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View article: Ten‐Year Hindcast Assessment of an Improved Probabilistic Forecast System for Cyanotoxin (Microcystins) Risk Level in Lake Erie
Ten‐Year Hindcast Assessment of an Improved Probabilistic Forecast System for Cyanotoxin (Microcystins) Risk Level in Lake Erie Open
Toxic harmful algal blooms produce public health hazards in freshwater systems around the world. There is a need for forecast systems that can mitigate risk of public exposure to toxins. We improved an approach to predict the spatially and…
View article: The Great Lakes Winter Grab: Limnological data from a multi‐institutional winter sampling campaign on the Laurentian Great Lakes
The Great Lakes Winter Grab: Limnological data from a multi‐institutional winter sampling campaign on the Laurentian Great Lakes Open
Interest in winter limnology is growing rapidly, but progress is hindered by a shortage of standardized multivariate datasets on winter conditions. Addressing the winter data gap will enhance our understanding of winter ecosystem function …
View article: Diel metatranscriptomes capture cyanobacteria-dominated Lake Erie community response to episodic events
Diel metatranscriptomes capture cyanobacteria-dominated Lake Erie community response to episodic events Open
Here, we report on the raw and coassembled metatranscriptomes of 39 Lake Erie surface (1.0 m) water samples collected over a 2-day diel period encompassing episodic weather and bloom events. Preliminary taxonomic annotations and read mappi…
View article: Modeling attenuation of photosynthetically active radiation across the optical gradient in the Laurentian Great Lakes with application to Lake Erie
Modeling attenuation of photosynthetically active radiation across the optical gradient in the Laurentian Great Lakes with application to Lake Erie Open
Representation of subsurface photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) in biophysical models of the Laurentian Great Lakes (LGL) is imperative to their utility as tools for research and management. Here we consolidated measured vertical pr…
View article: Variation in resource competition traits among <i>Microcystis</i> strains is affected by their microbiomes
Variation in resource competition traits among <i>Microcystis</i> strains is affected by their microbiomes Open
Freshwater harmful algal blooms are often dominated by Microcystis , a phylogenetically cohesive group of cyanobacteria marked by extensive genetic and physiological diversity. We have previously shown that this genetic diversity and the p…
View article: Routine monitoring of western Lake Erie to track water quality changes associated with cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms
Routine monitoring of western Lake Erie to track water quality changes associated with cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms Open
The western basin of Lake Erie has a history of recurrent cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) despite decades of efforts by the United States and Canada to limit phosphorus loading, a major driver of the blooms. In response, the Nat…
View article: The influence of extreme water levels on coastal wetland extent across the Laurentian Great Lakes
The influence of extreme water levels on coastal wetland extent across the Laurentian Great Lakes Open
Laurentian Great Lakes coastal wetlands (GLCW) are ecological hotspots and their integrity depends upon dynamic hydrologic regimes of the Great Lakes. GLCW naturally adjust to changes in hydrologic regimes via migration, but Great Lakes wa…
View article: Comment on essd-2023-62
Comment on essd-2023-62 Open
Abstract. The western basin of Lake Erie has a history of recurrent cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) despite decades of efforts by the United States and Canada to limit nutrient loading, a major driver of the blo…
View article: Comment on essd-2023-62
Comment on essd-2023-62 Open
Abstract. The western basin of Lake Erie has a history of recurrent cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) despite decades of efforts by the United States and Canada to limit nutrient loading, a major driver of the blo…
View article: Routine monitoring of western Lake Erie to track water quality changes associated with cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms
Routine monitoring of western Lake Erie to track water quality changes associated with cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms Open
The western basin of Lake Erie has a history of recurrent cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) despite decades of efforts by the United States and Canada to limit nutrient loading, a major driver of the blooms. In response, the Natio…
View article: Supplementary material to "Routine monitoring of western Lake Erie to track water quality changes associated with cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms"
Supplementary material to "Routine monitoring of western Lake Erie to track water quality changes associated with cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms" Open
View article: Nutrient management in Lake Erie: Evaluating stakeholder values, attitudes, and policy preferences
Nutrient management in Lake Erie: Evaluating stakeholder values, attitudes, and policy preferences Open
View article: The Influence of Extreme Water Levels on Coastal Wetland Extent Across the Laurentian Great Lakes
The Influence of Extreme Water Levels on Coastal Wetland Extent Across the Laurentian Great Lakes Open
View article: Lake Erie’s seasonal dissolved oxygen problem: State of the science and approaches to best inform future understanding
Lake Erie’s seasonal dissolved oxygen problem: State of the science and approaches to best inform future understanding Open
In October 2021 the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) convened a virtual summit to address hypoxia in the central basin of Lake Erie. Forty-one attendees (Appendix I) representing US and Canadian federal, state and pro…
View article: Volunteer science data show degraded water quality disproportionately burdens areas of high poverty
Volunteer science data show degraded water quality disproportionately burdens areas of high poverty Open
Anthropogenic activity degrades stream water quality, especially in urban areas. Quantified connections between pollution sources, degree of water quality degradation, and the disproportionate impact of degradation on underserved communiti…
View article: Spatially referenced Bayesian state-space model of total phosphorus in western Lake Erie
Spatially referenced Bayesian state-space model of total phosphorus in western Lake Erie Open
Collecting water quality data across large lakes is often done under regulatory mandate; however, it is difficult to connect nutrient concentration observations to sources of those nutrients and to quantify this relationship. This difficul…
View article: Accelerated sediment phosphorus release in Lake Erie's central basin during seasonal anoxia
Accelerated sediment phosphorus release in Lake Erie's central basin during seasonal anoxia Open
Eutrophication remains a serious threat to Lake Erie and has accelerated over past decades due to human activity in the watershed. Internal phosphorus (P) loading from lake sediment contributes to eutrophication, but our understanding of t…
View article: Spatially Referenced Bayesian State-Space Model of Total Phosphorus in western Lake Erie
Spatially Referenced Bayesian State-Space Model of Total Phosphorus in western Lake Erie Open
Collecting water quality data across large lakes is often done under regulatory mandate, however it is difficult to connect nutrient concentration observations to sources of those nutrients and to quantify this relationship. This difficult…
View article: The genetic and ecophysiological diversity of <i>Microcystis</i>
The genetic and ecophysiological diversity of <i>Microcystis</i> Open
Summary Microcystis is a cyanobacterium that forms toxic blooms in freshwater ecosystems around the world. Biological variation among taxa within the genus is apparent through genetic and phenotypic differences between strains and via the …
View article: Continuous <i>In Situ</i> Nutrient Analyzers Pinpoint the Onset and Rate of Internal P Loading under Anoxia in Lake Erie’s Central Basin
Continuous <i>In Situ</i> Nutrient Analyzers Pinpoint the Onset and Rate of Internal P Loading under Anoxia in Lake Erie’s Central Basin Open
Lake Erie ’s central basin experiences seasonal anoxia, contributing to internal sediment phosphorus (P) loadingand exacerbating eutrophication. The precise conditions requiredfor internal loading are poorly understood. This study constrai…
View article: Biotic and Abiotic Mechanisms of Manganese (II) Oxidation in Lake Erie
Biotic and Abiotic Mechanisms of Manganese (II) Oxidation in Lake Erie Open
Manganese (Mn), an element sensitive to redox conditions in aquatic environments, plays a role in numerous biogeochemical cycles. Although the speciation of Mn in lakes largely tracks the availability of dissolved oxygen, direct oxidation …
View article: An Empiricist’s Guide to Modern Coexistence Theory for Competitive Communities
An Empiricist’s Guide to Modern Coexistence Theory for Competitive Communities Open
While most ecological theories have historically invoked niche differences as the primary mechanism allowing species coexistence, we now know that species coexistence in competitive communities actually depends on the balance of two opposi…
View article: Biodiversity improves the ecological design of sustainable biofuel systems
Biodiversity improves the ecological design of sustainable biofuel systems Open
For algal biofuels to become a commercially viable and sustainable means of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, growers are going to need to design feedstocks that achieve at least three characteristics simultaneously as follows: attain h…
View article: What intrinsic and extrinsic factors explain the stoichiometric diversity of aquatic heterotrophic bacteria?
What intrinsic and extrinsic factors explain the stoichiometric diversity of aquatic heterotrophic bacteria? Open
The elemental content of microbial communities is dependent upon the physiology of constituent populations, yet ecological stoichiometry has made slow progress toward identifying predictors of how species and strains change the elemental c…
View article: The Effects of Nutrient Imbalances and Temperature on the Biomass Stoichiometry of Freshwater Bacteria
The Effects of Nutrient Imbalances and Temperature on the Biomass Stoichiometry of Freshwater Bacteria Open
Two contemporary effects of humans on aquatic ecosystems are increasing temperatures and increasing nutrient concentrations from fertilizers. The response of organisms to these perturbations has important implications for ecosystem process…
View article: Ecological Stoichiometry beyond Redfield: An Ionomic Perspective on Elemental Homeostasis
Ecological Stoichiometry beyond Redfield: An Ionomic Perspective on Elemental Homeostasis Open
Elemental homeostasis has been largely characterized using three important elements that were part of the Redfield ratio (i.e., carbon: nitrogen: phosphorus). These efforts have revealed substantial diversity in homeostasis among taxonomic…
View article: Growth rate and resource imbalance interactively control biomass stoichiometry and elemental quotas of aquatic bacteria
Growth rate and resource imbalance interactively control biomass stoichiometry and elemental quotas of aquatic bacteria Open
The effects of resource stoichiometry and growth rate on the elemental composition of biomass have been examined in a wide variety of organisms, but the interaction among these effects is often overlooked. To determine how growth rate and …
View article: Aquatic heterotrophic bacteria have highly flexible phosphorus content and biomass stoichiometry
Aquatic heterotrophic bacteria have highly flexible phosphorus content and biomass stoichiometry Open
Bacteria are central to the cycling of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in every ecosystem, yet our understanding of how tightly these cycles are coupled to bacterial biomass composition is based upon data from only a few specie…
View article: Stoichiometric flexibility in diverse aquatic heterotrophic bacteria is coupled to differences in cellular phosphorus quotas
Stoichiometric flexibility in diverse aquatic heterotrophic bacteria is coupled to differences in cellular phosphorus quotas Open
It is frequently presumed that heterotrophic bacteria from aquatic environments have low carbon (C) content, high phosphorus (P) content, and maintain homeostasis at low C:P in their biomass. Dissolved and particulate organic matter from p…