Researchers at Buffalo State University are studying water and weather at the deeper and less algae-prone eastern basin of Lake Erie near Dunkirk, New York.
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Eastern Lake Erie Dynamics
Buffalo State University
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Expanding Algal Bloom Monitoring Network
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Scientists have added four new platforms to the network of monitoring buoys that has taken shape since the Toledo crisis. Three of these were launched in the summer of 2015 near Maumee Bay and at other points off the shore of Michigan.
New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site Dredging
Battelle
New Bedford Harbor is fed by the Acushnet River from the north and drains into the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Its steady flow is one of the reasons so many industrial plants set up shop along the harbor in the early 1900s.
Lake Lacawac Profiling Platform
Miami University
One of the new research projects at the Lacawac Sanctuary and Biological Field Station is a custom auto-profiling platform developed by scientists at Miami University with the help of NexSens Technology.
Managing Plant Discharge Temperatures
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
To monitor the reservoir’s water conditions in real time, managers at the plant have deployed a data buoy. The buoy is equipped with temperature sensors and telemetry to let engineers know when conditions change so that they can adjust plant operations accordingly.
Tracking Lake Erie Hypoxia
LimnoTech
Conditions in the middle of a great lake are hard to predict. Wave actions can vary and weather can change in a flash. For those reasons, engineers with LimnoTech chose a NexSens CB-450 Data Buoy for the project.
Sandusky Bay Algal Bloom Buoy
Bowling Green State University
With Lake Erie’s algal bloom problem persisting in its western basin, state officials and researchers are working to expand monitoring capabilities there. Many of those are supported by networks of buoys that collect readings from advanced sensors measuring water quality.
Maumee Bay Algae Monitoring
University of Toledo
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Great Lakes Buoy Networks
University of Wisconsin
There are many different networks out there, which are largely supported by government agencies and universities. Maintaining these networks, including servicing old buoys or launching new ones, is a big and important job.