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- — January 29, 2014
Research Summary: Lake Ontario Phosphorus Loading

Tributary phosphorus (P) loading was estimated for 145 Canadian and American streams entering Lake Ontario and was compared with historical P loads of the Niagara River. The 145 Lake Ontario[…]

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- — January 27, 2014
White Lake: A Timeline of Its Turnaround

White Lake was placed on the Great Lakes Areas of Concern list in 1985 after organic solvents were found leaching in. Its water quality was impacted by contaminated sediment, high[…]

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- — January 15, 2014
Research Summary: Lake Erie’s Ecological History as Recorded by Phytoplankton

Lake Erie’s water quality has fluctuated since European settlement due to cultural eutrophication and the effects of invasive species. Our attempts to understand the cause-and-effect linkages between observed ecosystem changes[…]

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- — January 13, 2014
Upsides to Great Lakes Ice Cover

The Great Lakes saw rapid and thick ice formation during the recent cold plunge. The basin as a whole is seeing its highest levels of ice cover in 20 years.[…]

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