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Initiation Date Project Title Principal Investigator Institution
02/02/2008 How do Plant Species Invasions Affect Water Quality Services performed by Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands? Nancy Tuchman Loyola University Chicago
02/01/2008 Integrated Modeling for the Ecosystem Restoration of Marshes in the Lake Calumet Area Yanqing Lian Illinois State Water Survey
03/01/2006 Alterations of Lake Michigan Benthic Communities by the Invasive Colonial Hydroid, Cordylophora caspia: Effects on Fish Prey Nadine C. Folino-Rorem Wheaton College
12/16/2003 Evaluating the Ecological and Economic Value of the 100th Meridian Initiative David M. Lodge Notre Dame University
03/01/2002 Bighead Carp in the Upper Midwest River: Competition with Native Filter-feeding Fishes and Potential Threats to the Great Lakes John H. Chick Illinois Natural History Survey
03/01/2002 Quantifying Pathways of Nonindigenous Aquatic Species David M. Lodge University of Notre Dame
03/01/2002 Metapopulation Dynamics and Control of the Zebra Mussel in Freshwater and Estuarine Systems: The Effects of Hydrodynamics, Larval Supply, and Embayments Dianna K. Padilla State University of New York
01/01/2001 An Evaluation of Barriers for Preventing the Spread of Bighead and Silver Carp to the Great Lakes Mark A. Pegg Illinois Natural History Survey
03/01/2000 Influence of Upwelling Events on Larval and Juvenile Yellow Perch John Janssen University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
03/01/2000 Consequences of Round Goby Invasion for Littoral Zone Communities:  Effects on Sculpin and Benthic Invertebrates Martin B. Berg Loyola University of Chicago
03/01/2000 Zebra Mussels, Round Gobies, and Eurasian Ruffe:  Predicting Ecological Impacts of the "Exotic Triad" to Improve Control Gary A. Lamberti University of Notre Dame
10/01/1999 Predicting Zebra Mussel Transport in Rivers and Estuaries Chris R. Rehmann University of Illinois-Champaign
02/01/1999 Exploring the Role of Food Availability to Yellow Perch Recruitment Success John M Dettmers Illinois Natural History Survey
06/01/1998 Low Frequency Electromagnetism as an Effective Method for the Control of Zebra Mussel Infestation Matthews F. Ryan Purdue University Calumet
03/01/1998 Dispersal of Exotic Species in the Great lakes:  Crayfish as a Model System for Benthic Species David M. Lodge University of Notre Dame
03/01/1998 Recruitment Failure of Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan:  Evaluation of the Starvation and Predation Hypotheses John Janssen University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
03/01/1998 Round Goby and Mottled Sculpin Spawning Interactions John Janssen University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
03/01/1998 Spatial Distribution and Overlap of Alewives and Larval Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan:  Implications for Yellow Perch Recruitment Doran Mason Purdue University
09/01/1997 Degradation and Restoration of Lake Michigan: Past and Future of Nonindigenous Species David M. Lodge University of Notre Dame
09/01/1997 Model of Lake Michigan-Illinois River Zebra Mussel Metapopulation: Evaluating Possible Control Strategies Daniel Schneider Illinois Natural History Survey
07/01/1997 Aquatic Vascular Plant Diversity of Harbors in Southern Coastal Zone of Lake Michigan Robin Scribailo Purdue University North Central
12/01/1995 Biotic and Abiotic Factors Controlling Adult Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Densities in Coastal Lagoon Habitats Thomas E. Lauer Purdue University
08/01/1995 Potential Impacts of Invading Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus) on Benthic and Pelagic Ecosystems of the Great Lakes Gary A. Lamberti University of Notre Dame
03/15/1995 Limiting Factors and Ecological Effects of Zebra Mussels in a Southern Lake Michigan Drainage Gary A. Lamberti University of Notre Dame
09/01/1994 Population and Energetic Consequences of Zebra Mussel Fouling on Native Gastropod Fauna of Lake Michigan Ellen J. Marsden University of Vermont
09/01/1994 The Population Dynamics and Ecology of Zebra Mussels in Inland Lakes David W. Garton The Ohio State University