Program: Laurentian Great Lakes Ecosystem Studies

Acronym:

Laurentian Great Lakes Ecosystem Studies

Program URL:

Program Web Site

Start Date:

1998

End Date:

2013

Geolocation:

Laurentian Great Lakes

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Description

A series of studies concerned with the chemistry and biology of the Laurentian Great Lakes. These different studies share a focus on the dynamics of organic pools of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, and the stoichiometric linkages among these elements. At different times, work also has focused on trace metal dynamics and interactions with biota, the rates of primary production and herbivory, rates and patterns of primary productivity, and the century-long, steady trend of increasing nitrate in Earth's largest lake by area. Microbial populations have been investigated and linked to these chemical properties.

This Program was created by BCO-DMO staff to bring various Laurentian Great Lakes Research projects under one umbrella for improved discovery and access.

Dates: 1998 - 2014
Funding: NSF/OCE and Minnesota Sea Grant

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Funding

Funding Source	Award Number
Minnesota Sea Grant	unknown LGL Ecosystem Studies MN Sea Grant
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0927277
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0927512
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0352208
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0352291
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-9819324
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-9902658
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-9902660
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1230735

Projects

Name
Primary Production and Grazing Dynamics In the Ultra-Oligotrophic Waters of Lake Superior (CARGO)
RAPID Response to an extreme low ice year on Lake Erie (Lake Erie Ice)
Sources and Sinks of Stoichiometrically Imbalanced Nitrate in the Laurentian Great Lakes (SINC)
The Nitrifying of Lake Superior and Its Intersections with the P and Fe Cycles (NILS)
Trace Metal Limitation of Phytoplankton Productivity: Combined Immunological, Geochemical and Growth Assay Approaches in Lake Superior (IRONMAN)

Program Coordinators

Person	Roles	Affiliation
Robert Michael McKay	Principal Investigator	Bowling Green State University (BGSU)
Dr Robert W. Sterner	Principal Investigator, Contact	University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMTC)
Dr Erik T. Brown	Co-Principal Investigator	University of Minnesota Duluth
George S. Bullerjahn	Co-Principal Investigator	Bowling Green State University (BGSU)
Dr Jacques C. Finlay	Co-Principal Investigator	University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMTC)
Dr Paul F Morris	Co-Principal Investigator	Bowling Green State University (BGSU)
Robert M. Sherrell	Co-Principal Investigator	Rutgers University
Ms Sandra Brovold	Technician	University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMTC)
Stephen R. Gegg	BCO-DMO Data Manager	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO)

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