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Category: Research Summary

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

- — September 24, 2014
Research Summary: Distribution, Seasonality And Putative Origin Of Non-Native Red Alga Bangia Atropurpurea In The Laurentian Great Lakes

The red alga, Bangia atropurpurea, was initially described by Roth in 1805 from the Weser River in Germany and since then has been reported from rivers in Europe and Asia.[…]

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- — September 10, 2014
Research Summary: Effects Of Nutrient Limitation On The Release And Use of Dissolved Organic Carbon From Benthic Algae In Lake Michigan

In recent years, benthic macroalgae have become increasingly abundant in nearshore areas of the Laurentian Great Lakes, frequently forming nuisance blooms and mats of dead and decaying algae that harbor[…]

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- — August 27, 2014
Research Summary: Mercury Biomagnification In Three Geothermally-Influenced Lakes Differing In Chemistry And Algal Biomass

Mercury (Hg) biomagnifies in aquatic organisms, meaning that concentrations in tissues of biota increase as trophic position in food chains increases. Highest Hg concentrations are expected in top predators such[…]

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- — August 13, 2014
Research Summary: Challenges Associated With Modelling Outburst Floods From Moraine-Dammed Glacial Lakes

1 Geography, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK 2 Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, UK Introduction Climatic change is causing the widespread retreat of glacier ice at the global[…]

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