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Research by Region: United States - Midwest

GLERL research programs emphasize studies in the Great Lakes region. Below are descriptions of GLERL research programs that take place predominantly in Michigan or within Michigan nearshore waters. The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and Lake Michigan Field Station are both located within the state of Michigan and consequently many projects are located in close proximity. Additional projects that may affect Michigan, due to the interconnected nature of the ecosystem, are listed under our Great Lakes Drainage Basin section. This section includes the many GLERL research collaborations that are large scale, multi-institution projects which span large portions of the basin, including parts of Michigan.

Michigan
Real-Time Meteorological Observation Network GLERL's Marine Instrumentation Laboratory has deployed and is maintaining a real-time network of shore-based meteorological instrument packages including locations on Lake Michigan, at Muskegon and South Haven and on Lake Huron at Alpena. The meteorological observations obtained from the network are being used in GLERL's Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting System to improve nowcasts and forecasts of wind, waves, water levels, and circulation. + Read more
Lake Erie Daily Water Level Plot Erie--Daily levels compared with monthly Max,Min, and Mean levels + Read More
Lake St. Clair Daily Water Level Plot St. Clair--Daily levels compared with monthly Min, Max, and Mean levels + Read More
Lakes Michigan-Huron Daily Water Level Plot Michigan-Huron--Daily levels compared with monthly Min, Max, and Mean levels + Read More
Lake Superior Daily Water Level Plot Superior--Daily levels compared with monthly Min,Max, and Mean levels + Read More
Meteorological Observation Network's Muskegon and Alpena Station Web Cams The web cams provide multiple vantage points of the Muskegon Pier, Muskegon River Channel, the Lake Michigan shoreline in Muskegon and the Lake Huron shoreline in Alpena. The arrays consist of closed-circuit television cameras connected to a video server which controls the transmission of images via FTP. Images are transmitted from the video server to GLERL in Ann Arbor, Michigan and are made available to the public via GLERL's web server. + GLERL Web Cams
Implications of Cercopagis and Bythotrephes to Alewife Recruitment and Stability Radka Pichlova, a CILER Senior Research Fellow visiting from the Czech Republic and GLERL Principle Investigator Henry Vanderploeg are examining whether two invading predatory cercopagid cladocerans, Bythotrephes and Cercopagis, have created a bottleneck for recruitment of young of year alewife and other fishes. + Read more
Pelagic-Benthic Coupling in Southern Lake Michigan The amphipod Diporeia is declining in all the Great Lakes except Lake Superior. This GLERL project examines potential reasons for the decline by examining the population dynamics of Diporeia relative to environmental influences such as zebra mussel densities and potential food availability. + Read more
Michigan Precipitation Data Two types of downloadable files are available: P__DAT files contain the monthly precipitation data for Michigan stations. -HST files contain the station history information extracted from the WB 530-1 forms by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). These data show the station number, latitude, longitude, elevation, station name, and period of record for each station location. These are ZIPPED files, with one file for each state. + Access Data
International Field Years on Lake Erie GLERL in collaboration with researchers from the U.S. and Canada have initiated one of the largest, most comprehensive Lake Erie research field programs ever conducted. The project, the International Field Years on Lake Erie (IFYLE), began in May 2005, with a focus on hypoxia and harmful algal blooms. + Read more
Effects of non-indigenous invertebrates on the pelagic food web of Lake Michigan Our goal is to evaluate the status of the pelagic food web in Lake Michigan at sites where we also have access to historical data. This project encompasses four separate projects to help elicit the status and changes in the pelagic food web of Lake Michigan. + Read more
Micro-elemental analysis of statoliths as a tool for tracking tributary origins of sea lamprey The analysis of otolith micro-elemental composition has been a valuable tool for differentiating between local spawning populations, and identifying origins of recruits to the fishery. Building on two pilot investigations conducted in lakes Champlain and Huron, we will determine whether trace elements incorporated into sea lamprey statoliths during larval stream residence can be used to discriminate among local populations in Lake Huron. + Read more

Last updated: 2008-06-05 mbl