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Category: Research Summary

Collection of research summaries from expert lake scientists around the world.

- — 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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- — November 12, 2014
Ecological Impacts Of Invasive Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) In The Laurentian Great Lakes And Beyond: Summary Of Presentations At IAGLR 2014

Aquatic invasive species (AIS) pose a significant threat to biodiversity and production from large-scaled lake and river ecosystems. AIS cause species extinctions, increase homogenization of biological communities, decrease native biotic[…]

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- — October 22, 2014
Research Summary: Lake Sediments Provide A Natural Seismometer For Earthquakes On A Plate Boundary Fault

1Department of Active Landscapes, GNS Science, PO Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand 2Department of Geography, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand The Alpine Fault is one[…]

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- — October 8, 2014
Research Summary: The Effect Of Cyanobacteria Blooms On Zooplankton Species Diversity In Two Northern Kentucky Lakes

Water quality is an important aspect of a lake ecosystem, and can be degraded by nutrient loading of phosphorous and nitrogen that results from anthropogenic land use (Beaver et al.[…]

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