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- — March 31, 2023
Research Brief: Synchrony in Phosphorous Concentrations Linked to Winter and Summer Conditions

A 2023 study combines data from almost 400 lakes in North America and Northern Europe to observe year-to-year variability in phosphorous.

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- — April 23, 2015
For Lake Erie, Agricultural BMPs May Become Less Effective With Climate Change

Under future climates, agricultural best management practices (BMPs) will become more necessary to help reduce the nutrient inputs to Lake Erie. But according to a study led by scientists at[…]

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- — December 10, 2014
Research Summary: Spatial And Temporal Trends In Invertebrate Communities Of Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands

1Institute for Great Lakes Research and Department of Biology, Central Michigan University Throughout the Laurentian Great Lakes, lacustrine wetlands form where coastal geomorphology provides protection from hydrologic energy and where[…]

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- — November 26, 2014
Research Summary: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics Of Parasites Infecting Diporeia Spp. (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) In Southern Lake Michigan, 1980 – 2007

Amphipods of the genus Diporeia occupy a central position in the food web of the Laurentian Great Lakes ecosystem. As a detritivore that feeds on pelagic material that settles to[…]

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