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GLERL 2004 Milestone Reports
Milestones are organized by fiscal year quarter.
Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter
THIRD QUARTER (July 2004)
GOAL: Protect, Restore and Manage Use of Ocean and Coastal Resources Through Ecosystem Management Approaches
Scientist: Dr. Tom Nalepa
NOAA Performance Measure: Increased number and accuracy of forecasts of significant ecological events and trends.
OAR Performance Measure: Provide current assessment of the benthic community as an ongoing monitoring and assessment program. Baseline: 8 times, once every five years; Target: 1 for years 1999-2004.
Milestone-04-3-1: Assess changes in lake populations as a result of invasive species; assess how the quantity of invasive species impact the foodweb (e.g. population shifts, fisheries impacts).
GOAL: Protect, Restore and Manage Use of Ocean and Coastal Resources Through Ecosystem Management Approaches
Scientist: Dr. Peter Landrum
NOAA Performance Measure: Increased number of invasive species under control
OAR Performance Measure: Number of ballast water treatment technologies that can meet a 95% removal standard (of organisms)
Milestone-04-3-2: Develop a risk assessment of ballast water disinfectant discharge for Duluth Harbor.
GOAL: Protect, Restore and Manage Use of Ocean and Coastal Resources Through Ecosystem Management Approaches
Scientist: Dr. Doran Mason
NOAA Performance Measure: Increased number of fish species with adequate information to assess their condition.
OAR PM: Baseline: 0 fish species; Target: 1 fish species.
Milestone 04-3-5: Complete an evaluation of hydroacoustics technology to quantify natural production of Chinook smolts in Great Lake tributaries.
GOAL: Protect, Restore and Manage Use of Ocean and Coastal Resources Through Ecosystem Management Approaches
Scientist: Dr. David Reid
NOAA Performance Measure: Increased number of invasive species under control
OAR Performance Measure: Increased number and accuracy of forecasts of significant ecological events and trends (e.g. harmful algal blooms, coral bleaching and populations shifts, etc.)
Milestone-04-3-3: Plan and
convene a workshop to develop a NOAA Aquatic Invasive Species Strategic
Research Plan.
GOAL: Protect, Restore and Manage Use of Ocean and Coastal Resources Through Ecosystem Management Approaches
Scientist: Dr. Henry Vanderploeg
NOAA Performance Measure: Increased number of invasive species under control
OAR Performance Measure: Increased number of invasive species under control
Milestone-04-3-4: Finding a niche in the Great Lakes: the story of the invasion of the non-indigenous predatory cladoceran, Cercopagis pengoi.
FOURTH QUARTER (SEPTEMBER 2004)
GOAL: Protect, Restore and Manage Use of Ocean and Coastal Resources Through Ecosystem Management Approaches
Scientist: Dr. Michael McCormick (GLERL)
NOAA Performance Measure: Increased area covered and number of ecological conditions monitored by stat-of-the-art observation systems and platforms that provide necessary information about NOAA’s stewardship responsibilities.
OAR Performance Measure: Provide evaluation of the utility of RAFOS drifting buoys for application in the Great Lakes. Baseline 0, Target 1 deployment
Milestone 04-4-1: Investigate the utility of PAFOS underwater drifting buoy on Lake Champlain to describe subsurface water transport.
GOAL: Protect, Restore and Manage Use of Ocean and Coastal Resources Through Ecosystem Management Approaches
Scientist: Dr. Brian Eadie (GLERL)
NOAA Performance Measure: Increased numbers of techniques and tools that can be used to restore and protect ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources.
OAR Performance Measure: Increase the number of sediment core analyses used to estimate the major removal pathway of PCBs (and most other contaminants) from Lake Michigan. Baseline: 4 cores used Target: 40 cores used.
Milestone 04-4-2: Finalize measurements and calculations for the current rates of sediment inventory of PCB's in Lake Michigan.
Last updated: 2004-10-04 js