Week Three: July 8- July 12

Wednesday ( July 10): Biological Aspects

Instruction on Plankton Density Examine All preserved plankton samples have been concentrated to 35ml samples Use clean dropper and put 1 drop on slide, count one field of view, recording plankton types and getting a top 3 list by number Each person counts once from each sample. So every sample has 5 counts. Average types and get for the class for each sample. Plankton references L. St. Claris- Handbook, p.274-280 (note algae succession) Lake Erie Rehabilitated, p.57-63. Great  Lake Erie, Chapter 4, Recovering from Phosphorus

Lab: Biotic Interaction Lab: Converting Landsat-7 thermo band digital value to temperature

More references Exotic species in the Great Lakes: http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/noframe/x185.htm Exotic Species and Their Effects on the Great Lakes: http://www.great-lakes.org/exotics.html Harmful Non-native Species: Issues for Congress: http://www.cnie.org/NLE/NCSEprograms/HotTopics.cfm?issue=http://www.csa.com/hottopics/ern/99nov/overview.html Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species: http://www.glc.org/ans/96rpt.html Dispersal of Exotic Species in the Great Lakes: Crayfish as a Model System for Benthic Species http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/il-in-sg/research/br/brr11.htm Three Research papers on Exotic Species in the Great Lakes: http://wings.buffalo.edu/glp/perspectives/glrr9704.html#depinto

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