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Ohio Sea Grant College Program
and Stone Laboratory

Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory

Wetlands

Lake Erie has lost an estimated 90% of Ohio's historic "Great Black Swamp." Remaining coastal marshes are often diked to prevent further losses to development or fluctuating lake levels. While protecting wetlands from complete loss, dikes dramatically change wetland functions in the landscape. With only a small fraction of Lake Erie's original wetlands remaining, the preservation and restoration of those that remain and the functions they provide to the Lake's biotic and human communities are essential.

Project List

Completed: Project Completed Title: Sort Title AscendingSort Title Descending Completion: Sort Title AscendingSort Title Descending Start Date: Sort Title AscendingSort Title Descending

R/ER-072 

Started: 3/31/2007

Assessing the role of turbid river plumes in the development of Microcystis blooms in Lake Erie with molecular techniques

R/ER-073 

Started: 3/31/2007

Phylogenetic analysis and physiological characterization of photosynthetic picoplankton in Lake Erie

R/ER-77-PD Project Status R/ER-77-PD: Completed

Started: 3/1/2006, Status: Completed

Boundary Dynamics of the Hypoxic Hypolimnion of Lake Erie’s Central Basin

R/ER-76-PD Project Status R/ER-76-PD: Completed

Started: 3/1/2006, Status: Completed

Rates of Oxygen and Nutrient Exchange Between Sediments and Water in the Great Lakes

R/PS-35 

Started: 3/1/2005

Reduction of Agricultural Pesticides in the Sediments of a Coastal Great Lakes Wetland

R/EM-027 

Started: 9/1/2004

Large Lake Ecosystems: Modeling Interactions Among Human, Biological, and Physical Processes

R/ER-29-PD 

Started: 6/1/2003

Distribution and abundance of fishes in native and non-native macrophytes in Old Woman Creek estuary

R/ER-65-PD Project Status R/ER-65-PD: Completed

Started: 6/1/2003, Status: Completed

The fish assemblage of Metzger Marsh: Continued assessment of the effects of restoration

R/PS-29 

Started: 3/1/2003

Photodegradation of Agricultural Herbicides in Lake Erie Coastal Wetlands

R/ER-63-PD 

Started: 9/1/2002

Wetland Renovation in East Harbor State Park, Lakeside-Marblehead, OH - Water Control

R/EM-22 Project Status R/EM-22: Completed

Started: 3/1/2002, Status: Completed

Origin and fate of the organic matter exchanged between coastal wetland and the Great Lakes

R/EM-25-PD Project Status R/EM-25-PD: Completed

Started: 5/1/2001, Status: Completed

Larval Fish Flux between Metzger Marsh and Lake Erie

R/ER-59-PD Project Status R/ER-59-PD: Completed

Started: 5/24/2000, Status: Completed

Preliminary tests of seiches on plant litter decomposition and macroinvertebrates in Great Lake coastal wetlands

R/ER-56-PD 

Started: 3/1/2000

Effects of Salt Contamination and Exotic Species Invasions on a Large, Freshwater Marsh in the Lake Erie Basin

R/GIS-2-PD Project Status R/GIS-2-PD: Completed

Started: 3/1/2000, Status: Completed

Spatial Modelling of the Mentor Marsh and its Watershed: Equipment Grant