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Research by Lake: Great Lakes Drainage Basin

Great Lakes Basin | Lake Erie | Lake Huron | Lake Michigan | Lake Ontario | Lake Superior

GLERL research throughout the Great Lakes Basin:

Biology

Invasive Species

Computational Modeling of Ballast Tanks to Improve Understanding and Maximize Effectiveness of Management Practices and Treatment Mechanisms - Extension of Laboratory Study

Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Database Project

Invertebrate Resting Eggs As Secondary Aquatic Invasion Vectors

Fish

Chemistry

Micro-elemental analysis of statoliths as a tool for tracking tributary origins of sea lamprey

Physics

Currents, Waves and Water Temperature

Lake Circulation Studies and the Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System

Real-time Meteorological Observation Network

Sediment Dynamics

Measurement and modeling of wave-induced sediment resuspension in nearshore water

New Bathymetry of the Great Lakes
Data: Bathymetry files

Climate, Ice and Weather

Dynamical Modeling of Great Lakes Regional Climate

Data: Great Lakes Ice Atlas

Topical Brochure: ice cover brochure
Data: monthly ice cover data

Water Levels and Hydrology

Great Lakes Sensitivity to Climatic Forcing

Next Generation Large Basin Runoff Model
Model software: LBRM files

Topical Brochure: La Niña and El Niño
Topical Brochure: Great Lakes water levels
Data: water levels

Remote Sensing/Monitoring

CoastWatch Research

Real-time Environmental Coastal Observations Network (RECON)

Last updated: 2008-05-23 mbl