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Great Lakes Center research moves on
On December 6, 2012
The Great Lakes Center is a facility dedicated to research within the Great Lakes and their
watersheds. The center's most recent accomplishments and current projects were discussed at
an open house last Wednesday, where its annual report was released.
According to the Great Lakes Center annual report, researchers within the facility have
published five peer-reviewed papers. 17 grant proposals were submitted as well with a total
requested amount of $6.5 million. There are 12 projects currently funded by the Great Lakes
Center, and personnel within the facility taught six graduate and undergraduate courses. The
Great Lakes Center website has also been improved with more photographs and videos.
Among current projects discussed in the annual report is the survey of Texas Hornshell
populations in Texas. The Texas Hornshell is an endangered species, and personnel from the
Great Lakes Center went and surveyed the Devils River and the Rio Grande River in 2011 and
2012.
The Great Lakes Center has also been monitoring two sites in Lake Erie since 2008. Water
samples and plankton samples are taken from the water to be tested at the facility.
The annual report gives more information on the Environmental Toxicology Laboratory of the
Great Lakes Center. The scientists in this laboratory study pollutants in the Great Lakes. They
study the effects these pollutants have on human health and on the health of other species.
With this research they develop preventative measures to minimize negative health effects.
The center also obtained a new building from the Division of Military and Naval Affairs in June
which is now being used for storage. Mark Clapsadl, the field station manager, said that the
building is now "stuffed full of boats."
Alexander Karatayev, the director of the Great Lakes Center, said two new graduate programs
were coming in 2013 in a press release on the future of the center. These programs will be in
Professional Science Master and Master of Science in Great Lakes Ecosystem Science.
"The programs will be able to accommodate a range of students and faculty outside the GLC,
but will still lean toward our core interests," Karatayev said.
Other projects and developments within the Great Lakes Center include the Great Lakes
Observing System buoy. The GLOS buoy was placed outside of Dunkirk and collected data that
was useful in explaining a fish kill that occurred in September.
According to a press release, the Great Lakes Center has done extensive publications and
presentations, over $3.8 million in research, and advised more than 30 graduate students in the
past five years. Most of the research is focused on Lake Erie, but there are some nationwide
and international projects because of the affect the Great Lakes have on other bodies of
water. The Great Lakes Center has a waterfront site on the Black Rock Canal. There is also
the Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Lab and the Watershed Research and Aquatic
Ecology labs located in the Science Building on campus.
Britney Nowak can be reached by email at nowak.record@live.com.
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