Gregory Lang

Current Research Projects:
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• Spatial Structure and Biophysical Coupling in Pelagic Food Webs–connecting the Nearshore Shunt and Offshore Desert with the Laser Plankton Survey System (LPSS)
• Long-Term Trends in Benthic Populations

Recent GLERL Publications:
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• NALEPA, T.F., D.L. FANSLOW, and G.A. LANG. Transformation of the offshore benthic community in Lake Michigan: Recent shift from the native amphipod Diporeia spp. to the invasive mussel Dreissena rostriformis bugensis. Freshwater Biology 54(3):466-479 (2009). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2009/20090007.pdf
• RUBERG, S.A., S.T. Kendall, B.A. Biddanda, T. Black, S.C. Nold, W.R. Lusardi, R. Green, T. Casserley, E. Smith, T.G. Sanders, G.A. LANG, and S.A. CONSTANT. Observations of the Middle Island sinkhole in Lake Huron: A unique hydrogeologic and glacial creation of 400 million years. Marine Technology Society Journal 42(4):12-21 (2009). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2009/20090012.pdf
• Kelley, J.G.W., A.-J. Zhang, P. Chu, and G.A. LANG. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Ontario Operational Forecast System (LOOFS). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS CS 13. NOAA Office of Coast Survey, Coast Survey Development Lab, Silver Spring, MD, 40 pp. (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/2008tmNOS_CS13.pdf
• NALEPA, T.F., D.L. FANSLOW, G.A. LANG, D.B. LAMARAND, L.G. CUMMINS, and G.S. CARTER. Abundances of the amphipod Diporeia spp. and the mussels Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena rostriformis bugensis in Lake Michigan in 1994-1995, 2000, and 2005. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-144. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 25 pp. (2008). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-144/tm-144.pdf
• Chu, P., J.G W. Kelley, A.-J. Zhang, G.A. LANG, and K.W. Bedford. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Erie Operational Forecast System (LEOFS). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS CS 12. NOAA Office of Coast Survey, Coast Survey Development Lab, Silver Spring, MD, 73 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/2007tmNOS_CS12
• Kelley, J.G.W., P. Chu, A.-J. Zhang, and G.A. LANG. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Superior Operational Forecast System (LSOFS). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS CS 9. NOSS Office of Coast Survey, Coast Survey Development Lab, Silver Spring, MD, 48 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/2007tmNOS_CS9.pdf
• Kelley, J.G.W., P. Chu, A.-J. Zhang, G.A. LANG, and D.J. SCHWAB. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Michigan Operational Forecast System (LMOFS). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS CS 8. NOAA, Office of Coast Survey, Coast Survey Development Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD, 67 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/2007tmNOS_CS8.pdf
• NALEPA, T.F., D.L. FANSLOW, S.A. POTHOVEN, A.J. FOLEY III, and G.A. LANG. Long-term trends in benthic macroinvertebrate populations in Lake Huron over the past four decades. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33(2):421-436 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070020.pdf
• VANDERPLEOG, H.A., T.H. JOHENGEN, P.J. Lavrentyev, C. Chen, G.A. LANG, M.A. Agy, M.H. Bundy, J.F. CAVALETTO, B.J. EADIE, J.R. LIEBIG, G.S. MILLER, S.A. RUBERG, and M.J. McCORMICK. Anatomy of the recurrent coastal sediment plume in Lake Michigan and its impacts on light climate, nutrients, and plankton. Journal of Geophysical Research 112(C03S90, doi:10.1029/2004JC002379):23 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070010.pdf
• NALEPA, T.F., D.L. FANSLOW, S.A. POTHOVEN, A.J. FOLEY III, G.A. LANG, S.C. Mozley, and M.W. Winnell. Abundance and distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate populations in Lake Huron in 1972 and 2000-2003. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-140. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 33 pp. (2007). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-140/tm-140.pdf
• NALEPA, T. F., D. L. FANSLOW, A. J. FOLEY III, G. A. LANG, B. J. EADIE, and M. A. QUIGLEY. Continued disappearance of the benthic amphipod Diporeia spp. in Lake Michigan: Is there evidence for food limitation? Aquatic Invaders 17(3):1-12 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060018.pdf
• NALEPA, T. F., D. L. FANSLOW, A. J. FOLEY III, G. A. LANG, B. J. EADIE, and M. A. QUIGLEY. Continued disappearance of the benthic amphipod Diporeia spp. in Lake Michigan: Is there evidence of food limitation? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63:872-890 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060003.pdf
• RUBERG, S.A., D.F. Coleman, T.H. JOHENGEN, G.A. Meadows, H.W. VanSumeren, G.A. LANG, and B.A. Biddanda. Groundwater plume mapping in a submerged sinkhole in Lake Huron. Marine Technology Society Journal 39(2):65-69 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050038.pdf

Recent Presentations:
* denotes speaker

• *SCHWAB, D.J., E.J. ANDERSON, and G.A. LANG. Hydrodynamic and hydraulic modeling of the Huron-Erie Corridor. 13th International Workshop on Physical Processes in Natural Waters, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, September 1-4 2009 (2009).
• LIEBIG, J.R., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.A. POTHOVEN, J.F. CAVALETTO, D. KRUEGER, D.M. MASON, G.A. LANG, K.L. PANGLE, R. Pichlova, and S.D. Peacor. Interactions of the invasive predatory cladocerans, Bythotrephes longimanus and Cercopagis pengoi, with zooplankton and fish along an onshore-offhosre transect in southern Lake Michigan (poster). 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008. (2008).
• *SCHWAB, D.J., D. BELETSKY, and G.A. LANG. A real-time system for prediction of coastal circulation at Great Lakes beaches. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2-7, 2008 (2008).
• *Chu, P., J. G. W. Kelley, A.J. Zhang, D.J. SCHWAB, G.A. LANG, and K.W. Bedford. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Erie operational forecast system. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *LIEBIG, J.R., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, G.A. LANG, J.F. CAVALETTO, and M. CLOUSE. Selecting bin sizes to enhance zooplankton information from the optical plankton counter in Great Lakes studies. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. LUDSIN, S.A. POTHOVEN, T. O. HÖÖK, J. ROBERTS, S.A. RUBERG, J.F. CAVALETTO, J.R. LIEBIG, G.A. LANG, and S.B. BRANDT. Influence of hypoxia on the distribution, behavior, and foraging of zooplankton and planktivorous fish in central Lake Erie: Field observations and future reearch directions. Symposium - Ecological Impacts of Hypoxia on Living Resources, Bay St. Louis, MS, March 26-27, 2007. (2007).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. POTHOVEN, D.M. MASON, D.M. KRUEGER, J.F. CAVALETTO, J.R. LIEBIG, G.A. LANG, K.L. PANGLE, S D. PEACOR, S.B. BRANDT, S.A. LUDSIN, ROBERTS, T.O. HÖÖK, and R. PICHLOVA. Diel vertical migration and predatory interactions among zooplankton, the predatory invasive zooplankter Bythotrephes longimanus, and fish in large lakes: Observations with multiple technologies. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).