bundy,J. F. Cavaletto, B. J.
    Eadie,J. R. Liebig,G. S. Miller, S. A. Ruberg and M. McCormick. (2007). Anatomy of the recurrent coastal sediment plume in Lake Michigan and its impacts to light climate, nutrients, and plankton. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, VOL. 112, C03S90, doi: 10.1029/2004JC002379
  • Biddanda B, Coleman D, Johengen T, Ruberg S, Meadows G, VanSumeren H, Rediske R, Kendall S, Exploration of a Submerged Sinkhole Ecosystem in Lake Huron, Ecosystems, 18August 2006. Online Publication: http://www.springerlink.com/content/r106152q530xn0m1/fulltext.html
  • Liebig, J. R., H. A. Vanderploeg, S. A. Ruberg (2006), Factors Affecting the Performance of the Optical Plankton Counter in Large Lakes: Insights from Lake Michigan and Laboratory Studies, J. Geophs. Res., 111, C05S02, doi:10.1029/2005JC003087
  • Ruberg, S., Coleman D, Johengen T, Meadows G, Lang G, VanSumeren H, Biddanda B. Groundwater plume mapping in a submerged sinkhole in Lake Huron. Marine Technology Society Journal, 39(2): 65-69, Summer 2005.
  • Nalepa, T.F., Fanslow, D.L., Lang, S.A., Ruberg, S.A. 2005. Recent Trends in Benthic Macroinvertebrate Populations in Lake Michigan. pp. 269-262. In State of Lake Michigan: Ecology, Health, and Management. Edited by T. Edsall and M. Munawar. Ecovision World Monograph Series. Goodword Books Ltd., New Delhi, India
• Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System - Schwab
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1997/ppschwab01-1.html
  • Beletsky, D., D.J. Schwab and M. McCormick. Modeling the 1998-2003 summer circulation and thermal structure in Lake Michgan. J. Geophys. Res. 111(C10010):18 (2006)
  • Lee, C., Schwab, D.J., Beletsky, D. and J. Stroud. Numerical modeling of mixed sediment resuspension, transport, and deposition during the March 1998 episodic events in southern Lake Michigan . J. Geophys. Res. 112:C02018 (17pp) (2007)
  • Yerubandi, R.R. and D.J. Schwab. Interaction between the coastal and offshore waters in the Great Lakes: a review. J. Great Lakes Res. 33:202-218 (2007)
  • Kelley, J.G.W., Chu, P., Zhang, A.J., Lang, G.A. and D.J. Schwab. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Michigan Operational
    Forecast System (LMOFS). NOAA Tech. Memo NOS CS 8, NOAA/NOS/CSDL Silver Spring, MD. 67 pp. (2007)
  • Kelley, J.G.W., Chu, P., Zhang, A.J., and Lang, G.A.. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Superior Operational Forecast System (LSOFS). NOAA Tech. Memo NOS CS 9, NOAA/NOS/CSDL Silver Spring, MD. 48 pp. (2007)
  • Kelley, J.G.W., Chu, P., Zhang, A.J., Lang, G.A. and K.W. Bedford. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Erie Operational Forecast System (LEOFS). NOAA Tech. Memo NOS CS 12, NOAA/NOS/CSDL Silver Spring, MD. 73 pp. (2007)
• Coupled hydrodynamic-ecological model of Lake Erie - Schwab
  • Schwab, D.J., Beletsky, D., DePinto, J. and Dolan, D.M. A hydrodynamic approach to modeling phosphorous distribution in Lake Erie. (in preparation)
• Near-Shore Transport: Modeling, Observations & Beach Closure Forecasting - Schwab
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Centers/HumanHealth/near_shore.html
  • Liu, L., M. S. Phanikumar, S. L. Molloy, R. L. Whitman, D. A. Shively, M. B. Nevers, D. J. SCHWAB, and J. B. Rose. Modeling the transport and inactivation of E. coli and Enterococci in the near-shore region of Lake Michigan. Environmental Science and Technology 40(16): 5022-5028 (2006).
  • Fong, T.T., Mansfield, L., Wilson, D.L., Schwab, D.J., Malloy, S. and J. Rose. Massive microbiological groundwater contamination associated with a waterborne outbreak in Lake Erie, South Bass Island, Ohio. Environmental Health Perspectives 115(6): 856-864 (2007).
  • Yerubandi, R.R. and D.J. Schwab. Transport and mixing between the coastal and offshore waters in the Great Lakes: a review. J. Great Lakes Res. 33(1): 202-218.
• Bayesian Implementation of a Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia Model - Stow
• Stow, C. A. and D. Scavia. Modeling Hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay: Ensemble estimation using a Bayesian hierarchical model. Journal of Marine Systems.
• Stow, C.A., J. Jolliff, D. McGillicuddy, S. Doney, J.I. Allen, M. Friedrichs, K. Rose, and P. Wallhead. Skill assessment for coupled biological/physical models of marine systems. Journal of Marine Systems.
• Implications of Cercopagis and Bythotrephes to alewife recruitment and stability - Vanderploeg
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2001/nsvander10-4.html
  • Pothoven, S.A, Vanderploeg, H.A., Cavaletto, J.F., Krueger, D.M., Mason, D.M., and Brandt, S.B. Alewife planktivory regulates abundance of two invasive predatory cladocerans in the nearshore zone of Lake Michigan. Freshwater Biology
• Changes in the pelagic food web of southern Lake Michigan (CPFWSLM) - Vanderploeg
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1994/nsvander10-2.html
  • Vanderploeg, H.A., Johengen, T.H., Lavrentyev, P.J., Chen, C., Lang, G.A., Agy, M.A., Bundy, M.H., Cavaletto, J.F.,
    Eadie, B.J., Liebig, J.R. Miller, G.S., Ruberg, S.A., and McCormick, M.J. 2007. Anatomy of the recurrent coastal plume in Lake Michigan and its impacts to light climate, plankton and nutrients. J. Geophysical Res. – Oceans 112, C03S90, doi: 1029/2004JC002379.
• Dreissenid mussels as homeostatic filter feeders and nutrient excreters - Vanderploeg
• Vanderploeg, H.A., Johengen, T.H., and Liebig, J.R. (submitted). Feedback between zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) selective feeding and algal composition affects mussel condition: Did the regime changer pay a price for its
  success? Freshwater Biology.
  

New 2008 Proposals
(2008 Draft Proposals Available on Request)

• Coupling MPE Stage IV, QPE-SUMS, QPE to better estimate precip. in Great Lakes region - DeMarchi
• Statistical downscaling of precip. estimated by RCM for watershed hydrology - DeMarchi
• Event response and Microcystis bloom tracking in western Lake Erie - Dyble
• Monitoring of cyanobacterial HABs in western Lake Erie using buoy-mounted sensors - Dyble
• Mapping the condition of Diporeia - Hook
• Influence of Trace Metals and Zebra Mussels on Microcystis growth - Kashian
• Influence of landscape attributes on dissolved organic matter in Lake Superior trib. - Kashian
• Satellite SAR Ice Maping with COSMO_SKYMED - Leshkevich
• Satellite SAR Ice Mapping with RADARSAT-2 - Leshkevich
• New MODIS for Retrieval of Chlorophyll, Organic Carbon, and Suspended Minerals - Leshkevich
• Optical properties of the Great Lakes - Leshkevich
• Satellite Scatterometer Ice Mapping - Leshkevich
• Energy Budget-Based Simulation of Evapotranspiration from Land - Lofgren
• Evolution of invasive species: adaptive changes in Bythotrephes tail spine - Mason
• Planktivory in Lake Huron: Spatial coupling in food web - Pothoven
• Fish diet and condition: responses to low oxygen events in Lk Erie - Pothoven
• Coastwise ANS: Coastwise Traffic Patterns & Mgmnt of Nonindigenous Species Risk - Reid
• Bayesian multilevel discrete time hazard analysis for pulsed dose experiments - Stow
• Adaptive Integrated Framework (AIF) - Stow
• Influence of hypoxia on dist., behavior, overlap between zooplankton and planktivorous fish - Vanderploeg
• Developing Great Lakes Ice Model using Coupled Ice-Ocean Model - Wang
• Relationship Between Great Lakes Ice Cover and Climate Patterns - Wang
  
  
  

November 19, 2007

Contents
1) New Facility Groundbreaking
2) GLERL Internal Proposal Review
3) Mike Quigley to Retire
4) Sen. Ben Nelson Praises NOAA Green Ship Program at High-Level National Defense University Conference
5) NOAA Seminar Series at GLERL
6) New Reprints
7) Web Hot Items
8) GLERL in the News
9) CEGLHH in the News - Muck*
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1) New Facility Groundbreaking
The official Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new GLERL building is set for Monday, December 17th. VADM Lautenbacher will be attending.

2) GLERL Internal Proposal Review
GLERL's annual review of internal proposals will be December 10-14. Supplemental updates will be sent when the list of titles and abstracts become available.

3) Mike Quigley to Retire
Mike Quigley, GLERL's Information Services Branch Chief has announced his intention to retire effective February 1.

4) Sen. Ben Nelson Praises NOAA Green Ship Program at High-Level National Defense University Conference
On November 8th, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) told a Military Energy Security Forum meeting in Washington, DC he was “very impressed by what NOAA is doing on the biofuels side” by reducing dependency on overseas sources of energy. The NOAA Green Ships all use 100 percent soy biodiesel for engine fuel, canola-based motor oil and vegetable-based hydraulic oil for its deck crane, winches, transmission, and steering gear. Earlier, Sen. Nelson said he was particularly impressed with the demonstrated environmental benefits of NOAA’s use of biodiesel made from soybeans compared with conventional marine diesel. In wrapping up the conference, VADM Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.), called the NOAA Green Ship program a “best practice” meriting emulation by the Defense Department. VADM McGinn is Vice President for Strategic Planning and Business Development for Battelle. Earlier this year, the Green Ship program won a coveted White House “Closing the Circle” award.

5) NOAA Seminar Series at GLERL
The Seminar Series this year will focus on increasing partnerships with the new academic Institution members of CILER. The goal of this year's seminar series is to initiate new collaborations and interactions between NOAA GLERL scientists and scientists from partner CILER universities. We will be inviting one scientist from each of the CILER partner universities to present a seminar at GLERL, and have a GLERL scientist give a presentation at each of the partner institutions. We will also be hosting a Special Topical Seminar Series (about 6 Invited Scientists) on : Climate Impact on the Great Lakes. We normally host one seminar per month, the first seminar in will be in November. For the schedule see: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/news/seminars/
Many seminars of the series are videotaped and posted to a web archive (see past seminars link at above URL).

6) New Reprints
Moisander, P.H., H.W. Paerl, J. Dyble, and K. Sivonen. Phosphorus limitation and diel control of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 345:41-50 (2007).

7) Web Hot Items
541 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

519 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

121 downloads - LOFGREN, B.M. Global warming effects on Great Lakes water: More precipitation but less water? Proceedings, 18th Conference on Hydrology, 8th Annual Meeting of the AMS, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004, 3 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040002.pdf

108 downloads - Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii Fact Sheet
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Programs/ncrais/docs/factsheets/cylindrospermopsis_raciborskii.pdf

100 downloads - NOAA Green Ship Initiative
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf

71 downloads - Bronte, C.R., M.P. Ebener, D.R. Schreiner, D.S. DeVault, M.M. Petzold, D.A. Jensen, C. Richards, and S.J. LOZANO. Fish community change in Lake Superior, 1970-2000. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60:1552-1574 (2003). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2003/20030016.pdf

69 downloads - Pinho, U.F., P.C. LIU, and C. Eduardo Parente Ribeiro. Geofizika 21:53-67 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040029.pdf

55 downloads - LIU, P.C., and U.F. Pinho. Freak waves - more frequent than rare! annales Geophysicae 22:1839-1842 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040008.pdf

8) GLERL in the News
- Midges
Quotes from GLERL scientist Tom Nalepa are part of a story in today's Cleveland Plain Dealer on possibility of Lake Erie midges returning to tonight's Red Sox - Indians ALCS playoff game in Cleveland.
Story is at: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/119243716584680.xml&coll=2&thispage=1

- Water Levels
National Public Radio Morning Edition story on Lake Superior water levels aired this AM includes quotes by GLERL Hydrologist Cynthia Sellinger. You can listen to the story at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15353639
Cynthia is also quoted in the Nov 9 issue of Science.

9) CEGLHH in the News - Muck
CEGLHH Scientist, Joan Rose, was featured in the Bay City Times discussing human sewage indicators in Huron County muck samples. Tests show Thumb muck contains human waste <http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1195056981265380.xml&coll=4>
The Bay City Times (11/14)

October 15, 1007

Contents
1) Ballast Water Tech Memo
2) New Reprints
3) Web Hot Items
4) GLERL in the News
5) CEGLHH in the News

1) Ballast Water Tech Memo
A new Technical Report (NOAA Technical Memo) assessing ballast water exchange has been posted on the GLERL website:
"Current State of Understanding about the Effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in Reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species
(ANS) Introductions to the Great Lakes Basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and Analysis of Existing Information." The report was compiled by Greg Ruiz (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center) and Dave Reid (GLERL), with input from numerous other scientists (including me). You can obtain the full report via the main GLERL page: www.glerl.noaa.gov - see link at top of left sidebar,
or go to http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/techrept.html and click to download TM-142.

News - Quotes from OAR AA Rick Spinrad and GLERL scientist Dave Reid are included in a 9/24 MarineLog article on this report.
Article is at: http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2007sep00245.html

2) New Reprints
Arhonditsis, G.B., H.W. Paerl, L.M. Valdes-Weaver, C.A. STOW, L.J. Steinberg, and K.H. Reckhow. Application of Bayesian structural equation modeling for examining phytoplankton dynamics in the Neuse River Estuary (North Carolina, USA). Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 72:63-80 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070032.pdf

Chu, P., J.G.W. Kelley, G.A. LANG, and K.W. Bedford. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Erie Operational Forecast System (LEOFS). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS CS 12. NOAA, Office of Coast Survey, Coast Survey Development Lab, Silver Spring, MD, 73 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/2007tmNOS_CS12.pdf

CROLEY, T.E. II, J.F. Atkinson, and D.F. Raikow. Hydrologic – Hydraulic – Ecologic resource sheds. Proceedings of the Second IASTED International Conference, Water Resources Management, Honolulu, HI, August 20-22, 2007, 164-169 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070035.pdf

DeMARCHI, C., A. Georgakakos, and C. Peters-Lidard. Uncertainty characterization in a combined IR/Microwave scheme for remote sensing of precipitation. Proceedings of Symposium HS2004 at IUGG2007, Quantification and Reduction of Predictive Uncertainty for sustainable Water Resources Management, Perugia, Italy, July 2007, pp. 70-77 (2007).

Holloway, G., F. Dupont, E. Golubeva, S. Hakkinen, E. Hunke, M. Jin, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, M. Maltrud, M.A. Morales-Maqueda, W. Maslowski, G. Platov, D. Stark, M. Steele, T. Suzuki, J. WANG, and J. Zhang. Water properties and circulation in Arctic Ocean models. Journal of Geophysical Research 112(C04503, doi: 10.1029/2006JC003542):18 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070031.pdf

HOOK, T.O., E.S. Rutherford, D.M. MASON, and G.S. CARTER. Hatch dates, growth, survival, and overwinter mortality of age-0 alewives in Lake Michigan: implications for habitat-specific recruitment success. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1298-1312 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070028.pdf

Kelley, J.G.W., P. Chu, A.-J. Zhang, and G.A. LANG. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Superior Operational Forecast System (LSOFS). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS CS 9. NOAA, Office of Coast Survey, Coast Survey Development Lab, Silver Spring, MD, 48 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/2007tmNOS_CS9.pdf

Kelley, J.G.W., P. Chu, A.-J. Zhang, G.A. LANG, and D.J. SCHWAB. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Michigan Operational Forecast System (LMOFS). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS CS 8. NOAA, Office of Coast Survey, Coast Survey Development Lab, Silver Spring, MD, 67 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/2007tmNOS_CS8.pdf

LESHKEVICH, G.A., and S.V. Nghiem. Algorithm development for operational satellite SAR classification and mapping of Great Lakes ice cover. Proceedings, OceanSAR 2006 – Third Workshop on Coastal and Marine Applications of SAR, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. October 25, 2006. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060051.pdf

Rao, Y.R., and D.J. SCHWAB. Transport and mixing between the coastal and offshore waters in the Great Lakes: A review. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:202-218 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070034.pdf

Ruiz, G.M., and D.F. REID. Current state of understanding about the effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) introductions to the Great Lakes basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and analysis of existing information. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-142. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 127 pp. (2007). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-142/tm-142.pdf

STOW, C.A., C.R. Allen, and A.S. Garmestani. Evaluating discontinuities in complex systems: toward quantitative measures of resilience. Ecology and Society 12(1):26 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fullttext/20070036.pdf

STOW, C.A., M.E. Borsuk, and K.H. Reckhow. Ecosystem Risk Assessment: The Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina. In Risk Assessment for Environmental Health, M. Robson and W. Toscano (Eds.). John Wiley and Sons, San Francisco, CA, pp. 563-585 (2007).

You, J., P.F. LANDRUM, T.A. Trimble, and M.J. Lydy. Availability of polychlorinated biphenyls in field-contaminated sediment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(9):1940-1948 (2007).

3) Web Hot Items
555 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

510 downloads - Ruiz, G.M., and D.F. REID. Current state of understanding about the effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) introductions to the Great Lakes basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and analysis of existing information. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-142. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 127 pp. (2007). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-142/tm-142.pdf

393 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

197 downloads - NOAA Green Ship Initiative
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf

126 downloads - Sellinger, C.E., and F.H. Quinn. Proceedings of the Great Lakes paleo-levels workshop: The last 4000 years. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-113. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-113/tm-113.pdf

74 downloads - Reid, D.F. Conversion of specific gravity to salinity for ballast water regulatory management. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-139. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-139/tm-139.pdf

74 downloads - Lake Huron Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LHfoodweb.pdf

69 downloads - Lofgren, B.M. Global warming effects on Great Lakes water: More precipitation bus less water? Proceedings, 18th Conference on Hydrology, 8th Annual Meeting of the AMS, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004, 3 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040002.pdf

4) GLERL in the News
George Leshkevich quoted in the Columbus Dispatch - Sept 25. Tracking Erie's deadly algae. http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2007/09/25/sci_Eriealgae.ART_ART_09-25-07_B4_7H7UMMK.html?sid=101

Cynthia Sellinger quated in Washington Post (AP) article October 1 on Lake Superior water levels
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/01/AR2007100100330.html

5) CEGLHH in the News
CEGLHH scientists, Joan Rose and Juli Dyble, were featured in the Detroit News discussing the "muck" issue affecting Lake Huron beaches. The full story can be read by clicking on the following link: <http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070922/METRO/709220336>
Battling Lake Huron beach muck <http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070922/METRO/709220336>

September 14, 2007

Contents
1) NOAA, Shedd Aquarium Partner for ‘Great Day in Great Lakes’
2) FY 2007 GLERL Science Accomplishments
3) New Reprints
4) CEGLHH PI Meeting
5) GLERL In the News
- Green Ships Initiative
- Water levels
- Lake Erie Dead Zone
- Harmful Algal Blooms
6) GLERL Hot Items
7) Staff News
- Retirement
- Position Announcement - Research Fisheries Biologist
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1) NOAA, Shedd Aquarium Partner for ‘Great Day in Great Lakes’

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago sponsored an outdoor family day Saturday, Sept. 8 at the aquarium with the theme It's a Great Day in the Great Lakes. This free event included tours of the/ Laurentian/, one of NOAA’s completely petroleum-free research vessels, along with the Discovery Tent, with numerous exhibits and activities for all ages. It showcased topics such as weather, climate, fisheries, food webs, invasive species, satellites and more.

NOAA participated in this event as part of the agency’s year-long celebration to commemorate 200 years of science, service and stewardship to the nation. “It all started in 1807 with President Thomas Jefferson’s vision to support his fledgling nation’s economy by ensuring safe maritime commerce. He accomplished this by creating the Survey of the Coast, the first federal science agency and precursor to NOAA’s navigation services,” said Stephen B. Brandt, director of NOAA’s Great Lakes Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Discovery Tent showcased NOAA products and services available to the public in the Great Lakes region. Booths also featured activities, free handout materials, and educational items. NOAA scientists and program managers were available to answer questions. The Laurentian was docked near the Shedd Aquarium all day and available for tours. This “green” Great Lakes research vessel was one of the first in the federal fleet to run petroleum-free. NOAA vessels operate throughout the Great Lakes for ecosystem research and addressing other NOAA priorities in the region.

NOAA is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and information service delivery for transportation, and by providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources. Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners, more than 70 countries and the European Commission to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes, predicts, and protects.

Event Pictures at ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/incoming/email%20pics/

2) FY 2007 GLERL Science Accomplishments

  1. Linking Grand River Forecast with Lake Michigan Circulation Forecast. GLERL completed its short term forecast model for
     Grand River outflows by combining a near real time meteorology data stream with its Distributed Large Basin Runoff Model applied
     to the Grand and with a deterministic 2-3 day NWS meteorology outlook. This is used in conjunction with GLERL’s lake circulation
     model to trace movement of materials from the Grand River’s outflow into Lake Michigan along the shores of the lake to predict
     beach closings earlier than presently possible. GLERL is now in the process of adding additional forecasts with the DLBRM as its
     base; these include water temperature, sediment flow, nutrients, contaminants, and microbes. (Croley)
  2. Near Real Time Resource Sheds. GLERL created mapping of resource shed distributions through use of its Distributed Large
     Basin Runoff Model (DLBRM) applied to the Maumee River in northern Ohio. A resource shed is the defined as the source area for
     material (over the last several days) that passes through a location of interest (Maumee watershed mouth) in a specified time
     period (last day for the Maumee). Its distribution is the material density. It is used to identify source areas and material amounts
     for any event observed in the outflow of the Maumee into Lake Erie. GLERL combined the DLBRM, applied to the Maumee, with a near
     real time meteorology data stream to daily recompute resource sheds for time periods of 1-31 prior to each of the last 31 dates.
     These products are now being generated every day and will soon be available (both maps and databases) on the GLERL web site. (Croley)
  3. Diporeia Decline and Causes. In 2007, data analysis of several benthic surveys in Lake Huron was completed. The most profound
     changes occurred in populations of the benthic amphipod Diporeia and invasive dreissenid mussels. Between 2000 and 2003, the former
     species declined dramatically, while the latter continued to increase (mostly all quagga mussels). This finding is not unusual
     since throughout the Great Lakes there is a strong negative relationship between the two organisms. However, a comparison to
     benthic changes in Lake Michigan showed that the loss rate of Diporeia in Lake Huron was similar to or greater than found in
     Lake Michigan despite the presence of far fewer dreissenids. This indicates that factors operating on a lake-wide scale are either
     confounding dreissenid impacts in Lake Huron, or mitigating impacts in Lake Michigan. (Nalepa)
  4. Water Levels: Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. GLERL has been using several modern quantitative tools to examine the 146 year
     water level record for the Lake Michigan/Huron system. Visual observations of water level data from Lakes Michigan and Huron
     have suggested declining lake levels since 1998 and with current levels at near record lows. However, results from modeling
     exercises suggests an overall long-term water level decrease beginning in ~1973, but this decline was obscured by increasing
     precipitation until about 1998. Moreover, there has been identified a multi-decadal cycle of ~30 years, a recent increase
     in the amplitude of the seasonal cycle, and a residual periodicity that corresponds, approximately to sunspot number. (Stow and
     Sellinger)
  5. Fish Growth and Production in Response to Hypoxia. Modeling results suggests that hypoxic conditions may have both a positive
     and negative impact on striped bass growth and production in the Chesapeake Bay. Obviously low oxygen is directly harmful to fish,
     however hypoxia can act to concentrate prey fish in normoxic waters and thereby improve predator feeding efficiency and thus
     growth and production. This benefit may be short lived as increases in striped bass abundance, as a result of harvest
     restrictions and enhanced production, has allowed for the over-consumption of prey fish creating a negative feedback on
     striped bass growth. (Brandt, Costantini, et al.)
  6. Indirect Effects of Invasive Species in the Great Lakes. Field experiments and modeling results suggest that the invasive
     zooplankton predator Bythotrephes can have a greater impact on zooplankton populations indirectly through behavioral changes in
     prey in response to Bythotrephes then by direct mortality through consumption. When Bythotrephes is present, zooplankton (Daphnia)
     retreat to colder and deeper depths, but at these colder depths daphnia birth rate declines dramatically. Such nonlethal affects
     of avoiding predators could be substantially more important in causing daphnia declines than direct predation. (Peacor)
  7. New Invasive Species in the Great Lakes. GLERL discovered a new invasive species, Hemimysis anomala (Bloody Red Shrimp) in
     Lake Michigan in November of 2006. Hemmysis anomala is a small shrimp-like crustacean native to the low-salinity margins of the
     Black Sea, the Azov Sea and the eastern Caspian Sea and most likely was brought into the Great Lakes via ballast tanks.
     Following the discovery, the NOAA National Center for Research on Aquatic Invasive Species (NCRAIS) at GLERL coordinated a rapid
     research response to define the range, distribution, and impact of Hemimysis anomala in the Great Lakes. There have been 7
     confirmed sightings of Hemmysis anomala scattered throughout Lakes Michigan, Erie, and Ontario; and several other unconfirmed
     sightings in Lake Michigan. (Pothoven & Reid)
  8. Identification of Important Sea Lamprey Spawning Regions in Lake Huron. Using a state-of-the-art laser-ablation
     inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, to look at the trace-metal chemistry of sea lamprey ear ‘stones’ (statoliths), we
     have been able to identify primary watersheds where adult sea lamprey spawn. Statoliths accumulate trace materials from the
     water in which the lampreys live. Therefore, each lamprey should have a chemical ‘signature’ that is unique to the stream in which
     it lived as a larvae. By analyzing the chemical composition of statoliths of sea lamprey captured in the open lake or reproducing
     adults captured in streams, and matching it to stream-specific chemical signatures developed from larvae, it is possible to
     determine streams/watersheds contributing significantly to the adult population. (Ludsin)
  9. Near-Shore Transport: Modeling, Observations, and Beach Closure Forecasting. A nested grid version of the Princeton Ocean Model
     for the Great Lakes was developed and tested for the Burns Ditch area in southern Lake Michiagn. The model uses 3-d boundary
     conditions derived from the whole-lake hydrodynamic model to simulate circulation in a small coastal area at very high (~100 m)
     horizontal resolution. Modeling results compared very well to field measurements of currents near Burns Ditch from 2005. We have
     an operational nowcast of surface water conditions available for the Burns Ditch area: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/bd/.
     Results from the nested grid were more accurate than results from the coarse grid, and 3-d results were more accurate than 2-d. Work
     was begun on integrating nearshore hydrodynamics model into GLFS by running the nested grid model on a routine daily basis using
     output from GLCFS for boundary conditions. In collaboration with Hector Bravo at UWM, a nested grid model for the Milwaukee Harbor
     area was also developed and tested. We have also been able to develop both a Nowcast and a 48-hour Forecast for the Grand Haven
     area. (http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/gh/ for the Grand Haven Nowcast and http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/ghf/ for the Grand
     Haven Forecast.) All three models (Burns Ditch, Milwaukee, and Grand Haven) will serve as the basis for process-based water
     quality models in these areas. (Schwab)
 10. Hazard of Microcystis Blooms for Human Health through Fish Consumption. We have studied the accumulation of the
     cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin in the liver and muscle tissue of edible sized fish (primarily yellow perch, white perch,
     bluegill, walleye and northern pike) in western Lake Erie during the summer of 2006 and Muskegon Lake (western Michigan) during the
     summer of 2007. At times of high microcystin concentration in the phytoplankton of western Lake Erie, microcystin concentrations in
     the liver ranged from 17-1182 ng microcystin (g dry weight)-1, but concentrations in the muscle tissue did not exceed 4.02 ng
     microcystin (g dry weight)-1 . In Muskegon Lake, maximum values for the liver were 538 ng microcystin (g dry weight)-1 and for
     muscle were 2.1 ng microcystin (g dry weight)-1 . The muscle tissue concentrations are below the values recommended by the
     World Health Organization (117 ng microcystin (g dry weight)-1 ) and considered by the EPA (9.5 ng microcystin (g dry weight)-1 )
     based on the total daily intake of an adult population with a high proportion of fish in their diet. Therefore, if populations are
     only eating the muscle tissue and not the livers, we would not expect fish to be a significant route of human exposure to
     microcystins. (Dyble)
 11. Genetic and Environmental Factors Influencing Microcystis Bloom Toxicity. We sampled 3 sites in western Lake Erie over the
     course of the summer 2006 (July – October) to quantify the number of toxic Microcystis cells using a quantitative PCR method based
     on the mcyB gene. This data showed the maximum number of toxic Microcystis cells in Maumee Bay was in August, but did not peak
     in the middle of western Erie until September. Sequencing themcyB gene at these locations also showed a shift in which
     strains were present in the Microcystis community over the course of the summer, which may impact the overall toxicity of the
     bloom in these locations. Ultimately, this data will be used better understand when blooms are comprised on toxic strains and
     to forecast the presence of toxic Microcystis blooms in waters used for drinking and recreation. (Dyble)
 12. RECON-1. According to NWS Marine forcaster, Bob Dukesherer, there were approximately 1-2 drownings per year along the
     southwest Michigan coast. GLERL coastal buoys have been deployed since May 2007 assisting NWS operational marine forecasters with
     real-time forecasting, providing information on wave heights, wave period, wind speed and direction, and water temperatures. The
     ReCON buoy data is being used to provide validation of rip current advisories issued by NWS and providing data used in GLERL and NWS
     rip current research. (Ruberg)
 13. RECON-2. In August 2006 three of four Cleveland water treatment plants were exposed to anoxic waters from Lake Erie
     compromising water quality and safe drinking water. In an effort to investigate, research, and limit future water quality impacts
     to drinking water, a RECON buoy was deployed in proximity to a water intake pipe to monitor for hypoxic waters. Advanced
     knowledge of hypoxia from ReCON in 2007 helped the Cleveland Water Division (Lake Erie) adjust their water treatment approach in
     response to potential hypoxic events- thus ensuring the safety of water for 1.5 million people. (Ruberg)
 14. NoBOB. GLERL, jointly with Smithsonian Institution, assessed the effectiveness of ballast water exchange (BWE) for protecting
     the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay. We concluded that BWE has probably dramatically reduced the supply of coastal organisms
     being discharged with foreign-originating ballast water into the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay, and in the absence of proven
     alternative methods, BWE, as well as saltwater tank flushing for NOBOBs ("no-ballast on board"), should be considered useful and
     beneficial ballast management practices. We also conducted salinity and brine tolerance experiments on over 60 individual
     estuarine and freshwater invertebrates, including several of the invasive species already in the Great Lakes. We demonstrated that
     salinity is an effective barrier to organisms most likely to invade the Great Lakes and other low-salinity coastal ecosystems.
     Exposure to high concentration sodium chloride brines also appears very promising as a spot-treatment for NOBOB tanks that have not
     been able to raise the salinity of residual water prior to entering the Seaway. As a result of this research, treatment of
     several ballast tanks with brine or rock salt was tested by Canadian authorities on several ships entering the Great Lakes. (Reid)
 15. Grand River - Tracer Studies. To develop tools to accurately predict potential human health threats to coastal Great Lakes
     waters researchers from GLERL, MSU, UWM, CMU and GT conducted experiments in the Grand River and the coastal waters of Lake
     Michigan using (1) moored current meters, (2) GPS reporting drifting buoys, (3) aerial photography, and (4) dye tracing
     studies. Physical measurements are being used to help test the adequacy of the nested-grid hydrodynamic model (item 9 above) as a
     potential forecasting tool. Analytical solution of the hydrodynamics model compared poorly to the mapped tracer field
     demonstrating the critical role that buoyancy differences play in river plume dynamics and pollutant transport in coastal waters. As
     a result, more comprehensive models incorporating fully three dimensional transport and buoyancy differences as determined from
     this study are being developed. (McCormick)
 16. Development of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas CIOM (Coupled Ice-Ocean Model). A regional CIOM was developed to simulate the
     downscaling ice and ocean processes with a 4-km resolution. The Beaufort CIOM was nested to a Japanese (CCSR/NIES/FRCGC)
     high-resolution (1/4 x 1/6 degrees) global coupled atmosphere-sea ice-ocean-land model. Atmospheric forcing data were derived from
     the NCEP reanalysis. Simulation of seasonal cycle was conducted. In the Chukchi Sea, the Bering inflow separates into three
     branches: the first main branch flows along the Alaska’s coast that is the Alaska Coastal Current (ACC); the second branch flows
     northward and turns to the right, joining the ACC along the Beaufort coast; and the third branch flows toward the Northwind
     Ridge. The Beaufort Gyre is well reproduced, superimposed by numerous mesoscale eddies, with anticyclones outnumbering
     cyclones. We also investigated downscaling sea ice dynamics, such as sea ice ridging, rafting, leads and landfast ice, which are not
     resolved in the previous coarse resolution model (Wang et al. 2002, 2005). This approach combining the global model for the 20th
     century climate simulation with the regional downscaling/nesting simulation helps understanding of both large-scale sea ice
     variability and small-scale sea ice dynamics. Sea ice breaks up offshore piece by piece with landfast ice untouched along the
     Beaufort Sea coast. Sea ice cracks from pack ice with irregular shapes due to 1) complex ocean circulation, coastal current, and
     mesoscale eddies, 2) multi-category sea ice dynamics, and 3) complex and high-resolution geometry and topography. Sea ice
     ridging, rafting, and openings/leads can be well reproduced in sea ice thickness and concentration. Model validation using in situ
     observations, satellite measurements, and historical datasets is underway (Wang)
 17. Development of 1-D PhEcoM (Physical-Ecosystem Model). An application of a 3-D coupled Physical-Ecosystem Model (PhEcoM;
     Wang et al. 2003) to a 1-D setting in the Bering Sea was conducted in collaborated with University of Alaska Fairbanks. Our modeling
     studies have shown that zooplankton grazing pressure is a very important factor in the duration of the phytoplankton bloom. We
     have since added copepod grazing on microzooplankton in the 1-D marine ecosystem model to provide a more defensible
     parameterization of zooplankton grazing. Also the model now includes output of the integrated flows between the model
     compartments, including primary production. This has allowed us to examine controls on primary production and how projected change
     will impact the various components of production. Preliminary model results suggest that models of primary productivity in the
     southeastern Bering Sea need to include nitrification. (Wang)

3) New Reprints
DeMARCHI, C., A. Georgakakos, and C. Peters-Lidard. Probabilistic estimation of precipitation combining geostationary and TRMM satellite date. Proceedings, Symposium HS3007 at IUGG2007, Remote Sensing of Environmental Monitoring and Change Detection, Perugia, Italy. IAHS Publication 316, pp. 70-77 (2007).

Holker, F., H. Dorner, T. Schulze, S.S. Haertel-Borer, S.D. PEACOR, and T. Mehner. Species-specific responses of planktivorous fish to the introduction of a new piscivore: implications for prey fitness. Freshwater Biology 52:1793-1806 (2007).

Jin, M., C. Deal, J. WANG, V. Alexander, R. Gradinger, S. Saitoh, T. Iida, Z. Wan, and P. Stabeno. Ice-associated phytoplankton blooms in the southeastern Bering Sea. Geophysical Research Letters 34:L06612, doi: 10.1029/2006GL028849, 6 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs.fulltext/2007/20070025.pdf

RUBERG, S.A., S.B. BRANDT, R. MUZZI, N. HAWLEY, G.A. LESHKEVICH, J. LANE, and T.C. MILLER. A wireless real-time coastal observation network. EOS Transactions 88(28):285-286 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070022.pdf

Yang, X.-Y., D. Wang, J. WANG, and R.X. Huang. Connection between the decadal variability in the Southern Ocean circulation and the Southern Annual Mode. Geophysical Research Letters 34:L16604, doi:1029/2007GL030526, 5 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070026.pdf

4) CEGLHH PI Meeting
CEGLHH to Host 2nd Annual Oceans and Human Health (OHH) Principal Investigators meeting in Muskegon, Michigan
The 2nd Annual OHH Principal Investigators Meeting, to be held in Muskegon, Michigan (home of the Lake Michigan field station associated with NOAA's Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health- CEGLHH), October 22 - 24, 2007. The "All PIs" meeting will provide an excellent opportunity for OHH researchers to share latest research and findings, interact closely with colleagues, advance discussions on developing and delivering OHH-related products/services and provide important input to Congressionally-mandated OHHI reports.


5) GLERL In the News
Green Ships Initiative
From the NOAA Homepage - NOAA conducted a research cruise on Aug. 27, on Lake Erie aboard one of the agency’s 100 percent petroleum free “Green Ship” vessels powered by oil from U.S. grown soybeans. The NOAA ship, Laurentian and similar vessels will be a platform for Lake Erie research and studies on “dead zones” in the Lake Erie basin. Read more about NOAA's fleet of “Green Ships” in the latest NOAA Magazine story: August 23, 2007...Up Close: NOAA’S Green Ship Initiative Led by Dennis Donahue and GLERL’s Ship Operations Group http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag231.htm

The article has/will also been/be:
* Highlighted on the NOAA Homepage = http://www.noaa.gov/
* Highlighted on the NOAA Magazine index page = http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/
* Sent out as a RSS feed (http://www.rss.noaa.gov/)
* Sent out to various media contacts using a Media Atlas Database

GLERL's Green Ships are also featured on cover and lead article in the June 2007 issue of Biodiesel Magazine
Article at: http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1659&q=GLERL&category_id=25

and Channel 3 News WKYC - Cleveland, OH:
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_print.asp?id=73445

Water levels
Cleveland Plain Dealer (8/16) story on near-record low water levels in Lake Superior includes quotes by GLERL Hydrologist Cynthia Sellinger. Story is at:
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1187254737252820.xml&coll=2

Story in Duluth News Tribune on record low August water levels in Lake Superior includes quote by GLERL Hydrologist Cynthia Sellinger. Story is at:
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=48784&section=homepage&forumcomm_check_return&freebie_check&CFID=50096350&CFTOKEN=60728364&jsessionid=8830966b8dc0541e5f53

August 28th Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel story is at: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=653949

August 29th Detroit Free Press story is at: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070829/NEWS06/708290437&imw=Y

Lake Erie Dead Zone
WKYC - http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=41848&sid=73445&bw=

Harmful Algal Blooms
9/3 Ann Arbor News included an article on cooperative research between NOAA/GLERL and NASA that relies on remote sensing imagery to track harmful algal booms in Lake Erie. The article includes a quote by GLERL scientist George Leshkevich. Story is at:
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-24/1188802469248000.xml&coll=2

6) GLERL Hot Items
380 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

147 downloads - Sellinger, C.E., and F.H. Quinn. Proceedings of the Great Lakes paleo-levels workshop: The last 4000 years. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-113. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-113/tm-113.pdf

139 downloads - Assel, R.A., C.E. Sellinger, D.E. Meyer, and R.N. Kelly. Great Lakes states monthly precipitation data - beginning of record to 1990. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-086. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-086/tm-086.pdf

134 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

97 downloads - NOAA Green Ship Initiative
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf

87 downloads - Bloody Red Shrimp (Hemimysis anomala)
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Programs/ncrais/hemimysis/docs/hemi_brochure.pdf

73 downloads - Sellinger, C.E. Computer program for performing hydrograph separation using the rating curve method. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-101. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-101/tm-101.pdf

56 downloads - Doughty, B.C., T.A. Kessenich, and P.C. Liu. Surface wave data recorded in Lake Michigan during 1973 and 1975-77. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-019. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-019/tm-019.pdf

7) Staff News
Retirement
GLERL physical oceanographer Paul Lui retired September 1.

Position Announcement - Research Fisheries Biologist
GLERL seeks an enthusiastic scientist with experience in fish research to pursue research towards understanding the impact of environmental stressors (climate change, hypoxia, invasive species, pollution, harvest) on the regulation of fish population growth and predator-prey interactions, to apply this ecological understanding to fishery management and ecosystem problems, and to develop models to predict fish spatial distribution, recruitment, productivity, and sustainability. The research will be directed toward improving our understanding of ecosystem level processes in the Great Lakes and coastal marine ecosystems. The incumbent will be expected to develop an active field program, to develop predictive models, to collaborate with other scientists at GLERL and other federal laboratories, universities, and private industry, and to build active research programs emphasizing collaborative and inter-disciplinary approaches. It is desirable that the incumbent have a PhD in fish biology/ecology, aquatic ecology, limnology, marine sciences, or related field; and strong quantitative skills. Experience in bioenergetics, community and food web models, and fisheries acoustics is highly desired. The individual will be expected to present results in peer-reviewed publications and scientific presentations and to submit research proposals to supplement their research programs.

This is a full time permanent Federal position (GS-12) with a starting salary of at least $68,423. Qualifications will be judged in part based on both numbers of peer reviewed publications and a track record for obtaining grants. Closing date is October 18, 2007.

Detailed job information and application instructions can be found at: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/, reference vacancy number OAR-GLERL-2007-0011 (open to all U.S. citizens) and/or OAR-GLERL-2007-0013 (open to Federal status applicants). Further information can be obtained from Doran.Maso_n@noaa.gov_. In addition to making a formal application on line, please send a courtesy CV to Dr. Doran Mason either electronically or by mail to Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 4840 S. State Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105. Further information on NOAA GLERL, can be found at www.glerl.noaa.gov.

August 10, 2007

Contents

1) CEGLHH - OHHI RFP
2) New Reprints
3) Hot Items
4) GLERL in the News
5) CEGLHH discusses management needs at CZ2007
6) CEGLHH at the Huron River Day Festival
7) Staff News
- New Staff
- Position Announcement - Fish Ecologist
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1) CEGLHH - OHHI RFP
The NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative (OHHI) is pleased to announce its FY 2008 External Grants Program, Request for Proposals. The full request for proposals can be found at: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/ohhi/. Letters of Intent are encouraged but not required and are due August 15, 2007. Full Proposals are due November 15, 2007.

The mission of the OHHI is to improve understanding and management of the ocean, coasts and Great Lakes to enhance benefits to human health and reduce public health risks. This funding opportunity is intended to engage the non-federal research community in research across the physical, chemical, biological, medical, public health and social sciences on priority issues for the OHHI. Specific priority areas for this funding opportunity are:

1) Develop methods, tools, and technologies to identify, detect, or predict ocean-related public health risks from pathogens and chemical pollutants;
2) Assess the economic and socio-cultural risk of ocean-related health threats from pathogens or chemical pollutants, and the benefits and value of health early warning systems or related information;
3) Improve the healthful characteristics and minimize ocean-related contamination of seafood through either aquaculture techniques or tools to rapidly identify presence or virulence of toxins (e.g., ciguatera, domoic acid), chemical contaminants (pharmaceuticals and personal care products, flame retardants, current-use pesticides, surfactants and stain repellants), or pathogens.

Research proposed under this priority area should engage public health and natural resource managers and decision-makers in order to optimize relevance of the proposed research for the development and delivery useful products and services. Links to ocean observing systems and their enabling regional governance structures or public health surveillance systems is strongly encouraged.

Total anticipated funding for all awards is expected to be between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 and is fully subject to the availability of FY 2008 appropriations for this program. For additional technical information please contact Paul Sandifer at Paul.Sandifer@noaa.gov <mailto:Paul.Sandifer@noaa.gov> and for administrative information please contact James Lewis Free at James.L.Free@noaa.gov <mailto:James.L.Free@noaa.gov>.

Please distribute widely to others who may be interested in this topic area.

2) New Reprints

Ge, Z., and P.C. LIU. A time-localized response of wave growth process under turbulent winds. Annales Geophysicae 25:1253-1262  (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070018.pdf

LIU, P.C. A chronology of freaque wave encounters. Geofizika 24(1):57-70 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070019.pdf <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070019.pdf>

NALEPA, T.F., D.L. FANSLOW, S.A. POTHOVEN, A.J. FOLEY III, and G.A. LANG. Long-term trends in benthic macroinvertebrate populations in Lake Huron over the past four decades. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:421-426 (2007).     http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070020.pdf

RAIKOW, D.F., P.F. LANDRUM, and D.F. REID. Aquatic invertebrate resting egg sensitivity to glutaraldehyde and sodium hypochlorite. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(8):1770-1773 (2007).

3) Hot Items
243 downloads - Assel, R.A. Great Lakes ice cover, first ice, last ice,and ice duration: winters 1973-2002. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-125. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-125/tm-125.pdf <ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-125/tm-125.pdf>

207 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf>

122 downloads - Sellinger, C.E., and F.H. Quinn. Proceedings of the Great Lakes paleo-levels workshop: The last 4000 years. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-113. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-113/tm-113.pdf <ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-113/tm-113.pdf>

107 downloads - Assel, R.A. Computerized National Weather Service Great Lakes ice reports for winter seasons 1899-1970. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-130. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-130/tm-130.pdf <ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-130/tm-130.pdf>

106 downloads - NOAA Green Ship Initiative http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf>

105 downloads - McCormick, M.J. Lake Michigan water temperature data, St. Joseph, MI 1936-1992. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-096. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-096/tm-096.pdf <ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-096/tm-096.pdf>

92 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf>

76 downloads - Harmful algal blooms and muck: What's the difference? http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/HAB_Muck.pdf <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/HAB_Muck.pdf>

4) GLERL in the News

Dave Reid was quoted in a story released by the Environment Report, a GLRC production. The story can be read or listened to at : http://www.glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=3529 <http://www.glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=3529>

Dave Reid was also quoted in a Canadian Sailings article By Alex Binkley which appeared August 6, 2007. http://www.canadiansailings.com/full_story.cfm?articleid=0003&amp;issue=0727&amp;cfid=14173048&amp;cftoken=20128505 <http://www.canadiansailings.com/full_story.cfm?articleid=0003&amp;issue=0727&amp;cfid=14173048&amp;cftoken=20128505>

Gary Fahnenstiel was quoted in a story about the relation between quagga mussels and algae in the Muskegon Chronicle: http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1184771752247940.xml&coll=8 <http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1184771752247940.xml&coll=8>

Cynthia Sellinger, Dave Schwab, and Stuart Ludsin were all quoted in an article regarding the health of Lake Erie in the Cleveland's Plain Dealer: http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1185439594128710.xml&coll=2 <http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1185439594128710.xml&coll=2>

Brent Lofgren and Cynthia Sellinger were quoted in an AP story by John Flesher about the warmer waters and lower levels of Lake Superior. As far as I can tell it has already been picked up by about 20 newspapers, and can be viewed via Lansing State Journal at: http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070728/NEWS01/707280348/1001/news <http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070728/NEWS01/707280348/1001/news>

Drs. Dave Schwab and Gary Fahnenstiel were featured in the Muskegon Chronicle on July 30, 2007 discussing current beach monitoring protocols. The article entitled "No-swim advisories often come a day too late for the beach-bound" can be found at: http://www.mlive.com/muskegon/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1185808583295620.xml&coll=8 <http://www.mlive.com/muskegon/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1185808583295620.xml&coll=8>

5) CEGLHH discusses management needs at CZ2007
The Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health partnered with the NOAA Oceans and Human Health Centers of Excellence (COEs) at the Hollings Marine Laboratory and the Northwest Fisheries Science Center to facilitate a Café discussion among coastal zone and natural resource managers, decision-makers, and NOAA’s ocean and human health researchers, to identify the information, technology, and training needs of public health and resource managers related to oceans, coasts, and human health at this year's Coastal Zone 2007 meeting. A diverse audience addressed questions formatted to generate discussion about research and information gaps and near-time priorities training need and stakeholder engagement as they pertain to OHHI objectives to develop sensors and other tools to monitor and forecast pathogens, contaminants, and toxins, utilize sentinel species and habitats as indicators of health and determine the benefits and risks of seafood consumption.

6) CEGLHH at the Huron River Day Festival
The Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH) participated in the community sponsored event, Huron River Day. The celebration began 26 years ago as a way to encourage partnership among government, private and non-profit organizations and to encourage and educate citizens about the importance of water quality and Huron River preservation. The day started with a fun run and fitness walk, followed by guided canoe tours and races down the river. From 12-4pm, 31 exhibitors from various associations presented information and activities for families and children. Kate Marcos and Kristin McKinney from GLERL staffed an informational table about CEGLHH’s research related to the Great Lakes and water issues as well as a table of activities for children that included a water cycle representation and an activity that explained how water gets polluted and how pollution affects humans and wildlife. Children as well as parents enjoyed the activities as a hands-on approach to learning about water safety and appreciation. Each year, the Huron River Day draws nearly 2,000 people from the Ann Arbor community.

7) Staff News
New Staff
Dr. Jia Wang, GLERL's new Ice Climatologist has arrived at GLERL.

Position Announcement - Fish Ecologist
NOAA - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Closing Date: August 6, 2007

Work with an interdisciplinary team of scientists (physical oceanographers, ecologists, modelers) under the mentorship of Dr. Stephen Brandt to develop and test various models (food web, spatially-explicit growth rate potential bioenergetics) to understand the response of pelagic fishes and food webs to hypoxia and physical structure in Lake Erie and the Chesapeake Bay. The incumbent will be expected to work with extensive fisheries acoustics data, help write manuscripts, prepare presentations, and potentially participate in research cruises. The individual filling this position will be employed by the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research (CILER; www.ciler.snre.umich.edu <http://www.ciler.snre.umich.edu>), a joint institute between the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment (www.snre.umich.edu <http://www.snre.umich.edu>) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The position will be located at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL; www.glerl.noaa.gov) in Ann Arbor, MI. The position is full time for 1 -2 years.

Minimum qualifications include a M.S in Fisheries Science, Aquatic Ecology, or related field. Strong quantitative skills are required.

Please submit cover letter, CV, and names and contact numbers of three references to Dr. Stephen Brandt (Stephen.b.brandt@noaa.gov).

July 16, 2007

Contents:
1) MultiStress 07
2) “Identifying, Verifying, and Establishing Options for Best Management Practices (BMPs) for NOBOB Vessels”
3) New Reprints
4) Web Hot Items
5) Award for Green Ships
6) GLERL in the News
- Climate and Water Levels
- Invasive Species
- Green Ships
7) CILER in the News
8) CEGLHH in the News
9) Visiting Scientist
10) Position Announcement - CILER JRI
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1) MultiStress 07: Adaptive Integrated Framework (AIF): a new methodology for managing impacts of multiple stressors in coastal ecosystems
The Multistress 07 proposal has been funded by the NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research. This is be a 5 year effort funded at about $3.8M to

• Develop the Adaptive Integrative Framework (AIF) approach to facilitate synthesis and prioritization of research and management pertaining to multiple stressors impacts on coastal ecosystems.
• Provide specific predictions regarding how fish production, human health, and regional economics, respond to multiple stressors (i.e. land use, climate change and invasive species) in Saginaw Bay, MI.

This research will include 21 investigators from 8 institutions (Stow, Brandt, Croley, Dyble, Fahnenstiel, Nalepa, Pothoven and Venderploeg at GLERL; Peacor, Kaplowitz and Lupi at Michigan State University; Hook, Beletsky, DeMarchi, Johengen and Kashian at University of Michigan; Lavrentyev at University of Akron; DePinto at Limno-Tech Inc.; He at Western Michigan University; Newcomb at Michigan DNR; Bredin at Michigan DEQ) and will provide a direct linkage between research and management.

2) Publication - “Identifying, Verifying, and Establishing Options for Best Management Practices (BMPs) for NOBOB Vessels” (short title: NOBOB-B).
A complete copy of the report can be downloaded from the project web-site at:
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2004/aisreid04-1.html

The study was primarily funded by the Great Lakes Protection Fund, with supplemental funding and support by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Coast Guard. The research project was a bi-national, multi-institutional collaboration and was comprised of scientists from NOAA-Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, University of Michigan, University of Windsor, Old Dominion University, Smithsonian Environmental Research Laboratory, and Philip T. Jenkins & Associates Ltd.

The study was undertaken to examine the extent to which commercially operating ships realistically apply the practices put forth in the “Code of Best Practices for Ballast Water Management” (hereafter “the Code”) adopted for the Great Lakes by the Shipping Federation of Canada and the (U.S.) Lake Carrier's Association in 2000, and to examine the effectiveness of these and suggested enhanced management practices at reducing the risk of new species introductions in the Great Lakes, especially from NOBOB (no-ballast-on-board) vessels.

The enhancements to be tested included the following new or modified practices: 1) when in locations that appear undesirable for ballasting (BMP #6a-f), use the minimum possible ballast in the fewest tanks possible and complete ballasting after transit out of the undesirable conditions; 2) when carrying ballast, discharge and replace poor quality ballast water with cleaner water as soon as possible to minimize the amount of sediment accumulation; and 3) regularly perform a saltwater flush of all empty (NOBOB) ballast tanks when transiting the ocean.

In particular the study sought to evaluate the effects of BMPs on organism density and viability (including resting stages), and sediment accumulation and retention, in NOBOB ballast tanks, and to characterize source invertebrate populations and assess salinity toxicity as a barrier to prevent transfers of “high risk” species to the Great Lakes in ballast tanks.

Analysis of BMPs as a management tool to reduce the ANS risk on commercial vessels suggests that this approach is unlikely to provide a reliable, consistent protection against nonindigenous species introductions, but could result in some decrease in overall risk. Many of the recommendations put forth in Item 6, the main environmental precautionary practices of the Code, require information on local water quality conditions that is not generally available to the shipping industry, or are often not practicable on every voyage or with every ballast operation due to cargo loading and unloading requirements. However, repeated and consistent application of ballast management practices can help to reduce sediment accumulations and associated populations of organisms and resting eggs, resulting in some risk reduction.

Although not a complete barrier against all exotic species, salinity tolerance and on-board ballast water exchange experiments clearly showed that many invertebrate taxa that originate from low-salinity ports can be eradicated from ballast tanks relatively quickly through exposure to full-strength seawater (34 ppt). This conclusion is especially true for species of rotifers, cladocerans, and copepods that are likely to occur in freshwater habitats (0-2 ppt). Animals from habitats with higher average salinities (2-5 and 5-10 ppt) exhibited greater resistance to treatments of full-strength seawater, requiring longer exposure periods to kill them. The report recommends an exposure time of at least 24 hours, preferably more, to maximize mortality from saltwater exposure. Typical ballast water exchange, required by law for ships carrying pumpable ballast water, would usually occur three or more days before ships enter the Great Lakes. It should be emphasized, however, that saltwater exposure is unlikely to significantly reduce the risk from resting stages as a potential source of propagules.

Therefore, while BMPs, if consistently and repeatedly applied, can reduce the risk of introductions from NOBOB vessels by minimizing the amount of sediment and associated organisms that are transported within ballast tanks, the practical realities and limitations associated with vessel operations makes the existing BMPs inadequate as the lone strategy for reducing the risk of nonindigenous species introductions from NOBOB vessels. On the other hand, experimental evidence suggests that the routine use of saltwater flushing as an official BMP for NOBOB tanks that have not otherwise been exposed to saltwater would greatly improve the protection framework for the Great Lakes, if aggressively implemented by the shipping industry, or required by regulations.

Research results strongly support the implementation of new Canadian Ballast Management Regulations adopted in 2006 and the Policy Statement issued by The United States Coast Guard in 2005 requiring/recommending open-ocean tank flushing on NOBOB vessels entering the Great Lakes. In order to reduce ANS risk, vessels operating outside the Great Lakes should conduct saltwater flushing of their empty (NOBOB) ballast tanks prior to each entry and as soon as possible after any subsequent ballast operations within the Lakes. This recommendation would apply to both foreign vessels and coastal trade vessels that may operate from other fresh or brackish water ports within North American waters.

For more information, contact
Dr. David Reid, NOAA, 734-741-2019, david.reid@noaa.gov
Dr. Tom Johengen, University of Michigan, 734-741-2203, Johengen@umich.edu

3) New Reprints
Fong, T.T., L.S. Mansfield, D.L. Wilson, D.J. SCHWAB, S.L. Molloy, and J.B. Rose. Massive microbiological groundwater contamination associated with a waterborne outbreak in Lake Erie, South Bass Island, Ohio. Environmental Health Perspectives 115(6):856-864 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070015.pdf

MacHutchon, K.R., and P.C. LIU. Measurement and analysis of ocean wave fields in four dimensions. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering OMAE2007, June 10-15, 2007, San Diego, CA, 5 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070017.pdf

PEACOR, S.D., L. Schiesari, and E.E. Werner. Mechanisms of nonlethal predator effect on cohort size variation: ecological and evolutionary implications. Ecology 88(6):1536-1547 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070016.pdf

4) Web Hot Items
164 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

160 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

97 downloads - CLITES, A.H., and F.H. QUINN. The history of Lake Superior regulation: Implications for the future. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(1):157-171 (2003). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2003/20030026.pdf

93 downloads - McCORMICK, M.J. Lake Michigan water temperature data, St. Joseph, MI 1936-1992. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-096 (1996). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-096/tm-096.pdf

88 downloads - SELLINGER, C.S., and F.H. QUINN. Proceedings of the Great Lakes paleo-levels workshop: the last 4000 years. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-113 (1999). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-113/tm-113.pdf

83 downloads - LOFGREN, B.M. Global warming effects on Great Lakes water: More precipitation but less water? Proceedings, 18th Conference on Hydrology, 8th Annual Meeting of the AMS, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004 (3 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040002.pdf

66 downloads - NOAA Green Ship Initiative
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf

5) Award for Green Ships
GLERL received a White House Closing the Circle Award for its Green Ships Initiative yesterday at the Eisenhower (Old) Executive Office Building in the White House complex. GLERL Director Steve Brandt, Deputy Director Cynthia Sellinger, and Lake Michigan Field Station Operations Manager Dennis Donahue joined OAR Assistant Administrator Rick Spinrad and NOAA Deputy Undersecretary Jack Kelly in accepting the award. Press release on award is at: http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2007/jun07/noaa07-r510.html

6) GLERL in the News
Climate and Water Levels
Thomas Croley, Cynthia Sellinger, and George Leshkevich were all quoted in an article in the Chicago Tribune today. The article, "Great Lakes' past may offer clues on climate" can be read at the following link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-lakesjun21,1,5168394.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

Cynthia Sellinger was quoted in the May 30th New Scientist Magazine on the topic of Water Levels of Lake Superior. The full link is provided below: http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19426064.100-global-warming-is-shrinking-the-great-lakes.html

Invasive Species
Scott Peacor's research on the spiny water flea's effects on daphnia was mentioned in MSU's newsroom, full article at: http://www.newsroom.msu.edu/site/indexer/3113/content.htm
and MSU today at http://www.msutoday.msu.edu/15Jun2007-5
Associated Press article has been distributed to over 30 online papers. Full article can be read at: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3281474
Environment Report has picked up the story as well: http://www.environmentreport.org/transcript.php3?story_id=3495

Dave Reid and Steve Pothoven were quoted in a story about the newest invasive, the bloody red shrimp. Full article from the Centre Daily can be read at: http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/126367.html

AP article by John Flesher on David Reid and Tom Johengen's work on saltwater flushing of ballast tanks. The article has appeared in over 20 online papers and can be viewed at the Philadelphia Daily News via the link below: http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/8420827.html

Dave Reid was also interviewed for an article in the Environment Report by Mark Brush which appeared on July 16. http://environmentreport.org/transcript.php3?story_id=3529

Green Ships
Deep Sea News has run a story about GLERL's green ship initiative, applauding the efforts made. See below for the URL to full article: http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2007/06/post_3.php

Also highlighted in the June Edition of Biodiesel Magazine with input from Dennis Donahue. Full article can be read at: http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1659

7) CILER in the News
Excerpt from OAR Press Release ...
NOAA today announced the establishment of a new Great Lakes Cooperative Institute to conduct collaborative research through a consortium of universities and institutions in the Great Lakes region. Research efforts will focus on forecasting; invasive species, control, impact, and assessment; the Great Lakes Observing System; protection and restoration of resources; and Great Lakes education and outreach.

The Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research is comprised of a consortium of academic institutions including the Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, Penn State University, State University of New York-Stony Brook, University of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Toledo, and University of Wisconsin.

“Maintaining strong cooperative relationships with academic institutions is critical to providing the scientific basis for sound decision-making that helps preserve the health and vitality of the Great Lakes region ecology,” said Stephen B. Brandt, director, NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. "The Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research will provide NOAA new opportunities for research and education with leading universities throughout the Great Lakes region.”

The new Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research will replace the current Great Lakes Cooperative Institute at the University of Michigan and will include an expanded partnership. Joining NOAA’s other cooperative and joint institutes across the country, these institutes are NOAA-supported, non-federal organizations that have established an outstanding research program in one or more areas that are relevant to NOAA’s mission. The Cooperative Institute collaborates with NOAA scientists on long-term research topics and provides significant coordination of resources among all non-government partners and promotes the involvement of students and postdoctoral scientists in NOAA-funded research.

Daily Green ran a short article about the New CILER. Full article, "Government Steps Up Great Lakes Research" can be read at: http://www.thedailygreen.com/2007/06/12/government-steps-up-great-lakes-research/2507/

8) CEGLHH in the News
CEGLHH's Grand River field experiments were featured on Fox News Channel 17, Grand Rapids. The news video includes excellent footage of field work and interviews with Mike McCormick and Steve Constant, GLERL, and Elizabeth Alm of Central Michigan University. To view the news video please follow http://fox17.trb.com/ to the "Grand River Dyed" 06.06.07 link.

An article in the Grand Haven Tribune highlighted the second round of experiments that will happen in the Grand River next week. Sonia Joseph was quoted discussing the implications of the study. Full article can be found at: http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/4245579889771.bsp

Excerpt from NOS Weekly Update
The NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health was featured prominently during the 50th annual meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, held last week in State Park, PA. The center chaired two well-attended sessions titled “The Great Lakes and Human Health” and “Nuisance Algal Blooms.” Center researchers presented the most recent findings of their beach-modeling research, and participated in numerous other sessions including “Education and Outreach,” “New Advances in Observing Systems,” and “Physical Processes in Lakes.” The association is comprised of researchers and policymakers who study the Laurentian Great Lakes (those bordering the St. Lawrence River) and work on Great Lakes conservation issues.

9) Visiting Scientist
W. Charles Kerfoot has arrived to take up his Visiting Scientist position at GLERL this summer. The major purpose of his visit is to write up papers associated with the "Donut in the Desert" phenomenon in Lake Michigan that was first observed in the EEGLE program. Charlie will be examining EEGLE data archives and developing new research proposals associated with the "donut" phenomenon in Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes.

10) Position Announcement - CILER JRI
The University of Michigan's Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (www.ciler.snre.umich.edu), in conjunction with NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (www.glerl.noaa.gov), is seeking a qualified candidate for a two-year Joint Research Investigator position in near-shore coastal hydrodynamics and particle transport. The successful applicant will participate on a research project studying the effect of nearshore hydrodynamic processes (e.g., the complex interactions between nonlinear waves, breaking-induced turbulence, infragravity waves, mean currents, bottom ripples, sand bars and the turbulent boundary layer at the seabed) on the transport of dissolved and suspended materials in the nearshore regions of the Great Lakes.

The purpose of this project is to develop operational predictions of near-shore water quality, including predictions of the fate of tributary loads as well as the simulation of non-point source inputs. The near-shore models will be imbedded in an
existing whole-lake coastal forecasting system for high resolution predictions in selected regions. An important part of this research will be the study of the interaction and exchange between lake-scale and near-shore regions. For more information about the nature of this research, please contact Dave Schwab (David.Schwab@noaa.gov). The initial appointment for this position will be for 20-24 months. An additional two year extension is possible, given satisfactory progress and adequate funding. The salary for this position will be $40,000 - $50,000, depending on experience. To apply, send CV and statement of research objectives to Dr. Edward Rutherford, 520 Dana, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1115 or edwardr@umich.edu. We will begin considering applicants immediately and applications will continue to be reviewed until we have filled the position.

June 7, 2007

Contents
1) Seminar Video - Algae - http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/news/seminars/pastseminars.html
2) New Reprints
3) GLERL at IAGLR - Abstracts Available
4) Web Hot Items
5) GLERL In the News -
- Scientists see trouble ahead for big lakes
- Quaggas out-muscling Big Lake's food chain
- Lakes still great, but water shallower
6) CEGLHH - In the News
7) CEGLHH - Groundwater study publication
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1) Seminar Video - Algae - http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/news/seminars/pastseminars.html
"Ramblings about algae - Part Two" Dr. Gary Fahnenstiel, Senior Ecologist, NOAA-GLERL Lake Michigan Field Station, Muskegon, MI

Algae influence water quality. In this presentation we will examine two ways algae influence water quality in the Great Lakes. The first is through the introduction of new algae into the Great Lakes via the ballast water and sediment of NOBOB ships. Using experimental approaches we will examine the potential of NOBOB ships as vectors for the introduction of non-indigenous algae. The second way algae influence water quality is by the production of toxins in nuisance blooms, particularly cyanobacteria blooms. We will examine the factors influencing the production of the toxin microcystin by the algal, Microcystis, in the Great Lakes.

2) New Reprints

Cangelosi, A.A., N.L. Mays, M.D. Balcer, E.D. Reavie, D.M. Reid, R. STURTEVANT, and X. Gao. The response of zooplankton and phytoplankton from the North American Great Lakes to filtration. Harmful Algae 6:547-566 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070013.pdf
doi:10.1016/j.hal.2006.11.005

FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., D. Klarer, D. Miller, M. McCORMICK, and A. FOLEY. Epilithic algae in the North Channel, Lake Huron. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:823-826 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050037.pdf

He, C., and T.E. CROLEY II. Application of a distributed large basin runoff model in the Great Lakes basin. Control Engineering Practice 15:1001-1011 (2007).

Schuler, L.J., P.F. LANDRUM, and M.J. Lydy. Response spectrum of pentachlorobenzene and fluoranthene for Chironomus tentans and Hyalella azteca. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(6):1248-1257 (2007).

3) GLERL at IAGLR - Abstracts Available

1=GLERL
2=CILER

• Plenary
  • Alfred Beeton, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, (1) Changes in the Great Lakes, Post European Immigration <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/beeton.php>
  • Stephen Brandt, (1). The Great Lakes Ecosystem: Can we Forecast the Future? <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/brandt.php>
• Scientific Presentations
  • BEETON, A.M., (1). A Changing Socioeconomic and Environmental System: The Great Lakes. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168204516>
  • BELETSKY, D.(2), SCHWAB, D.(1) and MCCORMICK, M.(1) Modeling the 1998-2003
         Summer Circulation and Thermal Structure in Lake Michigan. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1166050177>
  • CAVALETTO, J.F.(1) , VANDERPLOEG, H.A.(1) and PICHLOVA, R.(3), 3 University of Oslo, Pb. 1064, Blindern, Oslo, N-0316, Norway. Seasonal and Annual Changes of Predatory Cladocerans in Southern Lake Michigan. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168527626>
  • CHU, P.(3), KELLEY, J.G.W.(4), ZHANG, A.J.(4), SCHWAB, D.J.(1), LANG, G.A.(1) and BEDFORD, K.W.(5) , 3 Aqualinks Technologies Inc., Columbus, OH, 43212; 4 NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; 5 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210.Skill Assessment of NOS Lake Erie Operational Forecast System. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168530983>
  • CROLEY, T.E. (1) Great Lakes Climate Change Thermodynamic Impacts Assessment. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168288254>
  • DEMARCHI, C.(3), CROLEY, T.E.(1) and HE, C.(4) ,3School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 4840 S. State Rd., Ann Arbor, MI, 48108-9719; 4Department of Geography, Western Michigan University, 3234 Wood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008-5424. Improving the Sensitivity of the Distributed Large Basin Runoff Model to Land Use Changes. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168553599>
  • DEMARCHI, C.(3) and GEORGAKAKOS, A.(4), 3School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 4840 S. State Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105; 4 School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 790 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0355. Uncertainty Quantification in a Combined IR/Microwave Scheme for Remote Sensing of Precipitation. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168876518>
  • DONAHUE, D.J., Lake Michigan Field Station, 1431 Beach St, Muskegon, MI, 49441. NOAA Field Resources in the Great Lakes. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168547811>
  • DYBLE, J.(1) , FAHNENSTIEL, G.L.(1) , VANDERPLOEG, H.A.(1) and  LITAKER, R.W.(3), 3 NOAA, Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, 101 Pivers Island Rd, Beaufort, NC, 28516. Assessing the Role of  Environmental Stressors on Microcystin Production in Lake Erie Microcystis Populations Using Genetic Analyses <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1167772890>.
  • FULLER, P.L.(3) and STURTEVANT, R.A (4), 3USGS/BRD, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program, Florida Integrated Science Center, 7920 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL, 32653; 4 NOAA National Center for Research on Aquatic Invasive Species, 4840 S. State Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105. Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force’s Experts Directory. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168283934>
  • GUNGOR, E.(3), ROBERTS, P.J.(3) , MCCORMICK, M.J.(1)and SCHWAB, D.J.(1), 3School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech., Atlanta, GA, 30332. Dynamical behavior of the Grand River Plume entering Lake Michigan. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168554254>
  • HAGLEY, C.A.(3) and STURTEVANT, R.(1), 3Minnesota Sea Grant, 2305 E 5th St, Duluth, MN, 55812. Including education and outreach in your proposal - How to make it meaningful and make it happen. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168280124>
  • HE, C.(3), CROLEY II, T.E.(1) and DEMARCHI, C.(4), 3Department of Geography, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008-5424; 4 School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108-9719. Modeling Spatial Distributions of Nonpoint Source Pollution Loadings by Using the Distributed Large Basin Runoff Model. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168535740>
  • HOOK, T.O.(2) and POTHOVEN, S.A.(1). Ontogenetic and seasonal variation of young alewife energy densities in Lake Michigan. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168528380>
  • JOHENGEN, T.H.(2), REID, D.F.(1), GRAY, D.(3), VAN OVERDIJK, C.(3) and JENKINS, P.(4), 3 University of Windsor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmenal Research, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4; 4 Philip T. Jenkins & Associates LTD, 1 Forest Hill Crescent, Fonthill, ON, L0S 1E1. The Use of Instrumented Ballast Tanks to Examine Ballast Management Practices. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168381193>
  • JOSEPH, S.T. (1). Assessing Stakeholder Knowledge and Needs through Harmful Algal Bloom Focus Group Workshops. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168887267>
  • LEKKI, J.(3), LESHKEVICH, G.(1), NGUYEN, Q.(3), FLATICO, J.(4), PROKOP, N.(3), KOJIMA, J.(4), ANDERSON, R.(3), DEMERS, J.(3) and KRASOWSKI, M.(3), 3NASA Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd., Brook Park, OH, 44135; 4 3 Ohio Aerospace Institute, 22800 Cedar Point Road, Brook Park, OH, 44142. Great Lakes Hyperspectral Water Quality Instrument Suite for Airborne Monitoring of Algal Blooms. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168522579>
  • LESHKEVICH, G.(1) and LIU, S.(2). Environmental Monitoring of the Great Lakes Using CoastWatch Data. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1166746488>
  • LESHKEVICH, G.(1) and NGHIEM, S.V.(3), 3Jet Propulsion Laboratory/CIT, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, 91101. Algorithm Development for Remote Sensing of Great Lakes Ice Cover Using Multiple Satellite Sensors. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1166744670>
  • MANLEY, T.O.(3), HUNKINS, K.L.(4), MCCORMICK, M.(1), GASCARD, J.C.(5), TILLIER, P.(6) and MANLEY, P.L.(3), 3Middlebury College, Dept. of Geology, Middlebury, VT, 5769;4LDEO of Colubia Univ., Palisades; 5Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris;6Seascan, Ma. Sub-surface Neutrally Buoyant Drifters and Cross-Lake Intra-thermocline Flow in Lake Champlain, VT <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168546799>.
  • MCCORMICK, M.J.(1), SCHWAB, D.J.(1), BELETSKY, D.(2), ROBERTS, P.J.W.(3), WINKELMAN, A.G.(2), FOLEY, A.J.(2), GUNGOR, E.(3) and NEKOUEE, N.3, 3 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. Dispersion of the Grand River Plume into the Coastal Waters of Lake Michigan.  <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168549862>
  • NALEPA, T.F. (1) and FANSLOW, D.L.(1). A Comparison of Benthic Changes in Lakes Michigan and Huron. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168550602>
  • NEKOUEE, N.(3), ROBERTS, P.J.(3), MCCORMICK, M.J.(1) and SCHWAB, D.J.(1), 3 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, 30332. 3D Numerical Prediction of the Grand River Plume <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168554637>.
  • QUINN, F.H., 701 Red Mill Dr, Tecumseh, Mi, 49286. Impact of Detroit-St.Clair River Channel Changes on Lake Huron Water Levels Using a Lake Erie Water Balance Approach, a Case Study <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168367560>.
  • RAO, Y.R.(3), SCHERTZER, W.M.(3), HAWLEY, N.(1) and MCCORMICK, M.J.(1), 3 Environment Canada, National water research institute, Burlington, ON, L7L6E1, Canada. Observations of Physical Processes in the Great Lakes. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168295267>
  • REDISKE, M. and FAHNENSTIEL, G. (1). In vitro Measurements of the Growth Rate of Microcystis aeruginosa in Saginaw Bay and Lake Erie. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168613492>
  • REID, D.F.(1), JOHENGEN, T.H.(2) and JENKINS, P.T.(3), 3 Philip T. Jenkins & Associates Ltd., 1 Forest Hill Crescent, Fonthill, ON, L0S 1E1. Residual Sediment Resuspension and Discharge from Ballast Tanks. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168297567>
  • RUBERG, S.A.(1), BRANDT, S.B.(1), MUZZI, R.W.(1), HAWLEY, N.(1), BOOTSMA, H.A.(3), GRAY, J.(4) and BRIDGEMAN, T.B.(5), 3 Great Lakes WATER Institute, 600 E. Greenfield Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53204; 4 Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 500 West Fletcher St., Alpena, MI, 49707; 5 Lake Erie Center, 6200 Bayshore Rd., Oregon, OH. Real-time Environmental Coastal Observation Network <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168448413>.
  • RUCINSKI, D.K.(3), BELETSKY, D.(3), DEPINTO, J.V.(4), SCAVIA, D.(3) and SCHWAB, D.(1), 3 University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109; 4 Limno-Tech, Inc., 501 Avis Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108. Model analysis of climate effects on dissolved oxygen in the central basin of Lake Erie. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168467309>
  • SCHWAB, D.J. and LANG, G.A., (1). A Real Time System for Prediction of Nearshore Circulation near Burns Harbor, Indiana. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168368158>
  • SCHWAB, D.J. (1). Review of Hydrodynamic Modeling in the Great Lakes. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168457633>
  • SHUCHMAN, R.A.(3), LESHKEVICH, G.A.(1), HATT, C.R.(3), POZDNYAKOV, D.V.(4) and KOROSOV, A.A.(4), 3 Michigan Tech Research Institute, 3520 Green Court, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105; ; 4 Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, St. Petersburg, Russia. Development of a new Hydro-optical Model for Lake Erie for the Extraction of Chlorophyll, Dissolved Organic Carbon and Suspended Minerals from MODIS Satellite Data. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168281263>
  • SNYDER, F.A.(3) and STURTEVANT, R.A., (1) 3 Ohio Sea Grant Extension, Camp Perry, Bldg 3, Room 12, Port Clinton, OH, 43452. Turn Your Research into a Spellbinding Story. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168283310>
  • STROUD, J.R.(3), LESHT, B.M.(4), SCHWAB, D.J.(1), BELETSKY, D.(2) and STEIN, M.L.(5), 3 Department of Statistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104; 4 Applied Science and Technology Directorate, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439; 5 Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637. Space-Time Forecasting of Lake Michigan Sediment Levels Using Satellite Observations and a Numerical Model. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1167956971>
  • STUMPF, R.P.(3), WYNNE, T.T.(3), TOMLINSON, M.C.(3), DYBLE, J.(1), FAHNENSTIEL, G.L.(1) and TESTER, P.A.(4), 3 NOAA, National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, 1305 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD, 20910; 4 NOAA, National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, 101 Pivers Island Road, Beaufort, NC, 28516. Developing a Satellite-Based Harmful Algal Bloom Observing System for the Great Lakes. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168458790>
  • STURTEVANT, R.A.(1) and FORTNER, R.W.(3), 3 COSEE Great Lakes, 113 Paula Circle, Oak Island, NC, 28465. Limno-Links: Why Great Lakes scientists should engage in educational outreach. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1166630898>
  • VANDERPLOEG, H.A.(1), DYBLE, J.(1), WILSON, A.(2), LIEBIG, J.R.(1), ROBINSON, S.(2) and MOREHEAD, N.R.(1). New approaches and new results provide evidence for promotion of toxic Microcystis aeruginosa blooms by dreissenid mussel selective rejection. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168562051>
  • VINCENT, R.K.(3), LESHKEVICH, G.(1), SAVINO, J.(4), AL-RSHAIDAT, M.M.D.(5) and MCKAY, R.M.(5), 3 Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403-211, USA; 4 U. of Toledo Lake Erie Center, 6200 Bayshore Rd., Oregon, OH, 43618, USA; 5 Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, USA. New Lake Erie Water Sample Data Sets for Creating and Testing Satellite Remote Sensing Algorithms for Water Quality. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168463577>
  • WILSON, A.(2), SEDGMAN, E.(3), GOSSIAUX, D.C.(1), LANDRUM, P.F.(1), POTHOVEN, S.(1), DYBLE, J.(1) and ROBINSON, S.D.(2), 3 Western Michigan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008. Preliminary assessment of microcystin accumulation in Yellow Perch during the 2006 cyanobacterial bloom season in western Lake Erie <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168487752>.
  • ZHANG, Z.(3), BELETSKY, D.(2), SCHWAB, D.(1) and STEIN, M.L.(3), 3 5734 S. University Avenue, Department of Statistics, Chicago. Assimilation of Current Measurements into a Circulation Model of Lake Michigan. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168553873>
• Posters
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.(1), DYBLE, J.(1), MILLIE, D.(3), TESTER, P.(4) and LITAKER, W.(4), 3 Florida Inst Oceanography/USF, St. Petersburg, FL; 4 Center for Coastal Fish.Hab.Res./NOAA, Beaufort, NC. Influence of environmental factors on microcystin cell quotas in the Great Lakes. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168468822>
• LEWIS, C.F.M.(3), CROLEY II, T.E.(1), KING, J.W.(4), BLASCO, S.M.(3), MCANDREWS, J.H.(5) and MCCARTHY, F.M.G.(6), 3 Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 4A2; 4 Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, 2882; 5 Departments of Botany and Geological Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2; 6 Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1. Sensitivity of the Laurentian Great Lakes to Climate Change, Progress using an Early Holocene Example. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168031163>
• LIEBIG, J.R.(1), VANDERPLOEG, H.A.(1), CAVALETTO, J.F.(1), LANG, G.A.(1) and CLOUSE, M.(2). Selecting Bin Sizes to Maximize Zooplankton Information from the OPC in Great Lakes studies. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168464381>
• LOFGREN, B.M. (1). Development and Simulation of Climate Using an Improved Great Lakes Regional Model. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168552491>
• POTHOVEN, S.A.(1), LUDSIN, S.A.(1), VANDERPLOEG, H.A.(1) and HOOK, T.O.(2). Effects of Lake Erie Hypoxia on Pelagic Fish Feeding Ecology. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168456549>
• SANDERS, T.G.(3), BIDDANDA, B.A.(3), KENDALL, S.T.(3), STRICKER, C.A.(4), BELLECOURT, M.J.(5), NOLD, S.C.(5) and RUBERG, S.A.(1), 3 Grand Valley State University -- Annis Water Resources Institute, 740 W. Shoreline Drive, Muskegon, MI, 49441; 4 U.S. Geological Survey -- Stable Isotope Lab, DFC, Bldg. 21, MS 963, Denver, CO, 80225; 5 213 Science Wing, Jarvis Hall, University of Wisconsin -- Stout, Menomonie, WI, 54751-0790. An Ecological and Stable Isotope Study of Food Web Linkages in Submerged Sinkhole Ecosystems of Lake Huron. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168443763>
• VANDERPLOEG, H.A.(1), POTHOVEN, S.(1), MASON, D.(1), KRUEGER, D.(3), CAVALETTO, J.(1), LIEBIG, J.R.(1), LANG, G.(1), PANGLE, K.(4), PEACOR, S.(4), BRANDT, S.B.(1), LUDSIN, S.(1), ROBERTS, J.(3), HOOK, T.(2) and PICHLOVA, R.(5), 32 Sch. Nat. Res. & Env., 10 D Natural Resources, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109; 4 Michigan State University, 10 D Natural Resources, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1222; 5 Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway. Diel vertical migration and predatory interactions among zooplankton, the predatory invasive zooplankter Bythotrephes longimanus, and fish in large lakes: observations with multiple technologies. <http://www.iaglr.org/conference/abstracts/pub_abstract_view.php?abstract_id=1168567015>

4. Web Hot Items

496 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

278 downloads - HABs and Muck: What's the Difference?
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/HAB_Muck.pdf

141 downloads - LOFGREN, B.M. Global warming effects on Great Lakes water: More precipitation but less water? Proceedings, 18th Conference on Hydrology, 8th Annual Meeting of the AMS, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004 (3 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040002.pdf

136 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

104 downloads - REID, D.F. Conversion of specific gravity to salinity for ballast water regulatory management. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-139. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 24 pp. (2007). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-139/tm-139.pdf

83 downloads - Holcombe, T.L., J.S. Warren, D.F. REID, W.T. Virden, and D.L. Divins. Small rimmed depression in Lake Ontario: An impact crater? Journal of Great Lakes Research 27(4):510-517 (2001). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2001/20010012.pdf

82 downloads - NOBOB Final Report. Johengen, Reid, Fahnenstiel et al.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/projects/nobob/products/NOBOBFinalReport.pdf

78 downloads - Bloody Red Shrimp (Hemimysis anomala)
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/hemimysis.pdf

5) GLERL In the News -
Scientists see trouble ahead for big lakes
Excerpt from Muskegon Chronicle - Wednesday, May 30, 2007 By Jeff Alexander
http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1180536402236090.xml&coll=8&thispage=1 <http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1180536402236090.xml&coll=8&thispage=1>

The Great Lakes have made a dramatic recovery since the 1950s but face new, vexing problems that are fundamentally changing the world's largest source of fresh surface water. That was the message delivered Monday by longtime researchers meeting at Penn State University for the International Association for Great Lakes Research Conference. The 50th Conference on Great Lakes Research gave scientists a chance to reflect on the state of the lakes -- past, present and future.

Pollution controls implemented in the early 1970s have dramatically improved Great Lakes water quality and government agencies have been able to control one of the worst exotic species, the sea lamprey. As a result, contaminant levels in fish and wildlife have decreased and the lakes now support a $4.5 billion fishery, according to government data. A less tangible improvement has been the public's changing attitudes about the lakes, said Alfred M. Beeton, the retired director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes lab in Ann Arbor. "More and more, we're becoming aware of what a treasure these lakes represent," Beeton said.

A growing list of invasive species, many imported by ocean freighters, have fundamentally changed the lakes' ecosystem and plunged the massive water bodies into a state of ecological chaos, scientists said. Zebra and quagga mussels have nearly eliminated diporeia, a freshwater shrimp that fish eat, from Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, according to government data. The diporeia population in Lake Michigan dropped by 94 percent between 1995 and 2005, said Tom Nalepa, a researcher at NOAA's Great Lakes laboratory.

Scientists believe quagga mussels, the tougher cousin of the zebra mussel, are hogging tiny particles of food near the lake bottom that diporeia need to survive. "There's a tremendous shift in the living biomass taking place on the bottom of Lake Michigan," Nalepa said. In some areas of the lake, quagga mussel densities are as high as 16,000 mussels per square meter. That doesn't bode well for fish in the lake because the mussels are taking a big bite out of the lake's food chain, Nalepa said.


Quaggas out-muscling Big Lake's food chain
Excerpt from Muskegon Chronicle Thursday, May 31, 2007 By Jeff Alexander http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-11/118062102282950.xml&coll=8 <http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-11/118062102282950.xml&coll=8>

A foreign mussel that invaded Lake Michigan less than a decade ago is sucking much of the aquatic life out of the water, a phenomenon that increases water clarity but could devastate the salmon fishery. Quagga mussels are causing a dramatic decline in phosphorus concentrations in the waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, according to new data. The mussels also are filtering vast quantities of tiny aquatic plants and animals called phytoplankton and zooplankton from the water in both lakes. The changes are significant because several species of fish -- including the alewife that chinook salmon eat -- need phytoplankton to survive, said Glenn Warren, an aquatic biologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes office in Chicago. New data indicating quagga mussels are rapidly transforming the ecosystems of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron was a hot topic among scientists attending the 50th Conference on Great Lakes Research this week at Penn State University.

The mussels have made lakes Michigan and Huron nearly as clear as the glassy waters of Lake Superior, said Gary Fahnenstiel, a senior ecologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Lake Michigan Field Station in Muskegon. "The invasion of Lake Michigan by dreissenids, zebra and quagga mussels is causing some of the most significant ecosystem changes we've seen in the lake in at least 50 years," Fahnenstiel said. Quagga mussels are basically pulling phosphorus, phytoplankton and zooplankton out of the water column and depositing all that material on the lake bottom. The trouble is that the most popular species of fish in the lake, including salmon, don't feed on the lake bottom, Fahnenstiel said. The volume of quagga mussels in Lake Michigan tripled last year while the volume of prey fish in the lake decreased, according to NOAA data. The mussels also are suspected of eliminating nearly all the diporeia, a freshwater shrimp, from Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The upside of the quagga mussel invasion has been a stunning increase in water clarity in Lake Michigan. Fahnenstiel said it is possible to go offshore of Muskegon and see a "Secchi disc," which is used to monitor water clarity, 50 feet below the surface of Lake Michigan. That's twice as deep as previous clarity readings, he said. Lake Superior is clearer than the other Great Lakes because fewer people live around the lake. Lake Superior also was spared much of the phosphorus pollution that "fertilized" the other lakes during the 1900s, Fahnenstiel said.

Lakes still great, but water shallower
Excerpt from Kalamazoo Gazette Sunday, May 27, 2007 By Sarah Kellogg
http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-23/118023980992040.xml&coll=7 <http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-23/118023980992040.xml&coll=7>

Michigan families headed to the state's Great Lakes coasts this weekend will likely find bigger beaches and shallower harbors, as water levels continue to drop from last year's already low levels. The drought affecting the Upper Midwest, including Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin and Minnesota, has taken its toll on the lakes, and scientists say low levels are part of a long-term weather cycle that probably won't end soon.

``We can forecast out over the next six months, and it looks like Superior and Michigan and Huron will be lower than they were this past January, and they were already low then,'' said Cynthia Sellinger, a hydrologist in the Ann Arbor office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a federal agency that studies U.S. weather and water systems. ``We just don't have any idea on how long these levels will last.''

6) CEGLHH - In the News
Dr. Mike McCormick, was featured in the Grand Rapids Press regarding CEGLHH's upcoming summer field study on the Grand River, a major tributary of Lake Michigan: http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-36/1179841702121800.xml&coll=6

Dr. Mike McCormick, was also featured in the Muskegon Chronicle regarding CEGLHH's Grand River field experiments, which includes releasing a tracer dye: http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-6/11798451828500.xml&coll=8

Wood TV 8 story on Grand River Dye Study: http://woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6620920&nav=menu44_2
Steve Constant quoted in the Grand Haven Tribune: http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/296348548450944.bsp

7) CEGLHH - Groundwater study publication
Researchers with the Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health conducted a groundwater contamination study in Lake Erie in 2004. Their findings are featured in the latest edition of Environmental Health Perspectives. "Massive Microbiological Groundwater Contamination Associated with a Waterborne Outbreak in Lake Erie, South Bass Island, Ohio" http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/9430/9430.html.

May 21, 2007

Contents
1) IAGLR Plenary - The Great Lakes Ecosystem – can we forecast the future?
2) White House Award for GLERL Green Ships Initiative
3) Lake Michigan Monitoring
4) GLERL in the News
5) New Reprints - Lake Erie, fisheries, invasive species, sediment plumes, waves, resource sheds
6) Web Hot Items
7) CILER - New Interim Director

1) IAGLR Plenary - The Great Lakes Ecosystem – can we forecast the future?
Excerpt from Press Release
The Great Lakes ecosystem is in a progressive state of change. Upward trajectories in population growth, climate change, and detection of invasive species are all contributing to changes in the Lake environment, affecting the physical, chemical, and biological processes that define the Lake’s character, including the organisms that live within the lakes. Thirty-three million people live within the Great Lakes basin and rely on the Lakes for drinking water, commerce, transportation, and recreation that contribute hundreds of billions of dollars to the US and Canadian economies.

Dr. Stephen Brandt, Director of NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory will attempt to answer the question Is the scientific community ready to meet the long-term challenges facing the Great Lakes? “Clearly, interdisciplinary and ecosystem-based approaches to science and management are fundamental to these needs” says Dr. Brandt. “Further population growth will lead to an increase in conflicting user demands and large-scale driving forces such as climate change and invasive species may change the fundamental character of Great Lakes processes and exacerbate our ability to resolve natural and anthropogenic threats.”

Dr. Brandt will review new technologies that are improving how we observe these systems, breakthroughs to better integrate scientific disciplines (i.e. physical – chemical – biological – societal interfaces), the need for research to shift focus from explanation to prediction, and how to prepare the next generation of scientists so they are ready to accept these long-term challenges.

Dr Brandt will be speaking in the Presidents Hall 1 & 2, Penn Stater Conference Center between 1 and 2 p.m. on Thursday May 31, 2007.

2) White House Award for GLERL Green Ships Initiative
The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive recently announced that GLERL has won a White House Closing-the-Circle –Award in the green purchasing category. The award recognizes GLERL's conversion of a fleet of research vessels from petroleum-based to bio-based fuel and lubricants. This initiative reduced costs and has a positive impact on the work environment for the ships’ crews and researchers.

GLERL operates research vessels throughout the Great Lakes region as scientific platforms for ecosystems research and other NOAA interests in the area. The Ship Operations Group has focused their efforts on innovative ways to engineer, operate and maintain these boats to not only support scientific missions but to advance NOAA’s larger mission as a steward of the marine environment.

In 1998 the directive of Executive Order 13101 called for the “greening” of Government agencies through waste reduction, recycling and the use of environmentally friendly and sustainable products including bio-products. GLERL’s approach to this Federal program was to focus on the ship based use of bio-products with a goal of demonstrating the environmental and operational benefits. Lessons learned through systems engineering and material acquisition challenges were to provide technical assistance in advancing these products to other NOAA facilities and public marine operators. While all the products used are commercially available, the project is unique and groundbreaking in a number of areas.

• Instead of engineering bio-products into new vessel designs, the GLERL project included conversion of vessels 30 to 50 years old.
• The primary component was the introduction of soy biodiesel for main engine propulsion at 100%, a true alternative energy, rather than a 20% blend with petroleum diesel that has been use for a number of years.
• Building on biodiesel success, all ship mechanical systems were converted to bio-products resulting in the first US research vessel to operate without any petroleum products. This was accomplished through further conversion to rapeseed hydraulic oils and canola motor oils. It is this complete package that carries the strongest message supporting NOAA environmental stewardship, the feasibility of the bio-products, and positive public image.

More information: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf

3) Lake Michigan Monitoring
Lake Michigan has been chosen as one of three pilot study sites for use in the development of the National Water Quality Monitoring Network for U.S. Coastal Waters and their Tributaries, commonly known as the National Monitoring Network (NMN). Dr. Gary Fahnenstiel will be serving as the GLERL/NOAA lead on this.

The NMN is a response to a recommendation by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy for a national monitoring network that can provide the information necessary for effective stewardship of ocean and coastal resources. The pilot study will test and refine the NMN design across a broad range of Lake Michigan resource components, from upland watersheds to offshore waters. The project will be coordinated by the Great Lakes Commission, through the Lake Michigan Monitoring Coordination Council. Other partners include the four Lake Michigan states, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Great Lakes Observing System, among others.

4) GLERL in the News
Dr. Mike McCormick, was featured in the Grand Haven Tribune following a presentation he gave to the Grand Haven City Council to discuss CEGLHH's upcoming summer field study on the Grand River, a major tributary of Lake Michigan: http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/298369324847088.bsp.

5) New Reprints - Lake Erie, fisheries, invasive species, sediment plumes, waves, resource sheds
BRANDT, S.B., and M.B. LANSING. The International Field Years on Lake Erie (IFYLE). In: State of the Great Lakes Annual Report, 20th Anniversary. Office of the Great Lakes, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Lansing, MI, pp. 26-28 (2006).

CROLEY, T.E. II, C. He, J.F. Atkinson, and D.F. RAIKOW. Resource shed definitions and computations. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-141. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 35 pp. (2007). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-141/tm-141.pdf

Godby, N.A. Jr., E.S. Rutherford, and D.M. MASON. Diet, feeding rate, growth, mortality, and production of juvenile steelhead in a Lake Michigan tributary. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:578-592 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070009.pdf

Lee, C., D.J. SCHWAB, D. BELETSKY, J. Stroud, and B. Lesht. Numerical modeling of mixed sediment resuspension, transport, and deposition during the March 1998 episodic events in southern Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research 112:C02018, doi:10.1029/2005JC003419 (2007).
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070011.pdf

LIU, P.C., C.-H. Tsai, and H.S. Chen. On the growth of ocean waves. Ocean Engineering 34:1472-1480 (2007).

PANGLE, K.L., S.D. PEACOR, and O.E. Johannsson. Large nonlethal effects of an invasive invertebrate predator on zooplankton population growth rate. Ecology 88(2):402-412 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070005.pdf

POTHOVEN, S.A., I.A. Grigorovich, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and M.D. Balcer. Introduction of the Ponto-Caspian bloody-red mysis Hemimysis anomala into the Lake Michigan basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:285-292 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070007.pdf

REID, D.F., R. STURTEVANT, and S.A. POTHOVEN. Calling on the public: Where in the Great Lakes basin is the newest aquatic invader, Hemimysis anomala? Aquatic Invaders 18(1):1-7 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070006.pdf

VANDERPLOEG, H.A., T.H. JOHENGEN, P.J. Lavrentyev, C. Chen, G.A. LANG, M.A. Agy, M.H. Bundy, J.F. CAVALETTO, B.J. EADIE, J.R. LIEBIG, G.S. MILLER, S.A. RUBERG, and M.J. McCORMICK. Anatomy of the recurrent coastal sediment plume in Lake Michigan and its impacts on light climate, nutrients, and plankton. Journal of Geophysical Research 112:C03S90, doi:10.1029/2004JC002379 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070010.pdf

6) Web Hot Items
1229 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

762 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

656 downloads - Great Lakes New Invader: Bloody Red Shrimp (Hemimysis)
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/hemimysis.pdf

540 downloads - LOFGREN, B.M. Global warming effects on Great Lakes water: More precipitation but less water? Proceedings, 18th Conference on Hydrology, 8th Annual Meeting of the AMS, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004 (3 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040002.pdf

465 downloads - NOBOB Final Report. Johengen, Reid, Fahnenstiel et al.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/projects/nobob/products/NOBOBFinalReport.pdf

314 downloads - LIU, P.C., and U.F. Pinho. Freak waves--more frequent than rare! Annales Geophysicae 22:1938-1942 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040008.pdf

294 downloads - LIU, P.C., and K.R. MacHutchon. Are there different kinds of rogue waves? Proceedings of OMAE2006, 29th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, June 4-9, 2006, Hamburg, Germany (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060014.pdf

7) CILER - New Interim Director
Dr. Edward S. Rutherford, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, will be replacing Don Scavia as Interim Director of CILER.

April 16, 2007

Contents
1.  GLERL In the News - Water Levels
2.  CEGLHH in the News - Harmful Algae Blooms
3. CEGLHH - HAB Meeting
4. CEGLHH - Field Research Experiments Beginning in June
5. CEGLHH - Joint Oceans and Human Health Center Directors Meeting
6. New CILER Joint Investigator
7. New Reprints - climate, fisheries, benthos, and ballast
8. Web Hot Items
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1.  GLERL In the News - Water Levels
Quotes from Cynthia Sellinger in the Journal Sentinel Online - March 17, 2007
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=578869

2.  CEGLHH in the News - Harmful Algae Blooms
The NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health's March 22 Wisconsin Harmful Algal Bloom Stakeholder Workshop, was featured in a pair of articles in the Green Bay Press Gazette (3/21 and 3/23):
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070321/GPG0101/703210594/1207/GPGnews
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070323/GPG0101/703230623/1206/GPGnews

3. CEGLHH - HAB Meeting
The NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH) and Michigan Sea Grant will be hosting the Michigan Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Stakeholder Workshop, on May 8, 2007 at the Bay City Riverfront DoubleTree Hotel in Bay City, Michigan (www.doubletree.com). The purpose of this workshop is to bring together Michigan public health, water, and beach/ natural resource managers to discuss and assess the HAB issue in Michigan, particularly Saginaw Bay, Western Lake Erie, and Lake Michigan. For additional information on this Workshop, please visit: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Centers/HumanHealth/docs/michigan_workshop/michigan_workshop.html

The Michigan HAB Workshop is the third in a series of HAB Stakeholder workshops organized and hosted by CEGLHH and the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network in specific areas encountering harmful algal blooms. *

***PLEASE NOTE: This is a workshop on Cyanobacteria, such as Microcystis, and Cyanobacterial Toxins. This is NOT a meeting on the Saginaw Bay muck issue!****
If you have any questions or would like additional information on these workshops or CEGLHH’s HAB research, please contact sonia.joseph@noaa.gov.

If you are interested in attending, please register by emailing your name, affiliation, and contact information to sonia.joseph@noaa.gov by May 2, 2007. You must be registered in order to attend this workshop!

4. CEGLHH - Field Research Experiments Beginning in June
Dr. Mike McCormick and Sonia Joseph will be presenting on CEGLHH's Grand River dye/ tracer study to Grand Haven City Council next Monday, April 16. They invited us to come a brief the Council and work with them to adequately engage and educate the public on the value of this study.

5. CEGLHH - Joint Oceans and Human Health Center Directors Meeting
The NOAA Oceans and Human Health Centers will be participating in the NSF/NIEHS and NOAA OHH Center Directors meeting in Woods Hole, MA on April 25-27.

6. New CILER Joint Investigator
Stephen Henderson will be working with Dave Schwab, Dima Beletsky, and Mike McCormick on nearshore hydrodynamics.  His most recent appointment was at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

7. New Reprints - climate, fisheries, benthos, and ballast
Ge, J., J. Qi, B.M. LOFGREN, N. Moore, N. Torbick, and J.M. Olsen. Impacts of land use/cover classification accuracy on regional climate simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research 112:D05107, doi:10.1029/2006JD007404, 12 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070003.pdf

MASON, D.M., B. Nagy, M. Butler, S. Larsen, D.J. Murie, and W.J. Lindberg. Integration of technologies for understanding the functional relationship between reef habitat and fish growth and production? In Emerging Technologies for Fisheries Research and Management. J.E. Taylor (Ed.), pp. 105-116 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060047.pdf

NALEPA, T.F., D.L. FANSLOW, S.A. POTHOVEN, A.J. FOLEY III, G.A. LANG, S.C. Mozley, and M.W. Winnell. Abundance and distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate populations in Lake Huron in 1972 and 2000-2003. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-140. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 33 pp. (2007). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-140/tm-140.pdf

RAIKOW, D.F., D.F. REID, E.R. Blatchley, G. JACOBS, and P.F. LANDRUM. Effects of proposed physical ballast tank treatments on aquatic invertebrate resting eggs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(4):717-725 (2007).

8. Web Hot Items
339 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

179 downloads - Great Lakes New Invader: Bloody Red Shrimp (Hemimysis)
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/hemimysis.pdf

175 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

133 downloads - LOFGREN, B.M. Global warming effects on Great Lakes water: More precipitation but less water? Proceedings, 18th Conference on Hydrology, 8th Annual Meeting of the AMS, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004 (3 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040002.pdf

96 downloads - NOBOB Final Report. Johengen, Reid, Fahnenstiel et al.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/projects/nobob/products/NOBOBFinalReport.pdf

75 downloads - LIU, P.C., and U.F. Pinho. Freak waves--more frequent than rare! Annales Geophysicae 22:1938-1942 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040008.pdf

March 16, 2007

Contents
1.  GLERL in the News - Ice
2.  GLERL in the News - Water Levels
3.  New Reprints
4.  NOAA NCRAIS - Hemimysis Survey and Monitoring Network (Bloody Red Shrimp Watch)
5. Hot Items -  Most downloaded PDFs from the GLERL website for February 2007
6.  CEGLHH - HAB Workshop
7.  New Staff - Ice Climatologist
8.  NOAA Great Lakes Seminar Series at GLERL
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1.  GLERL in the News - Ice
A March 10th Detroit Free Press article on Lake St. Clair ice floes includes quotes by GLERL scientist George Leshkevich.
Article is posted at:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007703100339

2.  GLERL in the News - Water Levels
Cynthia Sellinger quoted in a March 14th Kalamazoo Gazette article.
http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1173885604303320.xml&coll=7

3.  New Reprints
POTHOVEN, S.A., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, J.F. CAVALETTO, D.M. KRUEGER, D.M. MASON, and S.B. BRANDT. Alewife planktivory controls the abundance of two invasive predatory cladocerans in Lake Michigan. Freshwater Biology 52:561-573 (2007).

Reprints sorted by category ... AIS, Fisheries, Contaminants and Climate .... have recently been updated.  http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/Publications/reprints.html

4.  NOAA NCRAIS - Hemimysis Survey and Monitoring Network (Bloody Red Shrimp Watch)
NOAA NCRAIS is setting up a monitoring network for Hemimysis anomala - the latest invasive species reported on the Great Lakes.  The Network takes a 3-tiered approach:

• A public outreach network to engage and involve the general public in the search for Hemimyis
• A network of basin-wide site-specific technical volunteers with appropriate training and resources who are willing to respond to public reports of Hemimysis sightings in their area by accessing the reported location and attempting to verify their presence, and if possible, collect samples for taxonomic verification and genetic analysis.
• Multi-institutional technical personnel with appropriate field-sampling capabilities and resources, such as agency and academic scientists, who are willing to conduct surveys for the presence of Hemimysis at various sites around the Great Lakes basin.

• 249 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb Brochure  http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf
• 172 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels  Brochure http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf
• 148 downloads - Great Lakes New Invader: Bloody Red Shrimp (Hemimysis) Brochure http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/hemimysis.pdf 
• 117 downloads - LOFGREN, B.M. Global warming effects on Great Lakes water: More precipitation but less water? Proceedings, 18th Conference on Hydrology, 8th Annual Meeting of the AMS, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004 (3 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040002.pdf
• 99 downloads - Bronte, C.R., M.P. Ebener, D.R. Schreiner, D.S. DeVault, M.M. Petzold, D.A. Jensen, C. Richards, and S.J. LOZANO. Fish community change in Lake Superior, 1970-2000. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60:1552-1574 (2003). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2003/20030016.pdf
• 75 downloads - LIU, P.C., and U.F. Pinho. Freak waves--more frequent than rare! Annales Geophysicae 22:1938-1942 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040008.pdf
  

February 15, 2007

Contents
1.  Green Ship Initiative
2.  CEGLHH Identifies and Addresses Stakeholder Needs
3.  GLERL in the News - Climate Change
4.  GLERL in the News - Dead Zone Threatens Lake Erie's Ecosystem
5.  New Reprints- Climate, fish, lamprey, toxicology
6.  Most Downloaded PDF's from the GLERL Website for January 2007
7.  NOAA Bronze Medals
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1.  Green Ship Initiative
A profile on GLERL's Green Ship Initiative is featured by the United Soybean Board
http://www.soybiobased.org/resources/ProfileNOAAUSBapproved.pdf

2.  CEGLHH Identifies and Addresses Stakeholder Needs
NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH) hosted a Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Stakeholder Needs Assessment Workshop on February 7, 2007 at the University of Toledo’s Lake Erie Center. The purpose of this workshop was to bring together Ohio drinking water operators, public health officials, beach managers, wastewater operators, tribes, agriculturalists, and decision makers interested in harmful algal blooms in order to determine the extent of the harmful algal bloom issue in the Western Lake Erie, create a venue to understand and assess existing knowledge of HABs, and identify methods in which HABs are monitored for and reported to the public. Approximately 60 stakeholders from public health, drinking water, beach management, academia, U.S. and Canadian federal, state, county, and city governments, and community members participated in this workshop which consisted of presentations from nationally recognized HAB experts and Sea Grant facilitated focus group discussions to identify stakeholder needs. The information obtained from this workshop will assist CEGLHH in providing focused and valuable research, tools, and technology to predict and reduce HABs in the Great Lakes Basin and will be shared with the greater HAB research community. This workshop is the first of its kind in the Great Lakes Basin and is the first is a series of three workshops hosted by CEGLHH in specific states afflicted with HABs in the Great Lakes.

3.  GLERL in the News - Climate Change
Quotes by GLERL scientist Brent Lofgren were featured in a 2/5 Muskegon Chronicle article on potential  impact of global warming on Great Lakes water levels. Article is at: http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-10/117069215385550.xml?muchronicle?NEM&coll=8
Also quotes in a Columbus dispatch article...
http://www.dispatch.com/science/science.php?story=dispatch/2007/02/13/20070213-D7-02.html

GLERL scientist Brent Lofgren was interviewed on the impact of climate change on the Great Lakes, as part of  Friday Focus on the Environment with Clark Smith on WEMU radio. Audio of the program is posted at:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wemu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1038185

4.  GLERL in the News - Dead Zone Threatens Lake Erie's Ecosystem
Wednesday, 07 Feb 2007, 11:29 PM EST
By Robin Schwartz – FOXTV
Quotes by Stuart Ludsin and
See:http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=2312927&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

5.  New Reprints- Climate, fish, lamprey, toxicology
CROLEY, T.E. II and C.F.M. Lewis. Warmer and drier climates that make terminal Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:852-869 (2006. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060043.pdf

HOOK, T.O., M.J. McCORMICK, E.S. Rutherford, D.M. MASON, and G.S. Carter. Short-term water mass movements in Lake Michigan: implications for larval fish transport. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:728-737 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060044.pdf

LOFGREN, B.M. Land surface roughness effects on lake effect precipitation. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:839-851 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060045.pdf

LUDSIN, S.A., C.H. HAND, J.W. Marsden, B.J. Fryer, and E.A. Howe. Micro-elemental analysis of statoliths as a tool for tracking tributary origins of sea lamprey. 2006 Project Completion Report, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, MI, 106 pp. (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060046.pdf

Schuler, L.J., P.F. LANDRUM, and M.J. Lydy. Response spectrum of fluoranthene and pentachlorobenzene for the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(1):139-148 (2007).

6.  Most Downloaded PDF's from the GLERL Website for January 2007
235 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

224 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

213 downloads - Great Lakes New Invader: Bloody Red Shrimp (/Hemimysis/)
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/hemimysis.pdf

211 downloads - NOBOB Final Report. Johengen, Reid, Fahnenstiel et al.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/projects/nobob/products/NOBOBFinalReport.pdf

110 downloads - LOFGREN, B.M. Global warming effects on Great Lakes water: More precipitation but less water? Proceedings, 18th Conference on Hydrology, 8th Annual Meeting of the AMS, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004 (3 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040002.pdf

81 downloads - LIU, P.C., and K.R. MacHutchon. Are there different kinds of rogue waves? Proceedings, OMAE2006, 25th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, June 4-9, 2006, Hamburg, Germany, 6 pp. (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060014.pdf

7.  NOAA Bronze Medals
Congratulations to Mike McCormick and Cathy Darnell for being honored by Vice Admiral Lautenbacher with a NOAA Bronze Medal for their "voluntary service provided during FEMA post-disaster relief operations after multiple hurricane strikes in 2005."

January 17, 2007

• Contents
  1) GLERL in the News - Bloody red shrimp (Hemimysis anomala)
  2) GLERL in the News - Water Levels
  3) CEGLHH Harmful Algal Bloom Workshop
  4) GLERL 2007 Research Plans
  5) New Reprints
  6) Hot Items - Most Downloaded PDF's from the GLERL Website for December 2006
  7) NOAA Great Lakes Seminar Series at GLERL
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  1) GLERL in the News - Bloody red shrimp (Hemimysis anomala)
  Photos http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/photogallery/Hemimysis.html
  Seminar: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/news/seminars/pastseminars.html <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/news/seminars/pastseminars.html>
  Link in the upper left of the GLERL home page: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/
  A more detailed Hemimysis research and outreach web site is being developed -- stay tuned at the above link from the homepage or http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/hemimysis. This will include a fact sheet asap. NCRAIS is coordinating a rapid research response.
  GLERL is dedicating $15k in 2007 internal support for research to determine the spread of Hemimysis anomala
  
  Shrimp joins Great Lakes invader list: New species, found in Michigan, is latest ecological threat from Caspian region. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Dan Egan. Dec. 21, 2006. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=544851/
  
  European invader found in channel. Muskegon Chronicle By Jeff Alexander. Friday, December 22, 2006
  http://www.mlive.com/news/muchronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1166802361197610.xml&coll=8 <http://www.mlive.com/news/muchronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1166802361197610.xml&coll=8>
  
  Great Lakes Radio Consortium "Hitchhiking Invaders Keep Coming"
  http://www.glrc.org/transcript.php3?story_id=3277
  
  2) GLERL in the News - Water Levels
  How low will it go? Duluth News Tribune by John Myers. Thursday, January 04, 2007
  http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=32404&section=news <http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=32404&section=news>
  
  Quote: Even with the lake [Superior] expected to drop through March, it’s unlikely to fall below the 1926 record, said Cynthia Sellinger, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich. “At this point, I don’t see that happening,” she said. “But that could change if it stays dry.” “If the next 90-day forecast is the same as the current one, then we’ll see a continued decline in the lake’s level,” Sellinger said. “You’ve got very little snowpack. The levels already are low. And if there’s not the usual spring rains, that’s not a good combination. At this point, I’m not seeing much of a spring runoff increase [in water levels] like we would normally get.”
  
  3) CEGLHH Harmful Algal Bloom Workshop
  
  On Feb 7, 2007: The NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH) will be hosting an Ohio Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Workshop, on February 7, 2007 at the University of Toledo’s Lake Erie Center in Oregon, Ohio. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together Ohio public health, water, and beach/ natural resource managers to discuss and assess the HAB issue in Western Lake Erie. For additional information on this Workshop, please visit: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Centers/HumanHealth/docs/ohio_habs_flyer.pdf The Ohio HAB Workshop is the first in a series of three HAB Focus Group workshops organized and hosted by CEGLHH in specific areas encountering harmful algal blooms. The second workshop will be held in Wisconsin in March 2007 and the third workshop will be held in Michigan in April 2007.
  
  4) GLERL 2007 Research Plans
  The following GLERL research projects have been funded for 2007. Summaries available on request.
  
  GLERL Internal Funded
• Integrated Lake Erie/Hypoxia
  • International Field Years on Lake Erie –Ludsin  Rewritten to focus on a single integrated two week, multiple ship sampling targeted at the height of the anoxia in late August and early September to get a full 3 dimensional map of the hypoxia and associated biology.
  • Sediment Oxygen and Nutrient Dynamics in the Hypolimnion of Central Lake Erie- Johengen, Incorporated into IFYLE – 2007
  • Time series measurements in Lake Erie – Hawley, summer fellow to analyze 2004 and 2005 data.
  • Coupled hydrodynamic-ecological model of Lake Erie – Schwab
  • Consequence of coastal Hypoxia on Food Web Structure and Function: A Global Perspective – Mason, review and synthesis of the literature
• Physical/Climate Observations and Modeling
  • Real-time meteorological observation network – Ruberg, A timeline for transitioning this over to the NWS must be established this year.
  • Real-time environmental coastal observation network – Ruberg, There should be a strong effort to transition the buoys to the NOAA Buoy Center. OHH funds support Grand Haven work, remainder internal GLERL funded
  • Coastwatch Research and Product Development - Leshkevich
  • Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting – Schwab
  • Improving DLBRM’s Capabilities to Forecast – De Marchi
  • Dynamical Modeling of Great Lakes Regional Climate – Lofgren
  • Lakes in General Circulation Models – Lofgren, collaboration with GFDL
  • Statistical Downscaling of Global and Regional Climate Simulations – Lofgren, funded for FY07 (not FY08)
  • A Bayesian Approach to Predict Changing Pollutant Load-Streamflow Relationships and Their Uncertainty – Stow
  • Microsensor development – Ruberg, focused on developing additional collaborations 1) across NOAA and with the NOAA Observations Program, 2) With ACT and 3) with WHOI and our cooperative institute CICOR.
  • Thermal structure monitoring and related studies – McCormick
  • New Bathymetry of the Great Lakes: Huron and Superior – Reid, Work is directed at deciding ‘if and how’ to publish a Lake Superior map.
  • Measurement and modeling of wave-induced sediment resuspension in nearshore water – Hawley, in collaboration with OHH
• Biological
  • Implications of Cercopagis and Bythotrephes to alewife and stability of the Lake Michigan pelagic food web – Vanderploeg, This project is in the completion phase.
  • Changes in the pelagic food web of southern Lake Michigan – Vanderploeg, This project should wrap up by concentrating on manuscripts and prioritizing the data analyses.
  • Fine-scale spatio-temporal dynamics of zooplankton: Phase 1- Adaptation of ADCP technology – Mason, A student fellow is supported to evaluate archived data.
  • Development of a food web model (DOVE – Digital organisms in a virtual ecosystem) to examine indirect interactions in food webs and invasive species. – Peacor
  • Theory and Modeling of Harmful Algal Blooms Influenced by Invasive Zebra and Quagga Mussels – Peacor, supports the NRC post-doc.
  • Long Term trends in Benthic Populations – Nalepa, Encouraged to begin to work on the spread of the mud snail, in addition to Diporeia and Dreissenids.
  • Pelagic-Benthic Coupling in nearshore Lake Michigan: Linking pelagic inputs to benthic productivity – Nalepa
  • Assessments of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Great Lakes region – Nalepa, Project proposals to determine the abundance and spatial distribution of: 1) benthic organisms in Lake Huron, 2) Diporeia and zebra mussels in central Lake Michigan, 3) Hexagenia populations in Saginaw Bay, and 4) process remaining benthic samples from the Straits of Mackinac.
  • Condition of western Lake Erie dreissenids and Lake Michigan– Nalepa
  • Assessing the Spread of Hemimysis anomala – Pothoven
  • Development of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) for a rapid assessment of fish condition – Pothoven
  • Diets and Condition of Forage Fish in Southern Lake Huron – Pothoven
  • Recruitment of Great Lakes Fishes: A Meta-Analysis – Hook
  • Salmonid spawning stock abundance, recruitment, and exploitation the Muskegon River, MI – Mason
  • Upwelling dynamics in the Laurentian Great Lakes – Mason, This project extends Lake Michigan effort to Lakes Huron and Ontario.
  • NOBOB – A – This project will be complete by September Invertebrate Resting Eggs – An Unaddressed Secondary Aquatic Invasion Vector – Reid
  • NCRAIS – Reid, Sturtevant This Center should be fully directed at taking a lead in developing a NOAA national rapid research response to the new mysid invader and use this as an example (prototype) of how NOAA can respond to invaders across the nation.The Center should also develop regional coordinators (single points of contact) in the 8 identified NOAA regions and this can be done through the regional leads.
• Contaminants
  • Long- Term Changes in Daphnid Responses to Great Lakes Contaminants – Kashian, pilot
  • Contaminant effects using body residues as the dose metric – Landrum, Manuscript preparation.
  • Bioavailability of sediment-associated toxic organic contaminants – Landrum, OHH and GLERL funded.

OHH Funded

• Center for Great Lakes and Human Health – Brandt
• Genetic and environmental factors influencing Microcystis bloom toxicity – Dyble
• Evaluation of the Hazard of HABs for Human Health through Fish Consumptions – Dyble, portions relating to a) Microcystin accumulation in natural fish populations and b) toxicokinetics
• GLERL ECOHAB: An integrated approach for monitoring and event response – Fahnenstiel, partially funded by OHH.
• OHH: Microcystins in the Great Lakes – Fahnenstiel
• Environmental Monitoring with Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery – Leshkevich
• Near-Shore Transport: Modeling, Observations, and Beach Closure Forecasting – Schwab
• Bioavailability of sediment-associated toxic organic contaminants – Landrum, OHH and GLERL funded.

Co-funded - GLERL partnerships

• Lake Erie Precipitation – De Marchi, supported with a student fellow with additional funds coming from U.M.
• Workshop: Assessing the Impact of Hypoxia on Fish and Shellfish in Lake Erie, Chesapeake Bay and Gulf of Mexico – Brandt, This is co-supported by GLERL (FY06 funds) and NOS and scheduled for March, 2007.
• Bayesian Implementation of a Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia Model – Stow, part of a large-scale externally funded project in CHRP
• CoastWatch Operations – Leshkevich, largely externally funded.
• Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindegenous Species Information System – Sturtevant, This is partially externally funded and the information system could be a product this year.
• Dreissenid mussels as homeostatic filter feeders and nutrient excreters – Vanderploeg, This is ongoing work that was funded by NOAA EcoHab.
    

External Funded

• ECOFORE – Forecasting the Causes and Impacts of Lake Erie Hypoxia –Ludsin, funded by NOAA
• NGOMEX - Hypoxic Effects on the Living Resources of the Northern Gulf of Mexico - Brandt
• Habitat mediated predator-prey interactions in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico – Mason
• Fronts, Physics and Fishes in the Northern Adriatic Sea Workshop – Brandt, Continuing project funded by the Department of State.
• Next Generation Large-Basin Runoff Models – Croley, co-supported by ECOFORE and New York Sea Grant.
• Great Lakes Sensitivity to Climate Forcing – Croley
• Coupling QPE & Great Lakes Hydrologic Models – Croley, collaborative project with NOAA NSSL, largely externally supported
• Climate and Land Use Change Processes in East Africa –Lofgren, external funded by NSF
• Trait mediated effects of invasive predatory cladocerans – Peacor, largely an externally funded project
• Evolution of Invasive Species: Characterization and effects of adaptive changes in Bythotrephes tail spine – Peacor, externally funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
• Modeling historic and spatial variation of Great Lakes fish maturation schedules – Hook, Currently funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Trust (whitefish-$108K) and US Fish and Wildlife Service- Great Lakes Restoration Act (walleye-$75K).
• Causes, Consequences and Correctives of fish contamination in the Detroit River AOC – Kashian, externally funded by the Michigan Sea Grant Program.
• River Discharge as a predictor of Lake Erie Yellow perch – Ludsin, largely externally funded
• Computational Modeling of Ballast Tanks …. – Reid, externally funded
• NOBOB-B – externally funded. This project will be complete by September
• Salinity/Brine Exposure as a Biocide for Application to NOBOB Residuals – Reid, funded externally

On Hold...

• Lake Champlain – McCormick, put on hold until the FY07 Budget is passed.
• Dynamics of the benthic nepheloid layer in Lake Ontario : To be integrated with the extensive monitoring program planned for Lake Ontario in 2008. Analysis of 2006 data but no 2007 field work.
• Mapping methods research and development – Ruberg. GLERL portion of the project is not funded at this time but will be reconsidered when/if project is externally funded.

5) New Reprints
PEACOR, S.D., S. Allesina, R.L. Riolo, and M. Pascual. Phenotypic plasticity opposes species invasions by altering fitness surface. PLoS Biology 4(11):9 pp. (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060038.pdf

PEACOR. S.D. Behavioural response of bullfrog tadpoles to chemical cues of predation risk are affected by cue age and water source. Hydrobiologia 573:39-44 (2006). DOI 10.1007/s/10750-006-0256-3.

PEACOR. S.D., J.R. Bence, and C.A. Pfister. The effect of size-dependent growth and environmental factors on animal size variability. Theoretical Population Biology 71(2007):80-94 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060040.pdf

Rao, Y.R., and N. HAWLEY. Inter-basin exchange flows in Lake Erie. Proceedings, Sixth International Symposium on Stratified Flows. The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, December11-14, 2006, pp. 245-250 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060042.pdf

Zaiko, A., S. Olenin, D. Daunys, and T.F. NALEPA. Vulnerability of benthic habitats to the aquatic invasive species. Biological Invasions DOI 10.1007/s10530-006-9070-0 12 pp. (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060037.pdf

6) Hot Items - Most Downloaded PDF's from the GLERL Website for December 2006
240 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

164 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

154 downloads - NOBOB Final Report. Johengen, Reid, Fahnenstiel et al.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/projects/nobob/products/NOBOBFinalReport.pdf

93 downloads - LIU, P.C., and U.F. Pinho. Freak waves--more frequent than rare! Annales Geophysicae 22:1938-1942 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040008.pdf

84 downloads - LIU, P.C., and K.R. MacHutchon. Are there different kinds of rogue waves? Proceedings, OMAE2006, 25th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, June 4-9, 2006, Hamburg, Germany, 6 pp. (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060014.pdf

71 downloads - Biddanda, B.A., D.F. Coleman, T.H. JOHENGEN, S.A. RUBERG, G.A. Meadows, H.W. VanSumeren, R.R. Rediske, and S.T. Kendall. Exploration of a submerged sinkhole ecosystem in Lake Huron. Ecosystems 9:828-842 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060020.pdf

7) NOAA Great Lakes Seminar Series at GLERL
Tuesday, January 23, 10:30 am
"Making the connection between exposure and toxic response for aquatic organisms" Dr. Peter Landrum, <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/about/pers/profiles/landrum.html>Research Chemist, GLERL

Over the past decade or so, research has advanced to allow better understanding of the connection between the concentrations of contaminants in the external environment and the observed toxicity in aquatic organisms. Toxicity is a time-dose-response relationship based on the concentration of the compound at the receptor site. Thus, the toxic response depends on both the toxicokinetics (uptake, elimination, and biotransformation) and the toxicodynamics (rates of damage formation and damage repair). While most standard toxicity tests, that are the basis for risk assessments, are performed for specific durations, many exposures of aquatic organisms occur through pulsed exposures with differing durations, amplitudes and recovery periods. To better interpret the expected response and to take into account recovery periods, the temporal factors that control the response need to be established. This presentation will provide an overview of the models to establish the relationship between exposure and response, demonstrate the impact of biotransformation on the overall response relationship, and include insights into latent toxicity post exposure for aquatic organisms.

Recent postings to the Archive:

"Hemimysis anomala - the newest Great Lakes invader" Steve Pothoven, <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/about/pers/profiles/pothoven>Fishery Biologist, GLERL

"Potential positive effects of hypoxia on fish habitat quality" Dr. Marco Costantini, NRC Associate, NOAA-GLERL