Gary Fahnenstiel

Current Research Projects:
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• Effects of non-indigenous invertebrates on the pelagic food web of Lake Michigan
• Genetic and environmental factors influencing Microcystis bloom toxicity
• GLERL ECOHAB
• Hydrodynamic Studies on Lake Champlain

Recent GLERL Publications:
(See also All GLERL Publications for Fahnenstiel)

• 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
• Gregson, B.P., D.F. Millie, C. Cao, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, R.J. Pigg, and D.P. Fries. Simplified enrichment and identification of environmental peptide toxins using antibody-capture surfaces with subsequent mass spectrometry detection. Journal of Chromatography A 1123(2):233-238 (2006).
• Millie, D.F., G.R. Weckman, H.W. Paerl, J.L. Pinckney, B.J. Bendis, R.J. Pigg, and G.L. FAHNENSTIEL. Neural net modeling of estuarine indicators: Hindcasting phytoplankton biomass and net ecosystem production in the Neuse (North Carolina) and Trout (Florida) rivers, USA. Ecological Indicators 6(3):589-608 (2006).
• Gregson, B.P., D.F. Millie, C. Cao, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, R.J. Pigg, and D.P. Fries. Simplified enrichment and identification of environmental peptide toxins using antibody-capture surfaces with subsequent mass spectrometry detection. Journal of Chromatography A 1123(2):233-238 (2006).
• Hong, Y., A. Steinman, B. Biddanda, R. Rediske, and G. L. FAHNENSTIEL. Note. Occurrence of the toxin-producing Cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii in Mona and Muskegon Lakes, Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:645-652 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060028.pdf
• McCORMICK, M. J., T. O. Manley, A. J. FOLEY III, J. C. Gascard, and G. L. FAHNENSTIEL. Lake Champlain Lagrangian experiment. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:1683-1687 (2006).
• Millie, D.F., G.R. Weckman, H.W. Paerl, J.L. Pinckney, B.J. Bendis, R.J. Pigg, and G.L. FAHNENSTIEL. Neural net modeling of estuarine indicators: Hindcasting phytoplankton biomass and net ecosystem production in the Neuse (North Carolina) and Trout (Florida) River, USA. Ecological Indicators 6(3):589-608 (2006).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., D. Klarer, D. Millie, M. McCORMICK, and A. FOLEY. Epilithic algae in the North Channel, Lake Huron. Verh. Internat. Verin. Limnol. 29:823-826 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050037.pdf
• Lohrenz, S. E., G. L. FAHNENSTIEL, D. F. Millie, O. M. E. Schofield, T. H. JOHENGEN, and T. Bergman. Spring phytoplankton photosynthesis, growth, and primary production and relationships to a recurrent coastal sediment plume and river inputs in southeastern Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research 109(C10S14):13 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040035.pdf

Recent Presentations:
* denotes speaker

• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, D.J. SCHWAB, M.J. McCORMICK, R. Whitman, S. JOSEPH, and S.B. BRANDT. Current successes, challenges, and going forward at the Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health. OHHI Annual Meeting, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, March 2007. (2007).
• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, P.A. Tester, R.W. Litaker, and D.F. Millie. The impacts of harmful algal blooms on human health in the Great Lakes. 7th Annual Conference of the National Council for Science and the Environment, Integrating Environment and Human Health, Washington, DC, February 1-2, 2007. (2007).
• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, P.A. Tester, R.W. Litaker, and D.F. Millie. Detecting and quantifying toxic Microcystis populations using genetic analyses. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *DYBLE, J., G. L. FAHNENSTIEL, P. A. Tester, R. W. Litaker, and D. F. Millie. Detecting toxic Microcystis strains in the lower Great Lakes using molecular techniques. 49th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 22-26,2006. (2006).
• *DYBLE, J., G. L. FAHNENSTIEL, P. A. Tester, R. W. Litaker, and D. F. Millie. Distribution of Microsystis and microcystin concentrations in Saginaw Bay and western Lake Erie. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 5-9, 2006. (2006).
• *FAHNENSTIEL, G. L., D. F. Millie, B. P. Gregson, and D. P. Fries. Improved assessment of microcystins using surface-enhanced laser dsesorption/ionization - time of flight (SELDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. National Harmful Algal Bloom Conference, California, October 2005. (2005).
• *FAHNENSTIEL, G. L., D. F. Millie, P. A. Tester, J. DYBLE, and R. W. Litaker. Microcystis and microcystin in the Great Lakes: Preliminary results from two coastal lakes. State of Lake Michigan Conference, Green Bay, WI, October 2005. (2005).
• *Kaur, J., H. A. VANDERPLOEG, J. V. DePinto, J. R. LIEBIG, and G. L. FAHNENSTIEL. Trends in phytoplankton functional groups of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. 48th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Ann Arbor, MI, May 23-27, 2005. (2005).