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Project Outcomes
A metadata catalog has been developed where USGS GLRI project teams will share metadata and maps for their project's data. As projects get to a point where they have data and metadata to be made public, they will become available from this catalog.
Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern
Info-Sheet
Info-Sheet- Determine Baseline and Sources of Toxic Contaminant Loadings (#78)
- Mercury cycling and bioaccumulation in the Great Lakes (#79)
- Birds as Indicators of Contaminant Exposure in the Great Lakes (#80)
- Great Lakes Legacy Act Support (#143)
- A series of projects focusing on toxicity studies for EPA (#147):
- Developing Toxicity Tests
- Evaluating conditions used to culture or conduct toxicity tests with the amphipod Hyalella azteca
- Generation of Chronic Toxicity Data for Sulfate
- Development and Demonstration of a Sediment Toxicity Test Method with Freshwater Mussels for Assessing Sediment Contaminants in the Great Lakes Basin and within North America
- Determination of the Sensitivity of Two Species of Amphibians to Toxicity From Nitrate, Nitrite and Ammonia
- Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Great Lakes Basin: Studies Evaluating Differing Modes of Action and Reproductive Effects with Freshwater Mussels
Invasive Species
Info-Sheet
Info-Sheet- Chemical Tools to Control Asian Carp and Zebra Mussels (#66)
- Innovative Phragmites Control Strategies (#67)
- Identify Pathways for Inter-basin Transfer of Invasive Species (#69)
Nearshore Health and Nonpoint Source Pollution
Info-Sheet
Info-Sheet- Forecast/Nowcast Great Lakes Nutrient and Sediment Loadings (#76)
- Enhance Great Lakes beach recreational water quality decision making (#77)
- Development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) (#134)
- Development of Watershed TMDLs in the Great Lakes Basin
- Data for Development of Watershed TMDLs in the Great Lakes Basin
- Building local capacity to address nonpoint source problems (#137)
Habitat and Wildlife Protection and Restoration
Info-Sheet
Info-Sheet- Fish Habitat Enhancement Strategies for the Huron-Erie Corridor (#70)
- New Strategies for Restoring Coastal Wetland Function (#71)
- Improving Strategies to Restore Aquatic Habitats and Species (#72)
- Avian Botulism in Distressed Great Lakes Environments (#73)
- Changes in Nutrient Transfer within Great Lakes Food Webs: Implications for Fish Production (#74)
Accountability, Education, Monitoring, Evaluation, Communication and Partnerships
Info-Sheet
Info-Sheet- Implementation of the Great Lakes Observing System (#59)
- Forecasting Potential Phragmites Coastal Invasion Corridors (#68)
- Forecasting Great Lakes Basin Responses to Future Change (#75)
- Watershed Modeling for Stream Ecosystem Management (#81)
- Building a Suite of Diagnostic Bio-indicators for Great Lakes Tributaries (#82)
- Geospatial Information for decision support in AOCs and ecosystems (#83)
- Compilation of USGS Data for the Great Lakes Basin (#84)
- Lakewide Management Plan Capacity Support by U.S. Geological Survey (#164)


