Gary Fahnenstiel

Current Research Projects:
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• Drinking Water as Route of Exposure to Microcystins in Great Lakes Communities
• Adaptive Integrated Framework (AIF): A New Methodology for Managing Impacts of Multiple Stressors in Coastal Ecosystems
• Lake Champlain
• Long Term Trends in the Pelagic Foodweb in Lake Michigan
• Oceans and Human Health (OHH): Microcystins in the Great Lakes
• Genetic and Environmental Factors Influencing Microcystis Bloom Toxicity
• GLERL ECOHAB: An Integrated Approach for Monitoring and Modeling

Recent GLERL Publications:
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• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., Y. Hong, D.F. Millie, M. Doblin, T.F. JOHENGEN, and D.F. REID. Marine dinoflagellate cysts in the ballast tank sediments of ships entering the Laurentian Great Lakes. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 30(7):1035-1038 (2009). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2009/20090031.pdf
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., M.J. McCORMICK, and R. Artz. Proceedings of NOAA Lake Champlain Program Review - October 29-30, 2008. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-146. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 50 pp. (2009). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-146/tm-146.pdf
• Millie, D.F., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, J. DYBLE BRESSIE, R.J. Pigg, R.R. Rediske, D.M. Klarer, P.A. Tester, and R.W. Litaker. Late-summer phytoplankton in western Lake Erie (Laurentian Great Lakes): bloom distributions, toxicity, and environmental influences. Aquatic Ecology DOI 10.1007/s10452-009-9238-7:20 pp. (2009). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2009/20090032.pdf
• DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, R.W. Litaker, D.F. Millie, and P.A. Tester. Microcystin concentrations and genetic diversity of Microcystis in the lower Great Lakes. Environmental Toxicology 23:507-516 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080028.pdf
• 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 Ecosystem Health and Management 11(2):190-195 (2008).
• McCORMICK, M.J., T.O. Manley, D. BELETSKY, A.J. FOLEY, and G.L. FAHNENSTIEL. Tracking the surface flow in Lake Champlain. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34:721-730 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080053.pdf
• Millie, D.F., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, J. DYBLE, R.J. Pigg, R.R. Rediske, D.M. Klarer, R.W. Litaker, and P.A. Tester. Influence of environmental conditions on late-summer cyanobacterial abundance in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 11(2):196-205 (2008).
• Redalje, D.G., S.D. Lohrenz, M.J. Natter, M.D. Tuel, G.J. Kirkpatrick, D.F. Millie, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and F.M. VanDohal. The growth dynamics of Karenia brevis within discrete blooms on the West Florida Shelf. Continental Shelf Research 28:24-44 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080038.pdf
• Wynne, T.T., R.P. Stumpf, M.C. Tomlinson, R.A. Warner, P.A. Tester, J. DYBLE, and G.L. FAHNENSTIEL. Relating spectral shape to cyanobacterial blooms in the Laurentian Great Lakes. International Journal of Remote Sensing 29(12):3665-3672 (2008).
• 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).

Recent Presentations:
* denotes speaker

• *DYBLE BRESSIE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and A. Sarnelle. Assessing environmental controls on Microcystis populations in the Great Lakes using molecular tools. 52nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, May 18-22, 2009 (2009).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. Changes in the Lake Michigan food web. Inland Seas Education Center, Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, Northwestern Michigan College, Suttons Bay, MI, June 10, 2009 (2009).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. Long-term trends in lower food-web dynamics. Sea Grant Regional Fisheries Workshop, Ludington, MI, January 10, 2009 (2009).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. Lake Michigan lower food web and fisheries. Sea Grant Regional Fisheries Workshop, St. Joseph, MI, February 2009 (2009).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. State of the lower food web in Lake Michigan. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Annual Meeting, Ypsilanti, MI, March 2009 (2009).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. Water quality, plankton and fish in Lake Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources Workshop, Houghton Lake, MI, March 31, 2009 (2009).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. Changes in the Lake Michigan food web. Seminar, Inland Seas Education Center, Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, Northwestern Michigan College, Suttons Bay, MI,, June 10, 2009 (2009).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. The Lake Michigan ecosystem and mussels. Y Club International Meeting, Muskegon, MI, June 2009 (2009).
• *FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., S.A. POTHOVEN, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, D. Klarer, T.F. NALEPA, and D. Scavia. Long-term trends in phytoplankton abundance, composition and primary production in the offshore region of  southeastern Lake Michigan. 52nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, May 18-22, 2009 (2009).
• *POTHOVEN, S.A., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and H.A. VANDERPLOEG. Mysis in Lake Michigan. 52nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, May 18-22, 2009 (2009).
• *POTHOVEN, S.A., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, T.F. NALEPA, and C.P. Madenjian. Changes in southeast Lake Michigan offshore lower food web and implications for fish. Annual Meeting of the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Dundee, MI, March 18, 2009 (2009).
• *JOSEPH, S., J. DYBLE BRESSIE, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and R. Stumpf. Blue Green Algae Blooms and Volunteer Monitoring. Ottawa County Water Quality Forum III, West Olive, MI, November 14, 2008 (2008).
• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and D.F. Millie. Cyanobacterial HABs in the Great Lakes: Environmental stressors, genetic diversity, and impacts on human health. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 21, 2008 (2008).
• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, O. Sarnelle, and R.W. Litaker. Assessing the role of grazing on genetic composition of Lake Erie cyanobacterial HAB populations. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 3, 2008 (2008).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. State of Detroit River phytoplankton. IJC Detroit River Workshop, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, December 3, 2008 (2008).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. State of the Great Lakes. Y Club International, Muskegon, MI, June 26, 2008 (2008).
• *McCORMICK, M.J., T.O. Manley, D. BELETSKY, A.J. FOLEY, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and N. HAWLEY. Tracking the surface flow in Lake Champlain. Lake Champlain: Our Lake, Our Future, Burlington, VT, January 8-9, 2008 (2008).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., T.F. NALEPA, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, S.A. POTHOVEN, J.R. LIEBIG, J. DYBLE, and S. ROBINSON. Dreissenids as nearshore and offshore engineers: predicting direct and indirect effects of mussels on pelagic food webs. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. POTHOVEN, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and T.F. NALEPA. Surprising synergies between invasive species and climate impacts. NOAA Climate Impacts on Great Lakes Ecosystems Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, July 29-31, 2008 (2008).
• DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and R.W. Litaker. Assessing the role of generic composition on microcystin production in Lake Erie Microcystin populations. U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae, Woods Hole, MA, October 31, 2007 (2007).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. Research at the Lake Michigan Field Station. OHH Annual Meeting, Muskegon, MI, October 23, 2008 (2007).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. The impact of non-indigenous species in the Great Lakes. Grand Valley State University Limnology Class, Muskegon, MI, November 13, 2007 (2007).
• *FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., J. DYBLE, D.F. Millie, P.A. Tester, and R.W. Litaker. Factors affecting microcystin concentrations and cell quotas in the Great Lakes. Fourth Symposium on Harmful Algae in the United States, Woods Hole, MA, October 29, 2007 (2007).
• *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).