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SUMMARY:07/14/22: Sara Hughes
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Virtual Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:\nTime: 2:00-3:00 pm EST \nLocation: Virtual\nPresenter: Sara Hughes – Associate Professor in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan\nTitle: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Equitable Urban Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Lakes \nEvent Flyer  \nWebinar Recording \nAbout the presentation: Planning for climate change is critical for cities in the Great Lakes region. Preparing for changes in urban flooding frequency and severity is particularly important as precipitation during heavy rain events has increased\, stormwater infrastructure is aging\, and flood risk is distributed unevenly across and within communities. These adaptations require strong scientific foundations as well as political will\, planning capacity\, and community-driven decision making. In this talk I will discuss completed and ongoing research that aims to support equitable urban adaptation in the Great Lakes and improve our understanding of opportunities and challenges in this space. \nAbout the speaker: Sara Hughes is an Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan and Associate Director of the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research. Her research focuses on environmental policy agendas\, policy analysis\, and governance processes\, focusing on decisions about water resources and climate change. Current projects examine the political and institutional dimensions of equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water in the U.S.; the role of municipal finances in drinking water management and investments; and urban climate change governance\, including equitable approaches to building urban climate resilience. Information about current projects can also be found on the Water and Climate Policy Lab’s webpage: www.waterclimatepolicy.org. \n**Registration is not required** \n_____________________________________________________\nQuestions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu\nVisit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.
URL:https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/071422-sara-hughes/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:05/10/22: Cody Sheik
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Virtual Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:\nTime: 2:00-3:00 pm EST \nLocation: Insight into the past and present cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Superior\nPresenter: Cody Sheik – Assistant Professor\, Swenson College of Science and Engineering\, University of Minnesota-Duluth \nEvent Flyer  \nWebinar Registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2538719994808348432 \nAbout the presentation: Cyanobacteria are extraordinary chemists that are integral to all surficial water ecosystems. As primary producers\, they provide carbon and oxygen that drives heterotrophic productivity. Furthermore\, the ability of some cyanobacterial species to fix nitrogen gives these groups a multifaceted ecosystem role. However\, cyanobacterial overgrowth\, e.g.\, cyanobacterial blooms\, is increasing in intensity\, duration\, and severity in nearly all freshwater ecosystems. While the lower Laurentian Great Lakes (Lake Erie and Ontario) are prone to toxin-producing cHABs\, Lake Superior\, until recently\, has not seen regular cHAB occurrences. The recent uptick in cyanobacterial blooms is unsettling and may be a harbinger of the changing chemical and physical characteristics of the lake. In my presentation I will talk about the changing nitrogen landscape of Lake Superior and focus on the presence of nitrogen fixing cyanobacterial blooms observed in Lake Superior. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Sheik received his B.S. in Zoology (2004) and PhD in Microbial Ecology (2011) from the University of Oklahoma. After graduation\, he completed a postdoctoral position at the University of Michigan before coming to UMD in 2015. Dr. Sheik is a geomicrobiologist whose work in aquatic systems is at the intersection of three fields: microbiology\, ecology\, and geochemistry/geology. His lab currently investigates the microbiology of the deep subsurface\, sediments\, surface waters\, and harmful algal blooms. His research seeks to understand how microorganisms mediate biogeochemical cycles\, with emphasis on carbon\, nitrogen\, and sulfur in these disparate ecosystems. \n**Registration is not required** \n_____________________________________________________\nQuestions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu\nVisit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.
URL:https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/051022-cody-sheik/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:04/25/22: Jonathan Edwards-Opperman
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Virtual Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:\nTime: 2:00-3:00 pm EST \nLocation: Virtual\nPresenter: Jonathan Edwards-Opperman\, NOAA National Ice Center\nTitle: Evolving the U.S. National Ice Center’s Great Lakes Products and Services \n \nEvent Flyer  \nWebinar Recording \nAbout the presentation: The U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) is a tri-agency organization comprised of personnel from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)\, U.S. Navy\, and U.S. Coast Guard with a mission to provide global to tactical scale ice and snow products\, ice forecasting\, and other environmental intelligence services to the United States government. \nThe USNIC’s primary Great Lakes product is a daily analysis of ice conditions across the region. Recently\, USNIC has been working to evolve its products and services to better serve customers. Access to new satellite imagery\, environmental modeling datasets\, and technological advances are driving this initiative. Results have and will continue to provide a more robust Impact-Based Decision Support Service (IDSS) program for core partners operating in the Great Lakes during the ice season\, the use of new satellite imagery and model data\, and investigation of potential new products serving increased value to the end user. \nThis seminar will cover our current Great Lakes operations as well as our vision to evolve our products and services in the future. \nAbout the speaker: Jonathan Edwards-Opperman attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and received his B.S. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in 2014. While in his senior year\, Jonathan worked with the National Weather Service in Peachtree City\, Georgia on winter weather research related to operational forecasting. After completing his undergraduate degree\, Jonathan attended the University of Oklahoma and received his M.S. in Meteorology in 2016 and remained affiliated with the university until 2017. While at the University of Oklahoma\, Jonathan’s research focus was on polar meteorology. \nIn 2018\, Jonathan joined the USNIC as a snow and ice analyst working on the Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System. In 2020\, his role at USNIC changed when he accepted a position as Physical Scientist serving as the USNIC’s CONUS Lead Ice Analyst covering the Great Lakes\, Mid-Atlantic\, and northeastern coast of the United States. \n**Registration is not required** \n_____________________________________________________\nQuestions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu\nVisit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.
URL:https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/042522-jonathan-edwards-opperman/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:03/23/22: Jordon Beckler
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Virtual Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:\n \nTime: 1:00-2:00 pm EST \nLocation: Virtual\nPresenter: Jordon Beckler – Assistant Research Professor\, Geochemistry and Geochemical Sensing Lab\, Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute & Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-SENSE)\nTitle: The Harmful Algal Bloom Assessment of Lake Okeechobee (HALO): Innovative monitoring technologies providing multidisciplinary insights into HAB dynamics and internal nutrient loading \nEvent Flyer  \nWebinar Recording \nAbout the presentation: Annual blooms of Microcystis aeruginosa on Lake Okeechobee have increased in intensity over the last few decades\, drastically affecting lake water quality and ecology as well as the health of surrounding coastal water bodies receiving lake inflows. As part of the State of Florida Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Innovative Technologies program\, our team employed a comprehensive suite of innovative monitoring technologies alongside more conventional techniques over CY 2021to unravel HAB ecological\, optical\, and biogeochemical dynamics. Some techniques to be highlighted included remote sensing (satellite and a long-duration fixed-location i.e. Seaprism)\, in situ holography (AUTOHOLO)\, acoustic sensing (AZFP)\, an Autonomous Surface Vehicle\, and fixed-location water quality sensors (LOBOs). This presentation will focus\, however\, on novel findings related to sediment biogeochemistry and internal nutrient loading. We combined routine sediment sampling and analyses with deployments of a novel benthic lander for in situ nutrient and toxin flux monitoring. To better understand the controls of sediment nutrient generation and release\, we obtained voltammetric (electrochemical) measurements of the sediment respiratory environment (aerobic and anaerobic respiration). Findings suggest that both nitrogen and phosphorous speciation and solubility may be coupled to iron cycling via mineral associations and iron-catalyzed transformations\, and that diffusive vs. resuspension fluxes play disparate roles with respect to nitrogen vs. phosphorous benthic fluxes. Overall\, these dependencies may regulate both the intensity and timing of HABs over hourly to decadal timescales\, with important implications for both passive and active mitigation strategies. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Beckler is an Assistant Research Professor at Florida Atlantic University\, with a joint appointment with the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute\, the Institute of Sensing and Embedded Network and Systems Engineering (I-SENSE)\, and the Chemistry Department. As the PI of the Geochemistry and Geochemical Sensing Lab\, his group’s research centers around unraveling sediment biogeochemical processes in near-surface sediments and connections to ecosystem health. The lab develops and commercializes innovative technologies for monitoring sediment geochemistry (microbial respiration pathways/redox/nutrients) and exchanges with the water column (benthic fluxes). Current projects include monitoring Lake Okeechobee harmful algae blooms (FL DEP\, EPA)\, the fluxes of carbon\, iron\, and CDOM from continental margin areas (NASA)\, and the exploration of submarine sink “blue holes” offshore in the Gulf of Mexico (NOAA). \n**Registration is not required** \n_____________________________________________________\nQuestions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu\nVisit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.
URL:https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/032322-jordon-beckler/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:02/22/22: Branko Kerkez
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Virtual Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:\nTime: 1:30-2:30 pm EST \nLocation: Virtual\nPresenter: Branko Kerkez – Associate Professor\, Intelligent Systems\, Berker and Gokyigit Faculty Scholar\, Civil and Environmental Engineering\, University of Michigan\nTitle: Self-Driving Water Systems \nSeminar Flyer \nWebinar Recording \nAbout the presentation: In the era of digital assistants\, autonomous cars\, and smart toasters\, should we embed the same level of intelligence into water systems? The answer is not clear cut\, largely because the conversation is still obfuscated by buzzwords and hype. This talk will attempt to demystify and make accessible the building blocks of autonomous water systems. We’ll explore promising real-world examples of smart watersheds and “self-driving” urban drainage systems. Autonomous watersheds have the potential to vastly shrink the size of infrastructure needed to manage runoff pollution and flooding. We will give examples of promising smart water test beds\, while also describing how to find useful data in unexpected places. As with any new tech\, there are inherent risk to adoption. When compared to doing business as usual\, however\, the time appears better than ever to embrace new technologies for water management. \nAbout the speaker: Branko Kerkez is the Arthur F. Thurnau Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interests include water\, data\, and sensors. His group is working to enable smart water systems\, which autonomously adapt themselves to changing conditions using real-time data and controls. His research projects have spanned wireless sensing of large mountain basis\, real-time flood forecasting\, robotics\, and real-time control algorithms for water systems. He is the founder of Open-Storm.org\, an open-source consortium dedicated to freely sharing hardware\, software\, and case studies on smart water systems. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering\, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, all from UC Berkeley. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s CAREER award and was recognized by National Academy of Engineering as a Gilbreth Lecturer. \n_____________________________________________________\nQuestions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu\nVisit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.
URL:https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/022222-branko-kerkez/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:1/11/22: Rebecca Klaper
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:\nTime: 1:00-2:00 pm EST \nLocation: Virtual\nPresenter: Rebecca Klaper\, Vice Dean\, Professor\, Director of the Great Lakes Genomics Center  – University of Wisconsin Milwaukee\nTitle: Building the environmental science toolbox to address the complexity of exposures and effects of emerging contaminants \nEvent Flyer \nWebinar Recording \nAbout the presentation: As a human population we use and are exposed to hundreds of chemicals each day\, many of which are ultimately emitted into aquatic and terrestrial systems where other organisms are in turn exposed to these same chemicals. Assessing the impact of these chemicals in the environment has been a complex problem. Chemical composition and concentration vary over time and space and contaminants often occur as mixtures and therefore are difficult to characterize. Assessing the risk from these exposures is equally complex as research has shown that chronic low-level exposures have impacts on biochemical pathways that were not normally considered when evaluating safety. In addition\, any one compound may occur at a dose that is below a traditional threshold of harm\, yet the timing of exposure or exposure to a combination of chemicals ultimately can cause an effect. New chemicals in the marketplace\, such as nanomaterials or new pharmaceuticals\, present new questions as to their biological interactions and how best to determine their potential environmental impact. Research over the last 20 years has transformed the toolbox available to the field of environmental science to determine the extent to which these emerging contaminants impact organisms in aquatic environments. This presentation will discuss the innovations being made\, through for example genomic technologies and in vitro screening\, that advance our understanding of the interaction of emerging contaminants and organisms across phyla. Linking these technologies to environmental studies further builds the toolbox that can be used to better determine the safety of new chemicals and their environmental impact across organisms and ecosystems. \nAbout the speaker: Rebecca D. Klaper is the Vice Dean and a Professor at the School of Freshwater Sciences\, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Professor Klaper studies the potential impact of emerging contaminants\, such as nanoparticles and pharmaceuticals on aquatic life and how we may design these chemicals to have the least environmental impact. In addition\, she has examined the transport of these chemicals through the wastewater treatment systems and into the environment and how different treatment technologies may remove them from the waste stream. Her research links the impact of these chemicals on the health of aquatic species to that of human health. She uses genomic technologies to determine how these chemical stressors may impact organisms and how the biochemical response may dictate sensitivity or resistance to stressors. As Director of the Great Lakes Genomics Center she seeks to support other researchers that are using genomic technologies for environmental research. Prof. Klaper has received a Fulbright Scholarship (U.K.\, 2017-2018) and a AAAS-Science and Technology Policy Fellowship. She has served as an invited scientific expert to both the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative and the international Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development panel on nanotechnology\, the Alliance for the Great Lakes and the International Joint Commission regarding the potential impacts of nanomaterials\, pharmaceuticals and personal care products and other emerging contaminants. She has served on the National Academies Panel on the Environmental Impact of Currently Marketed Sunscreens and Potential Human Impacts of Changes in Sunscreen Usage and another to Develop a Research Strategy for Environmental\, Health\, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials as well as the U.S. EPA Board of Scientific Counselors committee on Chemical Safety and Sustainability. Prof. Klaper received her Ph.D. in Ecology from the Institute of Ecology\, University of Georgia. \n_____________________________________________________\nQuestions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu\nVisit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.
URL:https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/011122-rebecca-klaper/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:12/06/21: Michael McKay
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Virtual Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:\nTime: 2:00-3:00 pm EST \nLocation: Virtual\nPresenter: Michael McKay – Executive Director and Professor; Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research; University of Windsor\nTitle: Life under ice: The rise and fall of Lake Erie’s winter algal bloom \nEvent Flyer  \nWebinar Recording \nAbout the presentation: Ice cover presents a logistical obstacle to our full understanding of function of north temperate ecosystems. Reflecting this\, ecosystem models frequently underestimate\, or even neglect biological parameters associated with ice cover. Despite the perceived inhospitable environment imposed by cold temperatures and ice cover during winter in Lake Erie\, work over the past decade has revealed numerous examples of high biological activity with abundant phytoplankton biomass dominated by psychrophilic\, filamentous diatoms. The diatoms are physiologically robust and the diatom bloom persists through early spring\, eventually contributing to carbon export in Lake Erie’s central basin. During mild winters\, the bloom is reduced\, likely due to light limitation coincident with deep wind-aided mixing. These surveys have demonstrated that diatom assemblages possess ice nucleating abilities\, a characteristic promoting ice formation and which enables the winter diatoms to maintain a favorable position in the photic zone when the lake is ice covered. Our recent efforts have focused on mechanisms of bloom decline where chytrid parasites and other pathogens are implicated. Broadening the impact of this research has been a unique partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard promoting citizen science in support of winter data collection. \nAbout the speaker: In 2019\, Mike McKay joined the University of Windsor where he serves as the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research and Professor in the School of the Environment. Mike received undergraduate- and graduate degrees in Biology from Queen’s University at Kingston and McGill University (Montréal)\, respectively. Upon completion of his doctoral work\, he held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and with the University of Delaware where he served concurrently at the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island\, NY. It was during this period that Mike became active in research on aquatic nutrient cycling through his involvement with the ecosystem-scale ocean iron fertilization projects being conducted by scientific personnel from Brookhaven at that time. Mike’s research expanded to include large lakes on his arrival to Bowling Green State University where he served on the faculty for over 21 years studying the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients\, phytoplankton and bacterial community dynamics and more recently\, winter limnology involving research coordination with icebreaking programs of Canadian- and U.S. Coast Guards. \nAmong Mike’s research honors\, he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship in 2005 where he was resident at the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) and in 2013\, was named Visiting Scholar at the Large Lakes Observatory of the University of Minnesota. He is the author of over 95 peer-reviewed manuscripts\, is a co-recipient of the 2019 John Martin award from ASLO and currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Great Lakes Research. \n**Registration is not required** \n_____________________________________________________\nQuestions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu\nVisit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.
URL:https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/120621-michael-mckay/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:11/18/21: Silvia Newell
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Virtual Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:\nTime: 2:00-3:00 pm EST \nLocation: Virtual\nPresenter: Silvia Newell – Associate Professor\, Wright State University\nTitle: Nitrogen availability as a driver of HABs and toxins: the missing piece for modeling? \nEvent Flyer  \nWebinar Recording \nAbout the presentation: External nutrient loading (along with temperature and precipitation) is the main driver of annual harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. These blooms are dominated by the cyanobacteria Microcystis\, which produces microcystin toxins\, but toxicity and biomass are not always correlated and can vary from year to year and within a season. Microcystis is an excellent scavenger for ammonium and can outcompete other organisms for this preferred ammonium supply. Ammonium is therefore both taken up by cells and recycled rapidly in eutrophic systems\, making it difficult to determine availability snapshot concentration measurements. Studies on ammonium turnover rates in the water column of Lake Erie\, as well as supply from sediments\, suggest that internal loading is a critical component of sustaining bloom biomass. Using ammonium recycling rates in mixed models also results in strong models for concentration of microcystins (R^2 =0.84 or better)\, suggesting that ammonium availability might be key for modeling and predicting bloom toxicity. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Silvia Newell is an Associate Professor of Aquatic Biogeochemistry at Wright State University in Dayton\, OH. Her research focuses on nitrogen cycling in eutrophic systems around the globe\, from the Great Lakes to Lake Okeechobee to Taihu\, China. She was the co-chair of the HABs Collaborative from 2018-2020 and currently serves as the President of the Lake Erie Area Research Network. She is currently NSF-funded on projects in Lake Superior\, Lake Erie\, and the Maumee River. She is also part of the monitoring team assessing the H2Ohio wetlands. \n**Registration is not required** \n_____________________________________________________\nQuestions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu\nVisit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.
URL:https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/111821-silvia-newell/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:05/05/21: Rajendra Poudel
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Virtual Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:\nTime: 1:00-2:00 pm EST \nLocation: Virtual\nPresenter: Rajendra Poudel – CollabraLink Tech\, NOAA OAR\nTitle: Economic Value of Selected Wetlands in the United States \nEvent Flyer  \nWebinar Registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8896196273847640590 \nAbout the presentation: This research provides a benefit transfer model of willingness-to-pay (WTP) for wetlands’ conservation in the United States. The validity of the estimated wetland’s willingness-to-pay values is also examined. This study extends and provides improvements to wetlands valuation literature by using information obtained from 21 study sites – 19 natural and 2 constructed. Benefit transfer values for wetlands are imputed to six policy wetland sites – 5 natural and 1 constructed. Regression results are reported for one of eight models estimated and examined with four validity tests. Based on these tests\, transfer error adjustments of WTP estimates for policy sites are reported. \nKeywords: benefit transfer\, meta-analysis\, policy sites\, study sites\, valuation\, and wetland \nAbout the speaker: Rajendra Poudel holds a doctorate degree in Forestry Economics and is a lead economist in CollabraLink Tech works in Oceanic and Atmospheric Research/NOAA\, Silver Spring\, MD. Dr. Poudel also worked as a postdoctoral fellow in University of Minnesota\, Duluth on ecosystem service of largest freshwater lakes on earth. His career interest is in natural resources policy with particular emphasis on environmental conservation\, boosting economy\, and national security. \n**Registration is not required** \n_____________________________________________________\nQuestions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu\nVisit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.
URL:https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/050521-rajendra-poudel/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20201209T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20201209T140000
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SUMMARY:12/09/20: Charles Menza
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Virtual Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:\nTime: 1:00-2:00 pm EST \nLocation: Virtual\nPresenter: Charles Menza\, (NOAA National Ocean Service\, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science\, Marine Spatial Ecology Division\, Biogeography Branch. Silver Spring\, MD)\nTitle: Characterizing benthic habitats using remotely-sensed bathymetry and reflectance in high-priority areas of the Great Lakes \nEvent Flyer \nWebinar Recording \nAbout the presentation: Remotely-sensed bathymetry and reflectance data are ideal for identifying and characterizing benthic habitats across the Great Lakes. They generally are collected over large swaths of area\, provide data at sufficient spatial resolution to discriminate among important features and substrates\, and are very accurate. An added bonus is that much of the nearshore zone of the Great Lakes already has remotely-sensed bathymetry and reflectance data. In this seminar I will present a collaborative effort by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science\, the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory to explore and characterize benthic habitats in Lakes Michigan and Huron. This effort includes collection and analysis of new multibeam bathymetry surveys\, interpretation of existing nearshore LiDAR surveys\, and ground-truthing from underwater videos at over 800 sites. When brought together these data provided digital maps characterizing the geomorphology\, substrate composition and biological cover across 150 square kilometers of lakebed. I will discuss key strategies important to starting similar mapping efforts and scaling up\, such as map prioritizations\, predictive habitat modeling\, and digital habitat map dissemination. \n \nAbout the speaker: Charles Menza is senior scientist at the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science in Silver Spring\, Maryland. Mr. Menza is a spatial ecologist focused on habitat mapping and modeling which supports spatial planning in the ocean and Great Lakes. For the past 7 years he has worked alongside the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries in the Great Lakes and has led several field missions to map underwater habitats. \n**Registration is not required** \n_____________________________________________________\nQuestions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu\nVisit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.
URL:https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/120920-charlie-menza/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:11/03/20: Jay Martin
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Virtual Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:\nTime: 1:00-2:00 pm EDT \nLocation: Virtual\nPresenter: Jay Martin\, Ohio State University\nTitle: Developing a Public-Private Partnership to Manage Elevated Phosphorus Fields For Agricultural Production and Water Quality \nEvent Flyer \nWebinar Recording \nAbout the presentation: We established a Private Public Partnership (PPP) to identify and manage agricultural fields in the Western Lake Erie Basin where large reductions in phosphorus are likely to be realized. Fields with high risk of phosphorus runoff were identified based on soil test phosphorus levels two times greater than agronomic recommendations. Phosphorus runoff from these fields cannot be managed by only in field practices because fertilizer application is not required for crop production. Therefore\, to further reduce phosphorus runoff from these sites requires the use of edge of field BMPs. Establishing a PPP allowed private partners to maintain proprietary data while assisting the public partners in identifying fields with high risk of phosphorus loss. The private partners\, farmers and their consultants\, best know their field characteristics and can facilitate field identification and the selection of conservation plans that are likely to be effective. Through collaboration with 4R Certification Program\, Nutrient Service Providers\, and farmers we are implementing and monitoring the impacts of conservation practices on 14 elevated phosphorus fields in the Maumee Watershed. Preliminary results from the project will describe the characteristics and runoff water quality from elevated phosphorus fields. The structure and results from this research demonstrate the value of collaborating with NSPs to identify legacy sources of nutients\, and the value of forming PPPs when proprietary information can limit the identication and accessibility of sites where environmental management practices can be most beneficial.\n \nAbout the speaker: Jay Martin is a professor of ecological engineering who analyzes and integrates human and natural systems. As a faculty member in the Department of Food\, Agricultural and Biological Engineering and a Faculty co-lead for the OSU Sustainability Institute\, he seeks to use natural systems to improve water quality and increase sustainability. His interdisciplinary research links field studies\, watershed models\, and socio-economic analyses with stakeholder groups to investigate connections between downstream water quality and management practices in upstream watersheds. \nCurrently\, Dr. Martin is leading a $5M USDA-NIFA project to establish a Public-Private Partnership with crop consultants and farmers\, to identify fields with elevated nutrient levels where management practices will be installed and monitored in an effort to reduce nutrient runoff. He is also leading an interdisciplinary research team to evaluate the impacts of a large green infrastructure project\, “Blueprint Columbus\,” on water\, communities\, ecosystems\, economics and public health within the City of Columbus. Outside of Ohio\, Dr. Martin’s other research has included Mayan agroecosystems in southern Mexico\, biodigesters in Costa Rica\, Andes wetlands in Colombia\, and the use of algae as a soil amendment by Oʻahu farmers in Hawaii. As of 2019\, he has published over 65 peer-reviewed articles\, successfully advised over 35 Graduate Students and Post Docs\, and been awarded more than $17M to support his research program. He is certified as a Senior Ecologist by the Ecological Society of America and a Professional Engineer in Ohio. \n**Registration is not required** \n_____________________________________________________\nQuestions? Contact Mary Ogdahl: ogdahlm@umich.edu\nVisit ciglr.seas.umich.edu for more information.
URL:https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/110320-jay-martin/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes Seminar Series
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