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Ohio Sea Grant College Program Ohio Sea Ohio Sea Grant & Stone Lab Subtitle Frank Lichtkoppler, Ohio Sea Grant Extension 27 June 2012 Ohio Sea Grant College Program Ohio Sea Grant Extension H How We Work W W k Partnership of


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Ohio Sea Ohio Sea Grant & Stone Lab

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Frank Lichtkoppler, Ohio Sea Grant Extension 27 June 2012

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Ohio Sea Grant Extension H W W k How We Work Partnership of Academia, Government, Government, and the Private Sector Combine Research, Education Education, and Outreach Teaching Focus on the Economy, y Environment, and Education

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Ohio Sea Grant Extension

Educators Obj i Objective Credible Scientific Information Brokers

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*Southernmost

Great Lake Great Lake *Most biologically productive *Shallowest

Lake Erie 2% of the water

*Shallowest *Warmest *Wide diversity of

2% of the water 50% of the fish

aquatic habitats *Wide diversity and abundance of abundance of naturally reproducing, native fish

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native fish stocks

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Lake Erie has Multiple Uses

Recreation, Conventions, Tourism , , Drinking Water Waste Disposal Power and Industry Power and Industry Commerce and Transportation

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Lake Erie Issues

Sedimentation & Dredging g g Nutrient Loading & Phosphorous Harmful Algal Bloom’s (HAB’s) Anoxic Zones Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Climate Change Coastal Community and Economic Development

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Photo: NOAA Satellite Image Photo: NOAA Satellite Image

Sedimentation

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Nutrients: Nitrogen Nutrients: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium N:P:K N:P:K

Stone Lab September 11, 2011

Photo: Jeff Reutter

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Harmful Algal Bloom’ s (HABs)

Blue-green Algae Bloom circa 1971, Lake Erie ><> Erie ><>

Photo: Forsythe and Reutter

Microcystis y Stone Lab <>< 8/10/2010

Photo: Reutter

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Lake Erie Cross Section

Image: Ohio Sea Grant Image: Ohio Sea Grant

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AIS = Aquatic Invasive Species

Zebra Mussel vs Quagga Mussel

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Now mostly have Quagga Mussels

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http://changingclimate osu edu/topics/climate/

Do scientists disagree on the causes of climate change?

http://changingclimate.osu.edu/topics/climate/

Of the 928 papers in scientific journals between 1993-2003 that listed “global climate change” in key words* …not one disagreed

  • r took the position that current climate

change is entirely natural (not caused by change is entirely natural (not caused by human activities).

  • N. Oreskes. 2004. The scientific consensus
  • n climate change. Science 306:1686.

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  • n climate change. Science 306:1686.
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Ohio Sea Grant College Program

Ohio Sea Grant E t i Extension Coastal Community and Economic Development Development

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Ohio Sea Grant College Program

Frank Lichtkoppler Frank Lichtkoppler Ohio Sea Grant Extension Lichtkoppler.1@osu.edu 99 East Erie Street Painesville, Ohio 44077 phone 440.350.2267 p

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