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Acronym: Laurentian Great Lakes Ecosystem Studies
URL: Program Web Site
Start date: 1998
End date: 2013
Geolocation: Laurentian Great Lakes with an emphasis on Lake Superior

Description:

A series of studies concerned with the chemistry and biology of the Laurentian Great Lakes, with an emphasis on Lake Superior.  These different studies share a focus on the dynamics of organic pools of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, and the stoichiometric linkages among these elements. At different times, work also has focused on trace metal dynamics and interactions with biota, the rates of primary production and herbivory, rates and patterns of primary productivity, and the century-long, steady trend of increasing nitrate in Earth's largest lake by area.  Microbial populations have been investigated and linked to these chemical properties.

Dates: 1998 - 2013
Funding: NSF/OCE and Minnesota Sea Grant

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