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December 19, 2007

Contents
1) Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Facility - December 17
2) New Reprints
3) Web Hot Items
4) Two New Positions Open
- Ecological Toxicologist
- Physical-biological Modeler
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1) Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Facility - December 17

• http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071217_glerl.html
• http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-25/1197906588137310.xml&coll=2
• http://www.criticalmention.com/ctv3-1/landing_email.php?type=email&video=true&random_string=7056454aa895123797c3e2fc0eed3c72
• http://www.criticalmention.com/ctv3-1/landing_email.php?type=email&video=true&random_string=51acd9e11c989017d635a8326cb18338
• Construction to begin on Great Lakes lab, Lansing State Journal, MI
• Ground Breaking For Great Lakes Lab, To Open Summer 2008, CBS 5 - Green Bay, WI
• NOAA Breaks Ground for New Great Lakes Research Laboratory, NOAA, DC
• Ground breaking for Great Lakes lab, to open summer 2008, Battle Creek Enquirer, MI
• Ground breaking for Great Lakes lab, to open summer 2008, WSBT-TV, IN
• Ground breaking for Great Lakes lab, to open summer 2008, Lansing State Journal, MI
  

NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) seeks an enthusiastic scientist with experience in environmental/ecological toxicology, chemistry, or biogeochemistry to pursue research towards understanding the impact of contaminants on Great Lakes and coastal ecosystems, and to apply this understanding to management and restoration problems.  The incumbent will be expected to develop predictive models to address contaminant concerns in the Great Lakes and coastal ecosystems, to collaborate with other scientists at GLERL and outside GLERL (e.g., other federal laboratories, universities, private industry), and to build active research programs emphasizing collaborative and inter-disciplinary approaches.  It is desirable that the incumbent have a PhD in environmental/ecological toxicology, chemistry, biology, biogeochemistry or related field; and strong quantitative skills.  The individual will be expected to present results in peer-reviewed publications and scientific presentations and to submit research proposals to supplement their research programs.  This is a full time permanent Federal position (GS-12) with a starting salary of at least $68,423.  Qualifications will be judged in part based on both numbers of peer reviewed publications and a track record for obtaining grants.  Closing date is midnight January 7, 2008. 

Detailed job information and application instructions can be found at: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/, reference vacancy number OAR-GLERL-2008-0007. Position is open to all U.S. citizens and Federal status applicants.  Further information can be obtained from Doran.Mason@noaa.gov.  In addition to making a formal application on line, please send a courtesy CV to Dr. Doran Mason either electronically or by mail to Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 2205 Commonwealth Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105.  Further information on NOAA GLERL, can be found at www.glerl.noaa.gov.

Physical-biological Modeler - NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI

NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) seeks an enthusiastic scientist with experience in numerical modeling to examine physical-biological coupling in Great Lakes ecosystems.  The candidate will be expected to develop coupled numerical models of Great Lakes ecology and physical dynamics, with particular emphasis on ecosystem forecasting.  Some examples include episodes of hypolimnetic hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, and fish production and recruitment.  The approach would involve coupling multiple state-variable ecological models with 3-d hydrodynamic, hydrologic, and/or sediment dynamics models.  The incumbent will be expected to develop predictive models, to collaborate with other scientists at GLERL and other federal laboratories, universities, and private industry, and to build active research programs emphasizing collaborative and inter-disciplinary approaches.  It is desirable that the incumbent have a PhD in physical sciences, biological sciences, or related field; and strong quantitative skills.  Excellent communication skills are required to present results in peer-reviewed publications, scientific meetings, and to submit research proposals to supplement their research programs.  This is a full time permanent Federal position (GS-12) with a starting salary of at least $68,423.  Qualifications will be judged in part based on both numbers of peer reviewed publications and a track record for obtaining grants.  Closing date is midnight January 7, 2008.

Detailed job information and application instructions can be found at: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/, reference vacancy number OAR-GLERL-2008-0005. Position is open to all U.S. citizens and Federal status applicants.  Further information can be obtained from Doran.Mason@noaa.gov.  In addition to making a formal application on line, please send a courtesy CV to Dr. Doran Mason either electronically or by mail to Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 2205 Commonwealth Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105.  Further information on NOAA GLERL, can be found at www.glerl.noaa.gov.

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

November 26, 2007

GLERL's Annual Internal Proposal Review is scheduled for December 10-11, 2007. A list of proposals submitted follows:

Projects closing in 2007
(2007 Reports Available on Request)

• Hypoxia Effects on the Living Resources of the Northern Gulf of Mexico - Brandt
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2005/epludsin05-4.html
• Lake Erie Precipitation: using radar-measured precipitation to improve estimates - DeMarchi
• Modeling historic and spatial variation of Great Lakes fish maturation schedules - Hook - (External funding)
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2006/ephook06-2.html
• Wang, H.Y., T.O. Höök, M.P. Ebener, L.C. Mohr, and P.J. Schneeberger. in review. Spatial and temporal variation in
             maturation schedules of Great Lakes lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis).
• Climate and Land Use Change Processes in East Africa - Lofgren - (External funding)
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2001/cclofgren11-2.html
  • Olson, J. M., G. Alagarswamy, J. A. Andresen, D. J. Campbell, J. Ge, M. Huebner, B. M. Lofgren, D. P. Lusch, N. J. Moore, B. C. Pijanowski, J. Qi, N. Torbick, and J. Wang. Integrating Diverse Methods to Understand Climate-Land Interactions at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales.   GeoForum, accepted.
• Statistical Downscaling of Global and Regional Climate Simulations - Lofgren
• Salmonid spawning stock abundance, recruitment & exploitation in Muskegon R. - Mason - Walleye do not consume Chinook smolts in Muskegon Lake, but prefer alewife instead. Walleye, however, will consume Chinook in the Muskegon River, though they seem to prefer hatchery trout when available. Brown trout appear to prey heavily on juvenile Chinook salmon in the Muskegon River. Managers may therefore be advised to release average quantities of rainbow trout and few (or no) brown trout into the Muskegon River.
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2001/edymason09-4.html
• Upwelling Dynamics in the Laurentian Great Lakes - Mason
• Consequence of coastal hypoxia on food web structure and function - Mason
• Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis for rapid assessment of fish condition - Pothoven - Ultimately, the BIA approach appears to be a potentially useful tool to predict energy and lipid content, but predictions are highly variable and possibly biased. Thus, further exploration is suggested before BIA is routinely incorporated into fisheries studies.
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2005/epludsin05-3.html
  • Lu, Y., S.A. Ludsin, and D. Fanslow. Development and validation of a micro-analytical technique to quantity fish lipids. Target Journal: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (in review)
  • Pothoven, S.A., Ludsin, S. A., Hook, T. O., Fanslow, D. L., Mason, D. M., Collingsworth, P. Van Tassell, J. J. An evaluation of bioelectrical impedance analysis for estimating fish energy, lipid, and water content. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (in review)
    

Continuing Projects
(2007 Progress Reports, Reprints, and 2008 Draft Proposals Available on Request)

• ECOFORE: Forecasting Causes & Impacts of Lake Erie Hypoxia - Brandt
• Next Generation Large Basin Runoff Model - Croley
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2000/wrcroley05-6.html
  • Hook, T. O., E. S. Rutherford, T. E. Croley II, D. M. Mason, and C. P. Madenjian, 2007. Annual variation in habitat-specific contributions of alewife recruits in Lake Michigan: implications from an individual-based model.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, (in review).
  • Croley, T. E., II, D. F. Raikow, C. He, and J. F. Atkinson, 2007. Hydrological resource sheds. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, (in review).
  • He, C. and T. E. Croley II, 2007. Estimating Nonpoint Source Pollution Loadings in the Great Lakes Watersheds. In Wetland and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment: A Watershed Perspective (W. Ji, Ed.), Taylor and Francis Books (in press).
  • Croley, T. E., II, and C. He, 2007. Spatially Distributed Watershed Model of Water and Materials Runoff. In Wetland
    and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment: A Watershed Perspective (W. Ji, Ed.), Taylor and Francis Books (in press).
  • He, C., and T. E. Croley II, 2007. Integration of GIS and Visualization for Distributed Watershed Modeling of the Great Lakes Watersheds. In Environmental Change and Rational Water Use, The International Geographical Union Commission for Water Sustainability (in press).
  • He, C., T. E. Croley II, and Q. Feng, 2007. Impacts of glacial recession on water movement between the agricultural oasis and desert in the inland Heihe Watershed, Northwestern China. Proceedings Papers of The Third International Conference on Climate and Water, Finnish Environment   Institute, Helsinki, Finland, September 3-6 2007, 170-175.
  • Croley, T. E., II, J. F. Atkinson, and D. F. Raikow, 2007. Hydrologic—hydraulic—ecologic resource sheds. Proceedings of Water Resources Management 2007 Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, International Association of Science and Technology for Development, Calgary, Canada, August 20-22, 2007, 6 pp.
  • He, C., and T. E. Croley II, 2007. Application of a distributed large basin runoff model in the Great Lakes basin. Control Engineering Practice, 15(8):1001-1011.
  • Croley, T. E., II, C. He, J. F. Atkinson, and D. F. Raikow, 2007. Resource Shed Definitions and Computations. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-141, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 43pp.
• Great Lakes Sensitivity to Climatic Forcing - Croley
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2005/pepcroley05-1.html
  • Schertzer, W. M., R. A. Assel, D. Beletsky, T. E. Croley II, B. M. Lofgren, J. H. Saylor, and D. J. Schwab, 2007. Synopsis of Lake Huron System Climatology, Inter-Lake Exchange and Mean Circulation. In State of Lake Huron (SOLH) (Munawar, Ed.), Ecovision World Monograph Series, Backhuys, Leiden, The Netherlands, (in press).
  • Croley, T. E., II, and C. F. M. Lewis, 2007. Warmer and drier climates that make Lake Huron into a terminal lake. In State of Lake Huron (SOLH) (Munawar, Ed.), Ecovision World Monograph Series, Backhuys, Leiden, The Netherlands, (in press).
  • Croley, T. E., II, and C. F. M. Lewis, 2006. Warmer and drier climates that make terminal Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, IAGLR, 32(4):852-869.
• Improving DLBRM's capabilities to forecast hydrological and water quality impacts - DeMarchi
• Genetic and environmental factors influencing Microcystis bloom toxicity - Dyble
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2006/aisdyble06-1.html
  • Dyble, J., Fahnenstiel, G.L., Litaker, R.W., Millie, D.F., and P.A. Tester. Accepted. Microcystin concentrations and genetic diversity of /Microcystis /in the lower Great Lakes. Environmental Toxicology.
• Eval. of Hazard of Microcystis Blooms for Hum. Health through Fish Consumption - Dyble
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2005/aislandrum05-1.html
  • Wilson, A.E., Gossiaux, D.C., Hook, T.O., Berry, J.P., Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, Evaluation of the human health threat associated with the hepatotoxin microcystin, in the muscle and liver tissues of Perca flavescens).
• GLERL ECOHAB - Fahnenstiel
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2004/epfahn04-1.html
  • Redalje, D. G., S. E. Lohrenz, M. J. Natter, M. D. Tuel, G. J. Kirkpatrick, D. F. Millie, G. L. Fahnenstiel, and F. M.   Van Dolah. The growth dynamics of Karenia brevis within discrete blooms on the west Florida shelf. Cont. Shelf Res. In Press.
  • Fahnenstiel, G. L., Y. Hong, D. F. Millie, M. Doblin, D. F. Reid, and T. Johengen. Marine dinflagellates cysts in the ballast tank sediments of ships entering the St. Lawrence Great Lakes. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. Submitted.
  • Weckman, G. R., D. F. Ganduri, M. Rangwala, W. Young, and G. L. Fahnenstiel. Knowledge extraction from the neural ‘black box’ in ecological modeling. Int. J. Gen. Systems. Submitted.
  • Wynne, T., R. Stumpf, M. C. Tomlinson, R. A. Warner, P. A. Tester, J. Dyble, and G. Fahnenstiel. Relating spectral shape to cyanobacteria blooms in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Int. J. Remote Sensing. Submitted.
• OHH: Microcystins in the Great Lakes - Fahnenstiel
  • Millie, D. F., G. L. Fahnenstiel, J. Dyble, R. Pigg, R. Rediske, R. W. Litaker, and P. A. Tester. Influence of environmental conditions on summer cyanobacterial abundance in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Aquat. Ecosyt. Health Management. In Press.
  • 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. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Management. Submitted.
  • Millie, D. F., R. J. Pigg, G. L. Fahnenstiel, and H. J. Carrick. Algal chlorophylls: A synopsis of analytical methodologies. American Water Works Assoc. Manual M57. AWWA, Denver, Co. Submitted.
  • Dyble, J., G. Fahnenstiel, R. W. Litaker, D. Millie, and P. Tester. Microcystin concentrations and genetic diversity of Microcystis in Saginaw Bay and western Lake Erie. Env. Toxicology. Submitted.
• Measurement & modeling of wave-induced sediment resuspension - Hawley
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2002/pphawley02-3.html
• Time series measurements in Lake Erie - Hawley
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2004/pephawley04-1.html
• Recruitment of Great Lakes Fishes: A Meta-analysis - Hook
• Long-term changes in daphnid responses to Great Lakes contaminants - Kashian
• Causes, Consequences and Correctives of Fish Contamination in Detroit River AOC - Kashian
• CoastWatch Operations - Leshkevich
  • http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1994/cmleshk03-1.html
• Environmental Monitoring with Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery - Leshkevich
• Dynamical Modeling of Great Lakes Regional Climate - Lofgren
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1993/cclofgren11-1.html
  • Lofgren, B. M., and P. Bieniek. Large-scale 700 hPa height patterns associated with cyclone pasage and high winds on Lake Erie. J. Great Lakes Res., reviewed and under revision.
• Lakes in General Circulation Models - Lofgren
• Habitat-Mediated Predator-Prey Interactions in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico - Mason
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1997/edymason09-3.html
  • Butler, M., D.M. Mason, W.J. Lindberg, D. Murie, D.C. Parkyn. Application of the ETS enzyme assay to large marine fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.
• Temperature & salinity effects on growth & survival of juvenile penaeid shrimps - Mason
• River discharge as predictor of Erie yellow perch recruitment - Mason
• International Field Years on Lake Erie (IFYLE) - Mason
• Lake Champlain - McCormick
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1990/ppsaylor02-1.html
  • McCormick, M. J., Manley, T. O., Beletsky, D., Foley, A. J. and G. L. Fahnenstiel. Tracking the surface flow in Lake Champlain. J. Great Lakes Res. (Submitted).
  • McCormick, M. J., Manley, T. O., Foley III, A. J., Gascard, J. C., and G. L. Fahnenstiel. 2006. Lake Champlain Lagrangian Experiment. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:1683-1687.
• Thermal structure monitoring and related studies - McCormick
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1998/cmmccorm13-3.html
  • McCormick, M. J. and D. J. Schwab. Observations of currents in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Aquatic Ecosys. Health & Management J. (In Press).
  • 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 Ecosys. Health & Management J. (In Press).
  • Beletsky, D., Schwab, D. J. and M. J. McCormick. 2006. Modeling the 1998-2003 summer circulation and thermal structure in Lake Michigan. J. of Geophys. Res. 111, C10010, doi:10.1029/2005JC003222.
  • Foley, A. J. III, Nalepa, T. F., Walker, G. K., and M. J. McCormick. 2006. Epibiont populations associated with Diporeia spp. (amphipods) from Lake Michigan. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:1205-1211.
  • Fahnenstiel, G. L., Klarer, D., Mille, D., McCormick, M. J., and A. J. Foley III. 2006. Epilithic algae in the North Channel, Lake Huron. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:
  • Hook, T. O., McCormick, M. J., Rutherford, E. S., Mason, D. M., and G. S. Carter. 2006. Short-term water mass movements in Lake Michigan: implications for larval fish transport. J. Great Lakes Res. 32(4):728-737.
  • Vanderploeg, H. A., Johengen, T. H., Lavrentyev, P. J., Chen, C., Lang, G. A., Agy, M. A., Bundy, M. H., Cavaletto, J. F., Eadie, B. J., Liebig, J. R., Miller, G. S., Ruberg, S. A., and M. J. McCormick. 2007. Anatomy of the recurrent coastal sediment plume in Lake Michigan and its impacts to light climate, nutrients, and plankton. J. Geophys. Res. 112, C03S90, doi:10.1029/2004JC002379.
• Long term trends in Benthic Populations in Lake Michigan - Nalepa
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1980/cmnalepa13-2.html
• Pelagic-Benthic Coupling in Nearshore Lake Michigan - Nalepa
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1997/edynalepa09-2.html
• Assessments of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Great Lakes region - Nalepa
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2000/edynalepa09-3.html
• Condition of Dreissenids in Western Lake Erie and Lake Michigan - Nalepa
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2004/aisnalepa04-1.html
• Impacts of Hypoxia on the Benthos of Central Lake Erie - Nalepa
• Diets and condition of forage fish in southern Lake Huron - Pothoven
• Effects of non-indigenous invertebrates on pelagic food web of Lake Michigan - Pothoven
  • Pothoven, S.A., I. A. Grigorovich, G. L. Fahnenstiel, M. D. Balcer. 2007. Introduction of the Ponto-Caspian bloody-red mysid Hemimysis anomala into the Lake Michigan basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:285-292.
• New Bathymetry of the Great Lakes: Huron and Superior - Reid
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1998/ppreid01-1.html
• Computational Modeling of Ballast Tanks - Reid
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2003/nsreid10-2.html
• NOBOB Best Management Practices - Reid
  • Gray, D.K., T.H. Johengen, D.F. Reid, and H.J. MacIsaac (2007). Efficacy of open-ocean ballast water exchange as a
    means of preventing invertebrate invasions between freshwater ports. Limnol & Oceanogr, 52(6).
  • Reid, D.F., T. Johengen, H.J. MacIsaac, F.C. Dobbs, M. Doblin, L. Drake, G. Ruiz, P. T Jenkins, S. Santagata, C. van Overdijk, D. Gray, S. Ellis, Y. Hong, Y. Tang, F. Thomson, S. Heinemann, and S. Rondon. (2007). A Final Report for the Project "Identifying, Verifying, and Establishing Options for Best Management Practices for NOBOB Vessels.” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, and University of Michigan Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research, Ann Arbor, 173 pp.
• ISP / NCRAIS - Reid
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Programs/ncrais/ncrais.html
  • Ruiz, G. and D. Reid. (2007). Current State of Understanding about the Effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in Reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) Introductions to the Great Lakes Basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and Analysis of Existing Information. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Technical Memorandum GLERL-142, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA. September. 127 pp
  • Reid, D.F., R. Sturtevant, and S. Pothoven. 2007. Calling on the Public: Where in the Great Lakes Basin Is the Newest Aquatic Invader, Hemimysis anomala? Aquatic Invaders (Newsletter), 18(1), January-March.
• NOBOB-S: Salinity/Brine Exposure as a Biocide - Reid
• Invertebrate Resting Eggs - Reid
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2002/nsreid10-5.html
• Raikow,D.F., D.F. Reid, E.R. Blatchley III, G. Jacobs and P.F. Landrum (2007a). Effects of Proposed Physical Ballast Tank Treatments on Aquatic Invertebrate Resting Eggs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26 (4): 717-725.
• Raikow, D.F., D.F. Reid and P.F. Landrum (2007b). Aquatic invertebrate resting egg sensitivity to glutaraldehyde and sodium hypochlorite. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(8): 1770-1773.
• Raikow, D.F., D.F. Reid, E.E. Maynard, and P.F. Landrum (2006). Sensitivity of aquatic invertebrate resting eggs to SeaKleen® (Menadione): A test of potential ballast tank treatment options, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25(2):552-559.
• Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System (GLANSIS) - Reid
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2003/nsreid10-3.html
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Programs/ncrais/glansis.html
• Ballast Vector Research Consolidation - Reid
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2001/nsreid10-1.html
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2004/aisreid04-1.html
• Real-time Environmental Coastal Observation Network (RECON) - Ruberg
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2002/cmbrandt13-3.html
  • Ruberg S, Brandt S, Muzzi R, Hawley N, Bridgeman T, Leshkevich G, Lane J, Miller T, A Wireless Real-Time Coastal Observation Network, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 88(28) : 285-286, 10 July 2007
  • Ruberg S, Muzzi R, Brandt S, Gray J, Downing E, Lane J, Miller T, Constant S. A Wireless Internet-Based Observatory: The Real-time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON), Oceans 2007 MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings, October 1-5, 2007.
• Real-time Meteorological Observation Network - Ruberg
• http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1998/ppschwab01-3.html
• Microsensor Development - Ruberg
• Mapping Methods Research and Development - Ruberg
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2006/eosruberg06-1.html
  • H. A. Vanderploeg,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. McCormick. (2007). Anatomy of the recurrent coastal sediment plume in Lake Michigan and its impacts to light climate, nutrients, and plankton. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, VOL. 112, C03S90, doi: 10.1029/2004JC002379
  • Biddanda B, Coleman D, Johengen T, Ruberg S, Meadows G, VanSumeren H, Rediske R, Kendall S, Exploration of a Submerged Sinkhole Ecosystem in Lake Huron, Ecosystems, 18August 2006. Online Publication: http://www.springerlink.com/content/r106152q530xn0m1/fulltext.html
  • Liebig, J. R., H. A. Vanderploeg, S. A. Ruberg (2006), Factors Affecting the Performance of the Optical Plankton Counter in Large Lakes: Insights from Lake Michigan and Laboratory Studies, J. Geophs. Res., 111, C05S02, doi:10.1029/2005JC003087
  • Ruberg, S., Coleman D, Johengen T, Meadows G, Lang G, VanSumeren H, Biddanda B. Groundwater plume mapping in a submerged sinkhole in Lake Huron. Marine Technology Society Journal, 39(2): 65-69, Summer 2005.
  • Nalepa, T.F., Fanslow, D.L., Lang, S.A., Ruberg, S.A. 2005. Recent Trends in Benthic Macroinvertebrate Populations in Lake Michigan. pp. 269-262. In State of Lake Michigan: Ecology, Health, and Management. Edited by T. Edsall and M. Munawar. Ecovision World Monograph Series. Goodword Books Ltd., New Delhi, India
• Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System - Schwab
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1997/ppschwab01-1.html
  • Beletsky, D., D.J. Schwab and M. McCormick. Modeling the 1998-2003 summer circulation and thermal structure in Lake Michgan. J. Geophys. Res. 111(C10010):18 (2006)
  • Lee, C., Schwab, D.J., Beletsky, D. and J. Stroud. Numerical modeling of mixed sediment resuspension, transport, and deposition during the March 1998 episodic events in southern Lake Michigan . J. Geophys. Res. 112:C02018 (17pp) (2007)
  • Yerubandi, R.R. and D.J. Schwab. Interaction between the coastal and offshore waters in the Great Lakes: a review. J. Great Lakes Res. 33:202-218 (2007)
  • Kelley, J.G.W., Chu, P., Zhang, A.J., Lang, G.A. and D.J. Schwab. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Michigan Operational
    Forecast System (LMOFS). NOAA Tech. Memo NOS CS 8, NOAA/NOS/CSDL Silver Spring, MD. 67 pp. (2007)
  • Kelley, J.G.W., Chu, P., Zhang, A.J., and Lang, G.A.. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Superior Operational Forecast System (LSOFS). NOAA Tech. Memo NOS CS 9, NOAA/NOS/CSDL Silver Spring, MD. 48 pp. (2007)
  • Kelley, J.G.W., Chu, P., Zhang, A.J., Lang, G.A. and K.W. Bedford. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Erie Operational Forecast System (LEOFS). NOAA Tech. Memo NOS CS 12, NOAA/NOS/CSDL Silver Spring, MD. 73 pp. (2007)
• Coupled hydrodynamic-ecological model of Lake Erie - Schwab
  • Schwab, D.J., Beletsky, D., DePinto, J. and Dolan, D.M. A hydrodynamic approach to modeling phosphorous distribution in Lake Erie. (in preparation)
• Near-Shore Transport: Modeling, Observations & Beach Closure Forecasting - Schwab
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Centers/HumanHealth/near_shore.html
  • Liu, L., M. S. Phanikumar, S. L. Molloy, R. L. Whitman, D. A. Shively, M. B. Nevers, D. J. SCHWAB, and J. B. Rose. Modeling the transport and inactivation of E. coli and Enterococci in the near-shore region of Lake Michigan. Environmental Science and Technology 40(16): 5022-5028 (2006).
  • Fong, T.T., Mansfield, L., Wilson, D.L., Schwab, D.J., Malloy, S. and J. Rose. Massive microbiological groundwater contamination associated with a waterborne outbreak in Lake Erie, South Bass Island, Ohio. Environmental Health Perspectives 115(6): 856-864 (2007).
  • Yerubandi, R.R. and D.J. Schwab. Transport and mixing between the coastal and offshore waters in the Great Lakes: a review. J. Great Lakes Res. 33(1): 202-218.
• Bayesian Implementation of a Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia Model - Stow
• Stow, C. A. and D. Scavia. Modeling Hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay: Ensemble estimation using a Bayesian hierarchical model. Journal of Marine Systems.
• Stow, C.A., J. Jolliff, D. McGillicuddy, S. Doney, J.I. Allen, M. Friedrichs, K. Rose, and P. Wallhead. Skill assessment for coupled biological/physical models of marine systems. Journal of Marine Systems.
• Implications of Cercopagis and Bythotrephes to alewife recruitment and stability - Vanderploeg
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/2001/nsvander10-4.html
  • Pothoven, S.A, Vanderploeg, H.A., Cavaletto, J.F., Krueger, D.M., Mason, D.M., and Brandt, S.B. Alewife planktivory regulates abundance of two invasive predatory cladocerans in the nearshore zone of Lake Michigan. Freshwater Biology
• Changes in the pelagic food web of southern Lake Michigan (CPFWSLM) - Vanderploeg
  • http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Task_rpts/1994/nsvander10-2.html
  • Vanderploeg, H.A., Johengen, T.H., Lavrentyev, P.J., Chen, C., Lang, G.A., Agy, M.A., Bundy, M.H., Cavaletto, J.F.,
    Eadie, B.J., Liebig, J.R. Miller, G.S., Ruberg, S.A., and McCormick, M.J. 2007. Anatomy of the recurrent coastal plume in Lake Michigan and its impacts to light climate, plankton and nutrients. J. Geophysical Res. – Oceans 112, C03S90, doi: 1029/2004JC002379.
• Dreissenid mussels as homeostatic filter feeders and nutrient excreters - Vanderploeg
• Vanderploeg, H.A., Johengen, T.H., and Liebig, J.R. (submitted). Feedback between zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) selective feeding and algal composition affects mussel condition: Did the regime changer pay a price for its
  success? Freshwater Biology.
  

New 2008 Proposals
(2008 Draft Proposals Available on Request)

• Coupling MPE Stage IV, QPE-SUMS, QPE to better estimate precip. in Great Lakes region - DeMarchi
• Statistical downscaling of precip. estimated by RCM for watershed hydrology - DeMarchi
• Event response and Microcystis bloom tracking in western Lake Erie - Dyble
• Monitoring of cyanobacterial HABs in western Lake Erie using buoy-mounted sensors - Dyble
• Mapping the condition of Diporeia - Hook
• Influence of Trace Metals and Zebra Mussels on Microcystis growth - Kashian
• Influence of landscape attributes on dissolved organic matter in Lake Superior trib. - Kashian
• Satellite SAR Ice Maping with COSMO_SKYMED - Leshkevich
• Satellite SAR Ice Mapping with RADARSAT-2 - Leshkevich
• New MODIS for Retrieval of Chlorophyll, Organic Carbon, and Suspended Minerals - Leshkevich
• Optical properties of the Great Lakes - Leshkevich
• Satellite Scatterometer Ice Mapping - Leshkevich
• Energy Budget-Based Simulation of Evapotranspiration from Land - Lofgren
• Evolution of invasive species: adaptive changes in Bythotrephes tail spine - Mason
• Planktivory in Lake Huron: Spatial coupling in food web - Pothoven
• Fish diet and condition: responses to low oxygen events in Lk Erie - Pothoven
• Coastwise ANS: Coastwise Traffic Patterns & Mgmnt of Nonindigenous Species Risk - Reid
• Bayesian multilevel discrete time hazard analysis for pulsed dose experiments - Stow
• Adaptive Integrated Framework (AIF) - Stow
• Influence of hypoxia on dist., behavior, overlap between zooplankton and planktivorous fish - Vanderploeg
• Developing Great Lakes Ice Model using Coupled Ice-Ocean Model - Wang
• Relationship Between Great Lakes Ice Cover and Climate Patterns - Wang
  
  
  

November 19, 2007

Contents
1) New Facility Groundbreaking
2) GLERL Internal Proposal Review
3) Mike Quigley to Retire
4) Sen. Ben Nelson Praises NOAA Green Ship Program at High-Level National Defense University Conference
5) NOAA Seminar Series at GLERL
6) New Reprints
7) Web Hot Items
8) GLERL in the News
9) CEGLHH in the News - Muck*
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1) New Facility Groundbreaking
The official Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new GLERL building is set for Monday, December 17th. VADM Lautenbacher will be attending.

2) GLERL Internal Proposal Review
GLERL's annual review of internal proposals will be December 10-14. Supplemental updates will be sent when the list of titles and abstracts become available.

3) Mike Quigley to Retire
Mike Quigley, GLERL's Information Services Branch Chief has announced his intention to retire effective February 1.

4) Sen. Ben Nelson Praises NOAA Green Ship Program at High-Level National Defense University Conference
On November 8th, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) told a Military Energy Security Forum meeting in Washington, DC he was “very impressed by what NOAA is doing on the biofuels side” by reducing dependency on overseas sources of energy. The NOAA Green Ships all use 100 percent soy biodiesel for engine fuel, canola-based motor oil and vegetable-based hydraulic oil for its deck crane, winches, transmission, and steering gear. Earlier, Sen. Nelson said he was particularly impressed with the demonstrated environmental benefits of NOAA’s use of biodiesel made from soybeans compared with conventional marine diesel. In wrapping up the conference, VADM Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.), called the NOAA Green Ship program a “best practice” meriting emulation by the Defense Department. VADM McGinn is Vice President for Strategic Planning and Business Development for Battelle. Earlier this year, the Green Ship program won a coveted White House “Closing the Circle” award.

5) NOAA Seminar Series at GLERL
The Seminar Series this year will focus on increasing partnerships with the new academic Institution members of CILER. The goal of this year's seminar series is to initiate new collaborations and interactions between NOAA GLERL scientists and scientists from partner CILER universities. We will be inviting one scientist from each of the CILER partner universities to present a seminar at GLERL, and have a GLERL scientist give a presentation at each of the partner institutions. We will also be hosting a Special Topical Seminar Series (about 6 Invited Scientists) on : Climate Impact on the Great Lakes. We normally host one seminar per month, the first seminar in will be in November. For the schedule see: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/news/seminars/
Many seminars of the series are videotaped and posted to a web archive (see past seminars link at above URL).

6) New Reprints
Moisander, P.H., H.W. Paerl, J. Dyble, and K. Sivonen. Phosphorus limitation and diel control of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 345:41-50 (2007).

7) Web Hot Items
541 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

519 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

121 downloads - LOFGREN, B.M. Global warming effects on Great Lakes water: More precipitation but less water? Proceedings, 18th Conference on Hydrology, 8th Annual Meeting of the AMS, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004, 3 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040002.pdf

108 downloads - Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii Fact Sheet
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Programs/ncrais/docs/factsheets/cylindrospermopsis_raciborskii.pdf

100 downloads - NOAA Green Ship Initiative
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf

71 downloads - Bronte, C.R., M.P. Ebener, D.R. Schreiner, D.S. DeVault, M.M. Petzold, D.A. Jensen, C. Richards, and S.J. LOZANO. Fish community change in Lake Superior, 1970-2000. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60:1552-1574 (2003). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2003/20030016.pdf

69 downloads - Pinho, U.F., P.C. LIU, and C. Eduardo Parente Ribeiro. Geofizika 21:53-67 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040029.pdf

55 downloads - LIU, P.C., and U.F. Pinho. Freak waves - more frequent than rare! annales Geophysicae 22:1839-1842 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040008.pdf

8) GLERL in the News
- Midges
Quotes from GLERL scientist Tom Nalepa are part of a story in today's Cleveland Plain Dealer on possibility of Lake Erie midges returning to tonight's Red Sox - Indians ALCS playoff game in Cleveland.
Story is at: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/119243716584680.xml&coll=2&thispage=1

- Water Levels
National Public Radio Morning Edition story on Lake Superior water levels aired this AM includes quotes by GLERL Hydrologist Cynthia Sellinger. You can listen to the story at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15353639
Cynthia is also quoted in the Nov 9 issue of Science.

9) CEGLHH in the News - Muck
CEGLHH Scientist, Joan Rose, was featured in the Bay City Times discussing human sewage indicators in Huron County muck samples. Tests show Thumb muck contains human waste <http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1195056981265380.xml&coll=4>
The Bay City Times (11/14)

October 15, 1007

Contents
1) Ballast Water Tech Memo
2) New Reprints
3) Web Hot Items
4) GLERL in the News
5) CEGLHH in the News

1) Ballast Water Tech Memo
A new Technical Report (NOAA Technical Memo) assessing ballast water exchange has been posted on the GLERL website:
"Current State of Understanding about the Effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in Reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species
(ANS) Introductions to the Great Lakes Basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and Analysis of Existing Information." The report was compiled by Greg Ruiz (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center) and Dave Reid (GLERL), with input from numerous other scientists (including me). You can obtain the full report via the main GLERL page: www.glerl.noaa.gov - see link at top of left sidebar,
or go to http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/techrept.html and click to download TM-142.

News - Quotes from OAR AA Rick Spinrad and GLERL scientist Dave Reid are included in a 9/24 MarineLog article on this report.
Article is at: http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2007sep00245.html

2) New Reprints
Arhonditsis, G.B., H.W. Paerl, L.M. Valdes-Weaver, C.A. STOW, L.J. Steinberg, and K.H. Reckhow. Application of Bayesian structural equation modeling for examining phytoplankton dynamics in the Neuse River Estuary (North Carolina, USA). Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 72:63-80 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070032.pdf

Chu, P., J.G.W. Kelley, 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.pdf

CROLEY, T.E. II, J.F. Atkinson, and D.F. Raikow. Hydrologic – Hydraulic – Ecologic resource sheds. Proceedings of the Second IASTED International Conference, Water Resources Management, Honolulu, HI, August 20-22, 2007, 164-169 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070035.pdf

DeMARCHI, C., A. Georgakakos, and C. Peters-Lidard. Uncertainty characterization in a combined IR/Microwave scheme for remote sensing of precipitation. Proceedings of Symposium HS2004 at IUGG2007, Quantification and Reduction of Predictive Uncertainty for sustainable Water Resources Management, Perugia, Italy, July 2007, pp. 70-77 (2007).

Holloway, G., F. Dupont, E. Golubeva, S. Hakkinen, E. Hunke, M. Jin, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, M. Maltrud, M.A. Morales-Maqueda, W. Maslowski, G. Platov, D. Stark, M. Steele, T. Suzuki, J. WANG, and J. Zhang. Water properties and circulation in Arctic Ocean models. Journal of Geophysical Research 112(C04503, doi: 10.1029/2006JC003542):18 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070031.pdf

HOOK, T.O., E.S. Rutherford, D.M. MASON, and G.S. CARTER. Hatch dates, growth, survival, and overwinter mortality of age-0 alewives in Lake Michigan: implications for habitat-specific recruitment success. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1298-1312 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070028.pdf

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. NOAA, 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 Lab, Silver Spring, MD, 67 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/2007tmNOS_CS8.pdf

LESHKEVICH, G.A., and S.V. Nghiem. Algorithm development for operational satellite SAR classification and mapping of Great Lakes ice cover. Proceedings, OceanSAR 2006 – Third Workshop on Coastal and Marine Applications of SAR, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. October 25, 2006. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060051.pdf

Rao, Y.R., and D.J. SCHWAB. Transport and mixing between the coastal and offshore waters in the Great Lakes: A review. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:202-218 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070034.pdf

Ruiz, G.M., and D.F. REID. Current state of understanding about the effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) introductions to the Great Lakes basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and analysis of existing information. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-142. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 127 pp. (2007). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-142/tm-142.pdf

STOW, C.A., C.R. Allen, and A.S. Garmestani. Evaluating discontinuities in complex systems: toward quantitative measures of resilience. Ecology and Society 12(1):26 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fullttext/20070036.pdf

STOW, C.A., M.E. Borsuk, and K.H. Reckhow. Ecosystem Risk Assessment: The Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina. In Risk Assessment for Environmental Health, M. Robson and W. Toscano (Eds.). John Wiley and Sons, San Francisco, CA, pp. 563-585 (2007).

You, J., P.F. LANDRUM, T.A. Trimble, and M.J. Lydy. Availability of polychlorinated biphenyls in field-contaminated sediment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(9):1940-1948 (2007).

3) Web Hot Items
555 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

510 downloads - Ruiz, G.M., and D.F. REID. Current state of understanding about the effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) introductions to the Great Lakes basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and analysis of existing information. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-142. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 127 pp. (2007). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-142/tm-142.pdf

393 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

197 downloads - NOAA Green Ship Initiative
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf

126 downloads - Sellinger, C.E., and F.H. Quinn. Proceedings of the Great Lakes paleo-levels workshop: The last 4000 years. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-113. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-113/tm-113.pdf

74 downloads - Reid, D.F. Conversion of specific gravity to salinity for ballast water regulatory management. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-139. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-139/tm-139.pdf

74 downloads - Lake Huron Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LHfoodweb.pdf

69 downloads - Lofgren, B.M. Global warming effects on Great Lakes water: More precipitation bus less water? Proceedings, 18th Conference on Hydrology, 8th Annual Meeting of the AMS, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004, 3 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040002.pdf

4) GLERL in the News
George Leshkevich quoted in the Columbus Dispatch - Sept 25. Tracking Erie's deadly algae. http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2007/09/25/sci_Eriealgae.ART_ART_09-25-07_B4_7H7UMMK.html?sid=101

Cynthia Sellinger quated in Washington Post (AP) article October 1 on Lake Superior water levels
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/01/AR2007100100330.html

5) CEGLHH in the News
CEGLHH scientists, Joan Rose and Juli Dyble, were featured in the Detroit News discussing the "muck" issue affecting Lake Huron beaches. The full story can be read by clicking on the following link: <http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070922/METRO/709220336>
Battling Lake Huron beach muck <http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070922/METRO/709220336>

September 14, 2007

Contents
1) NOAA, Shedd Aquarium Partner for ‘Great Day in Great Lakes’
2) FY 2007 GLERL Science Accomplishments
3) New Reprints
4) CEGLHH PI Meeting
5) GLERL In the News
- Green Ships Initiative
- Water levels
- Lake Erie Dead Zone
- Harmful Algal Blooms
6) GLERL Hot Items
7) Staff News
- Retirement
- Position Announcement - Research Fisheries Biologist
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1) NOAA, Shedd Aquarium Partner for ‘Great Day in Great Lakes’

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago sponsored an outdoor family day Saturday, Sept. 8 at the aquarium with the theme It's a Great Day in the Great Lakes. This free event included tours of the/ Laurentian/, one of NOAA’s completely petroleum-free research vessels, along with the Discovery Tent, with numerous exhibits and activities for all ages. It showcased topics such as weather, climate, fisheries, food webs, invasive species, satellites and more.

NOAA participated in this event as part of the agency’s year-long celebration to commemorate 200 years of science, service and stewardship to the nation. “It all started in 1807 with President Thomas Jefferson’s vision to support his fledgling nation’s economy by ensuring safe maritime commerce. He accomplished this by creating the Survey of the Coast, the first federal science agency and precursor to NOAA’s navigation services,” said Stephen B. Brandt, director of NOAA’s Great Lakes Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Discovery Tent showcased NOAA products and services available to the public in the Great Lakes region. Booths also featured activities, free handout materials, and educational items. NOAA scientists and program managers were available to answer questions. The Laurentian was docked near the Shedd Aquarium all day and available for tours. This “green” Great Lakes research vessel was one of the first in the federal fleet to run petroleum-free. NOAA vessels operate throughout the Great Lakes for ecosystem research and addressing other NOAA priorities in the region.

NOAA is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and information service delivery for transportation, and by providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources. Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners, more than 70 countries and the European Commission to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes, predicts, and protects.

Event Pictures at ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/incoming/email%20pics/

2) FY 2007 GLERL Science Accomplishments

  1. Linking Grand River Forecast with Lake Michigan Circulation Forecast. GLERL completed its short term forecast model for
     Grand River outflows by combining a near real time meteorology data stream with its Distributed Large Basin Runoff Model applied
     to the Grand and with a deterministic 2-3 day NWS meteorology outlook. This is used in conjunction with GLERL’s lake circulation
     model to trace movement of materials from the Grand River’s outflow into Lake Michigan along the shores of the lake to predict
     beach closings earlier than presently possible. GLERL is now in the process of adding additional forecasts with the DLBRM as its
     base; these include water temperature, sediment flow, nutrients, contaminants, and microbes. (Croley)
  2. Near Real Time Resource Sheds. GLERL created mapping of resource shed distributions through use of its Distributed Large
     Basin Runoff Model (DLBRM) applied to the Maumee River in northern Ohio. A resource shed is the defined as the source area for
     material (over the last several days) that passes through a location of interest (Maumee watershed mouth) in a specified time
     period (last day for the Maumee). Its distribution is the material density. It is used to identify source areas and material amounts
     for any event observed in the outflow of the Maumee into Lake Erie. GLERL combined the DLBRM, applied to the Maumee, with a near
     real time meteorology data stream to daily recompute resource sheds for time periods of 1-31 prior to each of the last 31 dates.
     These products are now being generated every day and will soon be available (both maps and databases) on the GLERL web site. (Croley)
  3. Diporeia Decline and Causes. In 2007, data analysis of several benthic surveys in Lake Huron was completed. The most profound
     changes occurred in populations of the benthic amphipod Diporeia and invasive dreissenid mussels. Between 2000 and 2003, the former
     species declined dramatically, while the latter continued to increase (mostly all quagga mussels). This finding is not unusual
     since throughout the Great Lakes there is a strong negative relationship between the two organisms. However, a comparison to
     benthic changes in Lake Michigan showed that the loss rate of Diporeia in Lake Huron was similar to or greater than found in
     Lake Michigan despite the presence of far fewer dreissenids. This indicates that factors operating on a lake-wide scale are either
     confounding dreissenid impacts in Lake Huron, or mitigating impacts in Lake Michigan. (Nalepa)
  4. Water Levels: Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. GLERL has been using several modern quantitative tools to examine the 146 year
     water level record for the Lake Michigan/Huron system. Visual observations of water level data from Lakes Michigan and Huron
     have suggested declining lake levels since 1998 and with current levels at near record lows. However, results from modeling
     exercises suggests an overall long-term water level decrease beginning in ~1973, but this decline was obscured by increasing
     precipitation until about 1998. Moreover, there has been identified a multi-decadal cycle of ~30 years, a recent increase
     in the amplitude of the seasonal cycle, and a residual periodicity that corresponds, approximately to sunspot number. (Stow and
     Sellinger)
  5. Fish Growth and Production in Response to Hypoxia. Modeling results suggests that hypoxic conditions may have both a positive
     and negative impact on striped bass growth and production in the Chesapeake Bay. Obviously low oxygen is directly harmful to fish,
     however hypoxia can act to concentrate prey fish in normoxic waters and thereby improve predator feeding efficiency and thus
     growth and production. This benefit may be short lived as increases in striped bass abundance, as a result of harvest
     restrictions and enhanced production, has allowed for the over-consumption of prey fish creating a negative feedback on
     striped bass growth. (Brandt, Costantini, et al.)
  6. Indirect Effects of Invasive Species in the Great Lakes. Field experiments and modeling results suggest that the invasive
     zooplankton predator Bythotrephes can have a greater impact on zooplankton populations indirectly through behavioral changes in
     prey in response to Bythotrephes then by direct mortality through consumption. When Bythotrephes is present, zooplankton (Daphnia)
     retreat to colder and deeper depths, but at these colder depths daphnia birth rate declines dramatically. Such nonlethal affects
     of avoiding predators could be substantially more important in causing daphnia declines than direct predation. (Peacor)
  7. New Invasive Species in the Great Lakes. GLERL discovered a new invasive species, Hemimysis anomala (Bloody Red Shrimp) in
     Lake Michigan in November of 2006. Hemmysis anomala is a small shrimp-like crustacean native to the low-salinity margins of the
     Black Sea, the Azov Sea and the eastern Caspian Sea and most likely was brought into the Great Lakes via ballast tanks.
     Following the discovery, the NOAA National Center for Research on Aquatic Invasive Species (NCRAIS) at GLERL coordinated a rapid
     research response to define the range, distribution, and impact of Hemimysis anomala in the Great Lakes. There have been 7
     confirmed sightings of Hemmysis anomala scattered throughout Lakes Michigan, Erie, and Ontario; and several other unconfirmed
     sightings in Lake Michigan. (Pothoven & Reid)
  8. Identification of Important Sea Lamprey Spawning Regions in Lake Huron. Using a state-of-the-art laser-ablation
     inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, to look at the trace-metal chemistry of sea lamprey ear ‘stones’ (statoliths), we
     have been able to identify primary watersheds where adult sea lamprey spawn. Statoliths accumulate trace materials from the
     water in which the lampreys live. Therefore, each lamprey should have a chemical ‘signature’ that is unique to the stream in which
     it lived as a larvae. By analyzing the chemical composition of statoliths of sea lamprey captured in the open lake or reproducing
     adults captured in streams, and matching it to stream-specific chemical signatures developed from larvae, it is possible to
     determine streams/watersheds contributing significantly to the adult population. (Ludsin)
  9. Near-Shore Transport: Modeling, Observations, and Beach Closure Forecasting. A nested grid version of the Princeton Ocean Model
     for the Great Lakes was developed and tested for the Burns Ditch area in southern Lake Michiagn. The model uses 3-d boundary
     conditions derived from the whole-lake hydrodynamic model to simulate circulation in a small coastal area at very high (~100 m)
     horizontal resolution. Modeling results compared very well to field measurements of currents near Burns Ditch from 2005. We have
     an operational nowcast of surface water conditions available for the Burns Ditch area: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/bd/.
     Results from the nested grid were more accurate than results from the coarse grid, and 3-d results were more accurate than 2-d. Work
     was begun on integrating nearshore hydrodynamics model into GLFS by running the nested grid model on a routine daily basis using
     output from GLCFS for boundary conditions. In collaboration with Hector Bravo at UWM, a nested grid model for the Milwaukee Harbor
     area was also developed and tested. We have also been able to develop both a Nowcast and a 48-hour Forecast for the Grand Haven
     area. (http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/gh/ for the Grand Haven Nowcast and http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/ghf/ for the Grand
     Haven Forecast.) All three models (Burns Ditch, Milwaukee, and Grand Haven) will serve as the basis for process-based water
     quality models in these areas. (Schwab)
 10. Hazard of Microcystis Blooms for Human Health through Fish Consumption. We have studied the accumulation of the
     cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin in the liver and muscle tissue of edible sized fish (primarily yellow perch, white perch,
     bluegill, walleye and northern pike) in western Lake Erie during the summer of 2006 and Muskegon Lake (western Michigan) during the
     summer of 2007. At times of high microcystin concentration in the phytoplankton of western Lake Erie, microcystin concentrations in
     the liver ranged from 17-1182 ng microcystin (g dry weight)-1, but concentrations in the muscle tissue did not exceed 4.02 ng
     microcystin (g dry weight)-1 . In Muskegon Lake, maximum values for the liver were 538 ng microcystin (g dry weight)-1 and for
     muscle were 2.1 ng microcystin (g dry weight)-1 . The muscle tissue concentrations are below the values recommended by the
     World Health Organization (117 ng microcystin (g dry weight)-1 ) and considered by the EPA (9.5 ng microcystin (g dry weight)-1 )
     based on the total daily intake of an adult population with a high proportion of fish in their diet. Therefore, if populations are
     only eating the muscle tissue and not the livers, we would not expect fish to be a significant route of human exposure to
     microcystins. (Dyble)
 11. Genetic and Environmental Factors Influencing Microcystis Bloom Toxicity. We sampled 3 sites in western Lake Erie over the
     course of the summer 2006 (July – October) to quantify the number of toxic Microcystis cells using a quantitative PCR method based
     on the mcyB gene. This data showed the maximum number of toxic Microcystis cells in Maumee Bay was in August, but did not peak
     in the middle of western Erie until September. Sequencing themcyB gene at these locations also showed a shift in which
     strains were present in the Microcystis community over the course of the summer, which may impact the overall toxicity of the
     bloom in these locations. Ultimately, this data will be used better understand when blooms are comprised on toxic strains and
     to forecast the presence of toxic Microcystis blooms in waters used for drinking and recreation. (Dyble)
 12. RECON-1. According to NWS Marine forcaster, Bob Dukesherer, there were approximately 1-2 drownings per year along the
     southwest Michigan coast. GLERL coastal buoys have been deployed since May 2007 assisting NWS operational marine forecasters with
     real-time forecasting, providing information on wave heights, wave period, wind speed and direction, and water temperatures. The
     ReCON buoy data is being used to provide validation of rip current advisories issued by NWS and providing data used in GLERL and NWS
     rip current research. (Ruberg)
 13. RECON-2. In August 2006 three of four Cleveland water treatment plants were exposed to anoxic waters from Lake Erie
     compromising water quality and safe drinking water. In an effort to investigate, research, and limit future water quality impacts
     to drinking water, a RECON buoy was deployed in proximity to a water intake pipe to monitor for hypoxic waters. Advanced
     knowledge of hypoxia from ReCON in 2007 helped the Cleveland Water Division (Lake Erie) adjust their water treatment approach in
     response to potential hypoxic events- thus ensuring the safety of water for 1.5 million people. (Ruberg)
 14. NoBOB. GLERL, jointly with Smithsonian Institution, assessed the effectiveness of ballast water exchange (BWE) for protecting
     the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay. We concluded that BWE has probably dramatically reduced the supply of coastal organisms
     being discharged with foreign-originating ballast water into the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay, and in the absence of proven
     alternative methods, BWE, as well as saltwater tank flushing for NOBOBs ("no-ballast on board"), should be considered useful and
     beneficial ballast management practices. We also conducted salinity and brine tolerance experiments on over 60 individual
     estuarine and freshwater invertebrates, including several of the invasive species already in the Great Lakes. We demonstrated that
     salinity is an effective barrier to organisms most likely to invade the Great Lakes and other low-salinity coastal ecosystems.
     Exposure to high concentration sodium chloride brines also appears very promising as a spot-treatment for NOBOB tanks that have not
     been able to raise the salinity of residual water prior to entering the Seaway. As a result of this research, treatment of
     several ballast tanks with brine or rock salt was tested by Canadian authorities on several ships entering the Great Lakes. (Reid)
 15. Grand River - Tracer Studies. To develop tools to accurately predict potential human health threats to coastal Great Lakes
     waters researchers from GLERL, MSU, UWM, CMU and GT conducted experiments in the Grand River and the coastal waters of Lake
     Michigan using (1) moored current meters, (2) GPS reporting drifting buoys, (3) aerial photography, and (4) dye tracing
     studies. Physical measurements are being used to help test the adequacy of the nested-grid hydrodynamic model (item 9 above) as a
     potential forecasting tool. Analytical solution of the hydrodynamics model compared poorly to the mapped tracer field
     demonstrating the critical role that buoyancy differences play in river plume dynamics and pollutant transport in coastal waters. As
     a result, more comprehensive models incorporating fully three dimensional transport and buoyancy differences as determined from
     this study are being developed. (McCormick)
 16. Development of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas CIOM (Coupled Ice-Ocean Model). A regional CIOM was developed to simulate the
     downscaling ice and ocean processes with a 4-km resolution. The Beaufort CIOM was nested to a Japanese (CCSR/NIES/FRCGC)
     high-resolution (1/4 x 1/6 degrees) global coupled atmosphere-sea ice-ocean-land model. Atmospheric forcing data were derived from
     the NCEP reanalysis. Simulation of seasonal cycle was conducted. In the Chukchi Sea, the Bering inflow separates into three
     branches: the first main branch flows along the Alaska’s coast that is the Alaska Coastal Current (ACC); the second branch flows
     northward and turns to the right, joining the ACC along the Beaufort coast; and the third branch flows toward the Northwind
     Ridge. The Beaufort Gyre is well reproduced, superimposed by numerous mesoscale eddies, with anticyclones outnumbering
     cyclones. We also investigated downscaling sea ice dynamics, such as sea ice ridging, rafting, leads and landfast ice, which are not
     resolved in the previous coarse resolution model (Wang et al. 2002, 2005). This approach combining the global model for the 20th
     century climate simulation with the regional downscaling/nesting simulation helps understanding of both large-scale sea ice
     variability and small-scale sea ice dynamics. Sea ice breaks up offshore piece by piece with landfast ice untouched along the
     Beaufort Sea coast. Sea ice cracks from pack ice with irregular shapes due to 1) complex ocean circulation, coastal current, and
     mesoscale eddies, 2) multi-category sea ice dynamics, and 3) complex and high-resolution geometry and topography. Sea ice
     ridging, rafting, and openings/leads can be well reproduced in sea ice thickness and concentration. Model validation using in situ
     observations, satellite measurements, and historical datasets is underway (Wang)
 17. Development of 1-D PhEcoM (Physical-Ecosystem Model). An application of a 3-D coupled Physical-Ecosystem Model (PhEcoM;
     Wang et al. 2003) to a 1-D setting in the Bering Sea was conducted in collaborated with University of Alaska Fairbanks. Our modeling
     studies have shown that zooplankton grazing pressure is a very important factor in the duration of the phytoplankton bloom. We
     have since added copepod grazing on microzooplankton in the 1-D marine ecosystem model to provide a more defensible
     parameterization of zooplankton grazing. Also the model now includes output of the integrated flows between the model
     compartments, including primary production. This has allowed us to examine controls on primary production and how projected change
     will impact the various components of production. Preliminary model results suggest that models of primary productivity in the
     southeastern Bering Sea need to include nitrification. (Wang)

3) New Reprints
DeMARCHI, C., A. Georgakakos, and C. Peters-Lidard. Probabilistic estimation of precipitation combining geostationary and TRMM satellite date. Proceedings, Symposium HS3007 at IUGG2007, Remote Sensing of Environmental Monitoring and Change Detection, Perugia, Italy. IAHS Publication 316, pp. 70-77 (2007).

Holker, F., H. Dorner, T. Schulze, S.S. Haertel-Borer, S.D. PEACOR, and T. Mehner. Species-specific responses of planktivorous fish to the introduction of a new piscivore: implications for prey fitness. Freshwater Biology 52:1793-1806 (2007).

Jin, M., C. Deal, J. WANG, V. Alexander, R. Gradinger, S. Saitoh, T. Iida, Z. Wan, and P. Stabeno. Ice-associated phytoplankton blooms in the southeastern Bering Sea. Geophysical Research Letters 34:L06612, doi: 10.1029/2006GL028849, 6 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs.fulltext/2007/20070025.pdf

RUBERG, S.A., S.B. BRANDT, R. MUZZI, N. HAWLEY, G.A. LESHKEVICH, J. LANE, and T.C. MILLER. A wireless real-time coastal observation network. EOS Transactions 88(28):285-286 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070022.pdf

Yang, X.-Y., D. Wang, J. WANG, and R.X. Huang. Connection between the decadal variability in the Southern Ocean circulation and the Southern Annual Mode. Geophysical Research Letters 34:L16604, doi:1029/2007GL030526, 5 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070026.pdf

4) CEGLHH PI Meeting
CEGLHH to Host 2nd Annual Oceans and Human Health (OHH) Principal Investigators meeting in Muskegon, Michigan
The 2nd Annual OHH Principal Investigators Meeting, to be held in Muskegon, Michigan (home of the Lake Michigan field station associated with NOAA's Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health- CEGLHH), October 22 - 24, 2007. The "All PIs" meeting will provide an excellent opportunity for OHH researchers to share latest research and findings, interact closely with colleagues, advance discussions on developing and delivering OHH-related products/services and provide important input to Congressionally-mandated OHHI reports.


5) GLERL In the News
Green Ships Initiative
From the NOAA Homepage - NOAA conducted a research cruise on Aug. 27, on Lake Erie aboard one of the agency’s 100 percent petroleum free “Green Ship” vessels powered by oil from U.S. grown soybeans. The NOAA ship, Laurentian and similar vessels will be a platform for Lake Erie research and studies on “dead zones” in the Lake Erie basin. Read more about NOAA's fleet of “Green Ships” in the latest NOAA Magazine story: August 23, 2007...Up Close: NOAA’S Green Ship Initiative Led by Dennis Donahue and GLERL’s Ship Operations Group http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag231.htm

The article has/will also been/be:
* Highlighted on the NOAA Homepage = http://www.noaa.gov/
* Highlighted on the NOAA Magazine index page = http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/
* Sent out as a RSS feed (http://www.rss.noaa.gov/)
* Sent out to various media contacts using a Media Atlas Database

GLERL's Green Ships are also featured on cover and lead article in the June 2007 issue of Biodiesel Magazine
Article at: http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1659&q=GLERL&category_id=25

and Channel 3 News WKYC - Cleveland, OH:
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_print.asp?id=73445

Water levels
Cleveland Plain Dealer (8/16) story on near-record low water levels in Lake Superior includes quotes by GLERL Hydrologist Cynthia Sellinger. Story is at:
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1187254737252820.xml&coll=2

Story in Duluth News Tribune on record low August water levels in Lake Superior includes quote by GLERL Hydrologist Cynthia Sellinger. Story is at:
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=48784&section=homepage&forumcomm_check_return&freebie_check&CFID=50096350&CFTOKEN=60728364&jsessionid=8830966b8dc0541e5f53

August 28th Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel story is at: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=653949

August 29th Detroit Free Press story is at: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070829/NEWS06/708290437&imw=Y

Lake Erie Dead Zone
WKYC - http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=41848&sid=73445&bw=

Harmful Algal Blooms
9/3 Ann Arbor News included an article on cooperative research between NOAA/GLERL and NASA that relies on remote sensing imagery to track harmful algal booms in Lake Erie. The article includes a quote by GLERL scientist George Leshkevich. Story is at:
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-24/1188802469248000.xml&coll=2

6) GLERL Hot Items
380 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf

147 downloads - Sellinger, C.E., and F.H. Quinn. Proceedings of the Great Lakes paleo-levels workshop: The last 4000 years. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-113. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-113/tm-113.pdf

139 downloads - Assel, R.A., C.E. Sellinger, D.E. Meyer, and R.N. Kelly. Great Lakes states monthly precipitation data - beginning of record to 1990. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-086. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-086/tm-086.pdf

134 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf

97 downloads - NOAA Green Ship Initiative
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf

87 downloads - Bloody Red Shrimp (Hemimysis anomala)
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Programs/ncrais/hemimysis/docs/hemi_brochure.pdf

73 downloads - Sellinger, C.E. Computer program for performing hydrograph separation using the rating curve method. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-101. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-101/tm-101.pdf

56 downloads - Doughty, B.C., T.A. Kessenich, and P.C. Liu. Surface wave data recorded in Lake Michigan during 1973 and 1975-77. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-019. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-019/tm-019.pdf

7) Staff News
Retirement
GLERL physical oceanographer Paul Lui retired September 1.

Position Announcement - Research Fisheries Biologist
GLERL seeks an enthusiastic scientist with experience in fish research to pursue research towards understanding the impact of environmental stressors (climate change, hypoxia, invasive species, pollution, harvest) on the regulation of fish population growth and predator-prey interactions, to apply this ecological understanding to fishery management and ecosystem problems, and to develop models to predict fish spatial distribution, recruitment, productivity, and sustainability. The research will be directed toward improving our understanding of ecosystem level processes in the Great Lakes and coastal marine ecosystems. The incumbent will be expected to develop an active field program, to develop predictive models, to collaborate with other scientists at GLERL and other federal laboratories, universities, and private industry, and to build active research programs emphasizing collaborative and inter-disciplinary approaches. It is desirable that the incumbent have a PhD in fish biology/ecology, aquatic ecology, limnology, marine sciences, or related field; and strong quantitative skills. Experience in bioenergetics, community and food web models, and fisheries acoustics is highly desired. The individual will be expected to present results in peer-reviewed publications and scientific presentations and to submit research proposals to supplement their research programs.

This is a full time permanent Federal position (GS-12) with a starting salary of at least $68,423. Qualifications will be judged in part based on both numbers of peer reviewed publications and a track record for obtaining grants. Closing date is October 18, 2007.

Detailed job information and application instructions can be found at: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/, reference vacancy number OAR-GLERL-2007-0011 (open to all U.S. citizens) and/or OAR-GLERL-2007-0013 (open to Federal status applicants). Further information can be obtained from Doran.Maso_n@noaa.gov_. In addition to making a formal application on line, please send a courtesy CV to Dr. Doran Mason either electronically or by mail to Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 2205 Commonwealth Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105. Further information on NOAA GLERL, can be found at www.glerl.noaa.gov.

August 10, 2007

Contents

1) CEGLHH - OHHI RFP
2) New Reprints
3) Hot Items
4) GLERL in the News
5) CEGLHH discusses management needs at CZ2007
6) CEGLHH at the Huron River Day Festival
7) Staff News
- New Staff
- Position Announcement - Fish Ecologist
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1) CEGLHH - OHHI RFP
The NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative (OHHI) is pleased to announce its FY 2008 External Grants Program, Request for Proposals. The full request for proposals can be found at: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/ohhi/. Letters of Intent are encouraged but not required and are due August 15, 2007. Full Proposals are due November 15, 2007.

The mission of the OHHI is to improve understanding and management of the ocean, coasts and Great Lakes to enhance benefits to human health and reduce public health risks. This funding opportunity is intended to engage the non-federal research community in research across the physical, chemical, biological, medical, public health and social sciences on priority issues for the OHHI. Specific priority areas for this funding opportunity are:

1) Develop methods, tools, and technologies to identify, detect, or predict ocean-related public health risks from pathogens and chemical pollutants;
2) Assess the economic and socio-cultural risk of ocean-related health threats from pathogens or chemical pollutants, and the benefits and value of health early warning systems or related information;
3) Improve the healthful characteristics and minimize ocean-related contamination of seafood through either aquaculture techniques or tools to rapidly identify presence or virulence of toxins (e.g., ciguatera, domoic acid), chemical contaminants (pharmaceuticals and personal care products, flame retardants, current-use pesticides, surfactants and stain repellants), or pathogens.

Research proposed under this priority area should engage public health and natural resource managers and decision-makers in order to optimize relevance of the proposed research for the development and delivery useful products and services. Links to ocean observing systems and their enabling regional governance structures or public health surveillance systems is strongly encouraged.

Total anticipated funding for all awards is expected to be between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 and is fully subject to the availability of FY 2008 appropriations for this program. For additional technical information please contact Paul Sandifer at Paul.Sandifer@noaa.gov <mailto:Paul.Sandifer@noaa.gov> and for administrative information please contact James Lewis Free at James.L.Free@noaa.gov <mailto:James.L.Free@noaa.gov>.

Please distribute widely to others who may be interested in this topic area.

2) New Reprints

Ge, Z., and P.C. LIU. A time-localized response of wave growth process under turbulent winds. Annales Geophysicae 25:1253-1262  (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070018.pdf

LIU, P.C. A chronology of freaque wave encounters. Geofizika 24(1):57-70 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070019.pdf <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070019.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 33:421-426 (2007).     http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070020.pdf

RAIKOW, D.F., P.F. LANDRUM, and D.F. REID. Aquatic invertebrate resting egg sensitivity to glutaraldehyde and sodium hypochlorite. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(8):1770-1773 (2007).

3) Hot Items
243 downloads - Assel, R.A. Great Lakes ice cover, first ice, last ice,and ice duration: winters 1973-2002. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-125. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-125/tm-125.pdf <ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-125/tm-125.pdf>

207 downloads - Great Lakes Water Levels http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/wlevels/wlevels.pdf>

122 downloads - Sellinger, C.E., and F.H. Quinn. Proceedings of the Great Lakes paleo-levels workshop: The last 4000 years. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-113. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-113/tm-113.pdf <ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-113/tm-113.pdf>

107 downloads - Assel, R.A. Computerized National Weather Service Great Lakes ice reports for winter seasons 1899-1970. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-130. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-130/tm-130.pdf <ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-130/tm-130.pdf>

106 downloads - NOAA Green Ship Initiative http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/GreenShip.pdf>

105 downloads - McCormick, M.J. Lake Michigan water temperature data, St. Joseph, MI 1936-1992. NOAA Technical Report GLERL-096. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-096/tm-096.pdf <ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-096/tm-096.pdf>

92 downloads - Lake Michigan Foodweb http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf>

76 downloads - Harmful algal blooms and muck: What's the difference? http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/HAB_Muck.pdf <http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/HAB_Muck.pdf>

4) GLERL in the News

Dave Reid was quoted in a story released by the Environment Report, a GLRC production. The story can be read or listened to at : http://www.glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=3529 <http://www.glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=3529>

Dave Reid was also quoted in a Canadian Sailings article By Alex Binkley which appeared August 6, 2007. http://www.canadiansailings.com/full_story.cfm?articleid=0003&amp;issue=0727&amp;cfid=14173048&amp;cftoken=20128505 <http://www.canadiansailings.com/full_story.cfm?articleid=0003&amp;issue=0727&amp;cfid=14173048&amp;cftoken=20128505>

Gary Fahnenstiel was quoted in a story about the relation between quagga mussels and algae in the Muskegon Chronicle: http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1184771752247940.xml&coll=8 <http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1184771752247940.xml&coll=8>

Cynthia Sellinger, Dave Schwab, and Stuart Ludsin were all quoted in an article regarding the health of Lake Erie in the Cleveland's Plain Dealer: http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1185439594128710.xml&coll=2 <http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1185439594128710.xml&coll=2>

Brent Lofgren and Cynthia Sellinger were quoted in an AP story by John Flesher about the warmer waters and lower levels of Lake Superior. As far as I can tell it has already been picked up by about 20 newspapers, and can be viewed via Lansing State Journal at: http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070728/NEWS01/707280348/1001/news <http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070728/NEWS01/707280348/1001/news>

Drs. Dave Schwab and Gary Fahnenstiel were featured in the Muskegon Chronicle on July 30, 2007 discussing current beach monitoring protocols. The article entitled "No-swim advisories often come a day too late for the beach-bound" can be found at: http://www.mlive.com/muskegon/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1185808583295620.xml&coll=8 <http://www.mlive.com/muskegon/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1185808583295620.xml&coll=8>

5) CEGLHH discusses management needs at CZ2007
The Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health partnered with the NOAA Oceans and Human Health Centers of Excellence (COEs) at the Hollings Marine Laboratory and the Northwest Fisheries Science Center to facilitate a Café discussion among coastal zone and natural resource managers, decision-makers, and NOAA’s ocean and human health researchers, to identify the information, technology, and training needs of public health and resource managers related to oceans, coasts, and human health at this year's Coastal Zone 2007 meeting. A diverse audience addressed questions formatted to generate discussion about research and information gaps and near-time priorities training need and stakeholder engagement as they pertain to OHHI objectives to develop sensors and other tools to monitor and forecast pathogens, contaminants, and toxins, utilize sentinel species and habitats as indicators of health and determine the benefits and risks of seafood consumption.

6) CEGLHH at the Huron River Day Festival
The Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH) participated in the community sponsored event, Huron River Day. The celebration began 26 years ago as a way to encourage partnership among government, private and non-profit organizations and to encourage and educate citizens about the importance of water quality and Huron River preservation. The day started with a fun run and fitness walk, followed by guided canoe tours and races down the river. From 12-4pm, 31 exhibitors from various associations presented information and activities for families and children. Kate Marcos and Kristin McKinney from GLERL staffed an informational table about CEGLHH’s research related to the Great Lakes and water issues as well as a table of activities for children that included a water cycle representation and an activity that explained how water gets polluted and how pollution affects humans and wildlife. Children as well as parents enjoyed the activities as a hands-on approach to learning about water safety and appreciation. Each year, the Huron River Day draws nearly 2,000 people from the Ann Arbor community.

7) Staff News
New Staff
Dr. Jia Wang, GLERL's new Ice Climatologist has arrived at GLERL.

Position Announcement - Fish Ecologist
NOAA - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Closing Date: August 6, 2007

Work with an interdisciplinary team of scientists (physical oceanographers, ecologists, modelers) under the mentorship of Dr. Stephen Brandt to develop and test various models (food web, spatially-explicit growth rate potential bioenergetics) to understand the response of pelagic fishes and food webs to hypoxia and physical structure in Lake Erie and the Chesapeake Bay. The incumbent will be expected to work with extensive fisheries acoustics data, help write manuscripts, prepare presentations, and potentially participate in research cruises. The individual filling this position will be employed by the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research (CILER; www.ciler.snre.umich.edu <http://www.ciler.snre.umich.edu>), a joint institute between the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment (www.snre.umich.edu <http://www.snre.umich.edu>) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The position will be located at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL; www.glerl.noaa.gov) in Ann Arbor, MI. The position is full time for 1 -2 years.

Minimum qualifications include a M.S in Fisheries Science, Aquatic Ecology, or related field. Strong quantitative skills are required.

Please submit cover letter, CV, and names and contact numbers of three references to Dr. Stephen Brandt (Stephen.b.brandt@noaa.gov).

July 16, 2007

Contents:
1) MultiStress 07
2) “Identifying, Verifying, and Establishing Options for Best Management Practices (BMPs) for NOBOB Vessels”
3) New Reprints
4) Web Hot Items
5) Award for Green Ships
6) GLERL in the News
- Climate and Water Levels
- Invasive Species
- Green Ships
7) CILER in the News
8) CEGLHH in the News
9) Visiting Scientist
10) Position Announcement - CILER JRI
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1) MultiStress 07: Adaptive Integrated Framework (AIF): a new methodology for managing impacts of multiple stressors in coastal ecosystems
The Multistress 07 proposal has been funded by the NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research. This is be a 5 year effort funded at about $3.8M to

• Develop the Adaptive Integrative Framework (AIF) approach to facilitate synthesis and prioritization of research and management pertaining to multiple stressors impacts on coastal ecosystems.
• Provide specific predictions regarding how fish production, human health, and regional economics, respond to multiple stressors (i.e. land use, climate change and invasive species) in Saginaw Bay, MI.

This research will include 21 investigators from 8 institutions (Stow, Brandt, Croley, Dyble, Fahnenstiel, Nalepa, Pothoven and Venderploeg at GLERL; Peacor, Kaplowitz and Lupi at Michigan State University; Hook, Beletsky, DeMarchi, Johengen and Kashian at University of Michigan; Lavrentyev at University of Akron; DePinto at Limno-Tech Inc.; He at Western Michigan University; Newcomb at Michigan DNR; Bred