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GLERL-CILER Joint Seminar Series
Public seminars covering a variety of scientific topics, particularly those relating to Great Lakes or national and global environmental issues are jointly sponsored and hosted by NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) and the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER).
Seminars are held at GLERL or at designated locations on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan. Specific venue information is listed with each seminar announcement (see below). To receive announcements of upcoming seminars, please send a request and your email address to Margaret Lansing, , or Tom Johengen, .
February 2013
Tuesday, February 12
Title: Reefs and Wrecks: Multidisciplinary Research at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Speaker: Russ Green, Deputy Superintendent and
Research Coordinator, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Abstract: Designated in 2000, the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is one of 14 national marine sanctuaries dedicated to preserving our oceans and Great Lakes. Located off Alpena, Michigan on Lake Huron, the 448-sqauare mile sanctuary protects 45 known shipwrecks sites and supports a wide range of multidisciplinary research. The sanctuary is managed jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the State of Michigan. Russ Green will talk about current research efforts at the sanctuary including, reef restoration, lakebed mapping, submerged sinkhole and archaeological projects.
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