Research by Region: United States - Northeast

New York / Pennsylvania

Lake Erie Daily Water Level Plot
Erie--Daily levels compared with monthly Max, Min, and Mean levels
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Lake Ontario Daily Water Level Plot
Ontario--Daily levels compared with monthly Max, Min and Mean levels
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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.
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Vermont / Lake Champlain

Study Group on Fisheries Acoustics in the Great Lakes
Doran Mason, a principle investigator at GLERL, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Vermont, Cornell University, University of Minnesota, West Virginia University, and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources is using Lake Champlain as a test site to cross-compare and to calibrate different hydroacoustics systems with applications towards fish assessments.
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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.
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Physical Processes in Lake Champlain
The mean circulation patterns of Lake Champlain have been very difficult to obtain using long-term Eulerian measurement techniques due to the large oscillatory motions created by the internal seiche. Michael McCormick, a principle investigator at GLERL is participating in a collaborative pilot program on Lake Champlain involving the use of deep-ocean neutrally-buoyant free-drifter technology known as RAFOS.
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