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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 Academia, Government, Government, and the Private Sector Combine Research, Education Education, and Outreach Teaching Focus on the Economy, y Environment, and Education

Ohio Sea Grant College Program Ohio Sea Grant Extension Educators Obj Objective i Credible Scientific Information Brokers

Ohio Sea Grant College Program * Southernmost Great Lake Great Lake Lake Erie *Most biologically productive 2% of the water 2% of the water *Shallowest *Shallowest *Warmest 50% of the fish *Wide diversity of aquatic habitats *Wide diversity and abundance of abundance of naturally reproducing, native fish native fish 4 stocks

Ohio Sea Grant College Program Lake Erie has Multiple Uses Recreation, Conventions, Tourism , , Drinking Water Waste Disposal Power and Industry Power and Industry Commerce and Transportation 5

Ohio Sea Grant College Program 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 6

Ohio Sea Grant College Program Sedimentation 7 Photo: NOAA Satellite Image Photo: NOAA Satellite Image

Ohio Sea Grant College Program Nutrients: Nitrogen Nutrients: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium N:P:K N:P:K Stone Lab September 11, 2011 Photo: Jeff Reutter

Ohio Sea Grant College Program 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

Ohio Sea Grant College Program Lake Erie Cross Section Image: Ohio Sea Grant Image: Ohio Sea Grant

Ohio Sea Grant College Program AIS = Aquatic Invasive Species Zebra Mussel vs Quagga Mussel Now mostly have Quagga Mussels 11

Ohio Sea Grant College Program http://changingclimate osu edu/topics/climate / http://changingclimate.osu.edu/topics/climate / Do scientists disagree on the causes of climate change? Of the 928 papers in scientific journals between 1993-2003 that listed “global climate change” in key words* …not one disagreed or 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 on climate change. Science 306:1686 . on climate change. Science 306:1686 . 12

Ohio Sea Grant College Program Ohio Sea Grant E t Extension i Coastal Community and Economic Development Development 13

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  14