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Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife Restoration Act
Projects 1998-2006 (Continued)

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Final reports for completed projects can be downloaded by following the links provided below.

 

 

Evaluating current reproductive success of lake trout at the Port of Indiana breakwater*

University of Illinois- Urbana-Champaign

Illinois DNR

$115,800

$38,600

 

A modeling approach to understanding potential effects of Double-crested cormorants on simulated Great Lakes fish populations

Central Michigan University

Michigan DNR

  $16,144

$5,381

 

Lake Erie aquatic habitat geographic information system (GIS)*

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigan DNR

$114,000

$38,000

 

Mapping of habitat in tributary and nearshore waters of Lake Superior to facilitate development of quantifiable fish community objectives and lake sturgeon rehabilitation

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians (BRB)

BRB

$20,000

$21,976

 

Use of unmanned submersibles to study lake trout spawning on the Lake Michigan mid-lake reef

University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee

Wisconsin DNR

 $27,986

$12,602

 

Comparison of techniques for stock discrimination of Lake Erie walleye

Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Ohio DNR

$62,770

$65,790

 

Comparative bioenergetic modeling of lake whitefish populations in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario

Great Lakes Fishery Commission

New York DEC

$66,000

$76,000

 

A comparative study of growth rates, lipid dynamics and nutritional stress in Great Lakes chinook salmon populations

Michigan State University

New York DEC

$34,000

$305,000

 

Botulism type E in Lake Erie: ecology and lower food web transfer

State University of New York- Fredonia

New York DEC

$37,000

$43,851

 

Effects of barriers and fragmentation on riverine fish population ecology and genetics

Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Michigan DNR

$24,000

$119,100

 

Status of a refuge for native freshwater mussels from impacts of the exotic zebra mussel in the delta area of Lake St. Clair

Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Michigan DNR

$22,800

$18,120

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restoration of deepwater cisco in Lake Ontario

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

New York DEC

$8,000

$2,700

 

Effect of a thiamine deficiency on spawning migration of salmonids in the Great Lakes Basin and development of thiamine treatment protocols for eggs and adults

Department of Fisheries and Oceans-Canada
New York State DEC

New York DEC

$43,500

$92,000

 

Cesium 137 based estimates of gross energy conversion by siscowet, humper and lean lake trout in Lake Superior

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Minnesota DNR
Wisconsin DNR

Minnesota DNR

$11,000

$8,000

 

Analysis and modeling of the spatial and temporal dynamics of the Lake Erie walleye fishery

Cornell University
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

New York DEC

$64,000

$25,594

 

Thermal and depth distribution of lake trout in MI-4

Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)

GLIFWC

$55,800

$44,800

 

Little Silver Creek habitat proposal

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Natural Resources Department (KBNR)

KBNR

$20,000

$7,500

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Lake Huron aquatic habitat geographic information system (GIS)

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigan DNR

$92,800

$86,000

 

Genetic assessment of wild and hatchery contributions to steelhead recruitment and to harvests in open water Lake Michigan fisheries.

Michigan State University

Illinois DNR

$88,070

$31,930

 

Estimating survival rates of Lake Superior lake trout

North Carolina State University

Minnesota DNR

$35,900

$13,615

 

Development of a lake-wide acoustic monitoring program for Lake Superior pelagic fishes

U.S. Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center

Minnesota DNR

$16,033

$5,400

 

In situ determination of the depth and thermal habitat used by chinook salmon

U.S. Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center

Michigan DNR

$37,898

$25,000

 

Development of a lake-wide lake trout model for Lake Superior
Report 1
Report 2

University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point

CORA/
Minnesota DNR

$13,000

$4,400

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restoration of deepwater cisco in Lake Ontario

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

New York DEC

$37,590

$12,550

 

Development of a lake-wide lake trout model for Lake Superior
Report 1
Report 2

University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point

CORA/
Minnesota DNR

$4,500

$5,500

 

Development of an age-structured yellow-perch population model for Lake Michigan

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Illinois DNR

$58,499

$20,000

 

Environmental issues and the restoration of river and near shore habitats and dependant fish stocks in Eastern Lake Erie
Report 1
Report 2
Report 3

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

 

New York DEC

$97,500

$368,000

 

Lake Huron aquatic habitat geographic information system (GIS)

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigan DNR

$114,500

$121,000

 

Development of a management plan for lake sturgeon within the Great Lakes basin based on population genetic structure

University of California-Davis

 

Michigan DNR

$83,000

$28,000

 

Evaluation and population-based modeling of steelhead smolt production in the lower Cattaraugus Creek, New York

State University of New York- Fredonia

New York DEC

$15,430

$17,191

 

Development of a management plan for lake sturgeon within the Great Lakes basin based on population genetic structure

Michigan State University

Michigan DNR

$30,000

$10,250

 

Development of a lake-wide acoustic monitoring program for Lake Superior pelagic fishes

U.S. Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center

Minnesota DNR

$45,868

$15,300

1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development of a lake-wide lake trout model for Lake Superior
Report 1
Report 2

University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point

CORA/
Minnesota DNR

$31,000

$10,400

 

Questionnaire regarding fish community objectives for St. Lawrence River

New York State DEC

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Cornell University

New York DEC

$2,300

$5,500

 

Assessment of genetic population structure in yellow perch

University of Minnesota- Twin Cities

Illinois DNR

$30,000

$10,000

 

1998

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development of a lake-wide lake trout model for Lake Superior – Coordination phase
Report 1
Report 2

Chippewa / Ottawa Resources Authority (CORA)

CORA/
Minnesota DNR

$4,500

$18,000

 

Assessment of genetic population structure in yellow perch

University of Minnesota- Twin Cities

Illinois DNR

$30,000

$25,000

 

Eastern Lake Ontario food web studies

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

New York DEC

$27,300

$9,100

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