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Submissions from 2024

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Evaluation of ICESat-2 Significant Wave Height Data with Buoy Observations in the Great Lakes and Application in Examination of Wave Model Predictions, Linfeng Li, Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome, Russ Miller, Dan Titze, and Hayden Henderson

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Maximum likelihood outperforms binning methods for detecting differences in abundance size spectra across environmental gradients, Justin Pomeranz, James R. Junker, Vojsava Gjoni, and Jeff S. Wesner

Works from 2023

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Impacts of Nutrients on Alkene Biodegradation Rates and Microbial Community Composition in Enriched Consortia from Natural Inocula, Emily Byrne, Simeon Schum, Laura Schaerer, and Stephen M. Techtmann

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Mechanical Properties and Morphological Alterations in Fiber-Based Scaffolds Affecting Tissue Engineering Outcomes, James Dolgin, Samerender Nagam Hanumantharao, Stephen Farias, Carl G. Simon, and Smitha Rao

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Fish avoidance of ships during acoustic surveys tested with quiet uncrewed surface vessels, Thomas M. Evans, Lars G. Rudstam, Suresh A. Sethi, David M. Warner, S. Dale Hanson, Benjamin Turschak, Steven A. Farha, Andrew Barnard, Daniel L. Yule, Mark R. DuFour, Timothy P. O'Brien, Kevin N. McDonnell, James M. Watkins, Scott R. Koproski, Susan E. Wells, Patricia M. Dieter, Erik Kocher, James J. Roberts, Steven A. Senczyszyn, and Peter C. Esselman

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Restoring human and more-than-human relations in toxic riskscapes: “in perpetuity” within Lake Superior’s Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Sand Point, Valoree Gagnon and Evelyn H. Ravindran

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Pacific salmon as vectors of environmental contaminants: An experimental test confirms synoptic surveys in natural streams, Brandon S. Gerig, Dominic T. Chaloner, Richard R. Rediske, Gordon Paterson, and Gary A. Lamberti

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Reconstructing 42 Years (1979–2020) of Great Lakes Surface Temperature through a Deep Learning Approach, Miraj Kayastha, Tao Liu, Daniel Titze, Timothy C. Havens, Chenfu Huang, and Pengfei Xue

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Can biodiversity of preexisting and created salt marshes match across scales? An assessment from microbes to predators, Friedrich W. Keppeler, James R. Junker, Margaret J. Shaw, Scott B. Alford, Annette S. Engel, Linda M. Hooper-Bùi, Olaf P. Jensen, Katelyn Lamb, Paola C. López-Duarte, Charles W. Martin, Ashley M. McDonald, Jill A. Olin, Audrey T. Paterson, Michael J. Polito, Nancy N. Rabalais, Brian J. Roberts, Ryann E. Rossi, and Erick M. Swenson

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Coastal Environments: Mine Discharges and Infringements on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Charles Kerfoot, Gary Swain, Luis M. Verissimo, Erin Johnston, Carol MacLennan, Daniel Schneider, and Noel Urban

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GLORIA - A globally representative hyperspectral in situ dataset for optical sensing of water quality, Moritz K. Lehmann, Daniela Gurlin, Nima Pahlevan, Krista Alikas, Janet Anstee, Sundarabalan V. Balasubramanian, Cláudio C.F. Barbosa, Caren Binding, Astrid Bracher, Mariano Bresciani, Ashley Burtner, Zhigang Cao, Arnold G. Dekker, Courtney Di Vittorio, Nathan Drayson, Reagan M. Errera, Virginia Fernandez, Dariusz Ficek, Cédric G. Fichot, Peter Gege, Claudia Giardino, Anatoly A. Gitelson, Steven R. Greb, Hayden Henderson, Hiroto Higa, Abolfazl Irani Rahaghi, Cédric Jamet, Dalin Jiang, Thomas Jordan, Kersti Kangro, and Jeremy A. Kravitz

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Erratum: Author Correction: GLORIA - A globally representative hyperspectral in situ dataset for optical sensing of water quality (Scientific data (2023) 10 1 (100)), Moritz K. Lehmann, Daniela Gurlin, Nima Pahlevan, Krista Alikas, Ted Conroy, Janet Anstee, Sundarabalan V. Balasubramanian, Cláudio C.F. Barbosa, Caren Binding, Astrid Bracher, Mariano Bresciani, Ashley Burtner, Zhigang Cao, Arnold G. Dekker, Courtney Di Vittorio, Nathan Drayson, Reagan M. Errera, Virginia Fernandez, Dariusz Ficek, Cédric G. Fichot, Peter Gege, Claudia Giardino, Anatoly A. Gitelson, Steven R. Greb, Hayden Henderson, Hiroto Higa, Abolfazl Irani Rahaghi, Cédric Jamet, Dalin Jiang, Thomas Jordan, and Kersti Kangro

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A comparison of stable isotopes and polychlorinated biphenyls among genetic strains of Lake Ontario lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), Nicole E. Saavedra, N. Roxanna Razavi, Donald J. Stewart, Brian F. Lantry, and Gordon Paterson

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Trace element, rare earth element and trace carbon compounds in Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica, Clara Turetta, Elena Barbaro, Mark L. Skidmore, Andrea Gambaro, Alexander B. Michaud, Andrew C. Mitchell, Trista J. Vick-Majors, John C. Priscu, and Carlo Barbante

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Constraints on the Timing and Extent of Deglacial Grounding Line Retreat in West Antarctica, Ryan A. Venturelli, Brenna Boehman, Christina Davis, Jon R. Hawkings, Sarah E. Johnston, Chloe D. Gustafson, Alexander B. Michaud, Cyrille Mosbeux, Matthew R. Siegfried, Trista J. Vick-Majors, Valier Galy, Robert G.M. Spencer, Sophie Warny, Brent C. Christner, Helen A. Fricker, David M. Harwood, Amy Leventer, John C. Priscu, and Brad E. Rosenheim

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Finding the variables that react: Relationships between ability beliefs and student achievement in an inquiry-based introductory chemistry laboratory course, Lindsay B. Wheeler and Amanda L. Gonczi

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The impact of snow losses on solar photovoltaic systems in North America in the future, Ryan A. Williams, Daniel J. Lizzadro-McPherson, and Joshua M. Pearce

Works from 2022

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Building a research network to better understand climate governance in the Great Lakes, Ryan D. Bergstrom, Lucinda B. Johnson, Robert W. Sterner, George S. Bullerjahn, Josh T. Fergen, John Lenters, Patricia E. Norris, and Alan D. Steinman

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Pyrolysis-Aided Microbial Biodegradation of High-Density Polyethylene Plastic by Environmental Inocula Enrichment Cultures, Emma Byrne, Laura G. Schaerer, Daniel G. Kulas, Sharath Kumar Ankathi, Lindsay I. Putman, Kierstyn R. Codere, Simeon Schum, David Shonnard, and Stephen Techtmann

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Temporal variation of bacterial community and nutrients in Tibetan glacier snowpack, Yuying Chen, Keshao Liu, Yongqin Liu, Trista J. Vick‐Majors, Feng Wang, and Mukan Ji

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Temporal variation of bacterial community and nutrients in Tibetan glacier snowpack, Yuying Chen, Keshao Liu, Yongqin Liu, Trista J. Vick‐Majors, Feng Wang, and Mukan Ji

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Updated census in the Laurentian Great Lakes Watershed: A framework for determining the relationship between the population and this aquatic resource, Joshua T. Fergen, Ryan D. Bergstrom, Michael R. Twiss, Lucinda Johnson, Alan Steinman, and Valoree Gagnon

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Future rise of the Great Lakes water levels under climate change, Miraj Kayastha, Xinyu Ye, Chenfu Huang, and Pengfei Xue

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Seasons of research with/by/as the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Emily L. Shaw, Valoree Gagnon, and Evelyn Ravindran

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Bulk and amino acid nitrogen isotopes suggest shifting nitrogen balance of pregnant sharks across gestation, Oliver N. Shipley, Jill A. Olin, John P. Whiteman, Dana M. Bethea, and Seth D. Newsome

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In-vitro cell culture model to determine toxic effects of soil Arsenic due to direct dermal exposure, Manas Warke, Madeline English, Laura De Marchi, Rohan Deep Sarkar, Srinivas Kannan, Rupali Datta, and Smitha Rao

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Integrating Deep Learning and Hydrodynamic Modeling to Improve the Great Lakes Forecast, Pengfei Xue, Aditya Wagh, Gangfeng Ma, Yilin Wang, Yongchao Yang, Tao Liu, and Chenfu Huang

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Climate projections over the Great Lakes Region: using two-way coupling of a regional climate model with a 3-D lake model, Pengfei Xue, Xinyu Ye, Jeremy S. Pal, Philip Y. Chu, Miraj Kayastha, and Chenfu Huang

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Climate projections over the Great Lakes Region: using two-way coupling of a regional climate model with a 3-D lake model, Pengfei Xue, Xinyu Ye, Jeremy S. Pal, Philip Y. Chu, Miraj Kayastha, and Chenfu Huang

Works from 2021

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Prioritizing land and life in the Great Lakes region, Valoree Gagnon

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Program Evaluation A Report for Debweyendan ("believe in it") Indigenous Gardens (DIGs) Promoting Intergenerational Learning and Access to Healthy Foods and Medicines, V. S. Gagnon and Kelly B. Kamm

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Osmolyte enhanced aqueous two-phase system for virus purification, Pratik U. Joshi, Dylan G. Turpeinen, Michael Schroeder, Bianca Jones, Audrey Lyons, Seth Kriz, Maryam Khaksari, David O'Hagan, Savita Nikam, and Caryn L. Heldt

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Body size, trophic position, and the coupling of different energy pathways across a saltmarsh landscape, Friedrich W. Keppeler, Jill A. Olin, Paola C. López-Duarte, Michael J. Polito, Linda M. Hooper-Bùi, Sabrina S. Taylor, Nancy N. Rabalais, F. Joel Fodrie, Brian J. Roberts, R. Eugene Turner, Charles W. Martin, and Olaf P. Jensen

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Thinking big and thinking small: A conceptual framework for best practices in community and stakeholder engagement in food, energy, and water systems, Andrew Kliskey, Paula Williams, David L. Griffith, Virginia H. Dale, Chelsea Schelly, Anna Maria Marshall, Valoree Gagnon, Weston M. Eaton, and Kristin Floress

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Guidance Document on Traditional Ecological Knowledge Pursuant to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, Jessica Koski, Jen Vanator, Melonee Montano, Jennifer Ballinger, Valoree Gagnon, Jessica Lackey, and et. al.

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Snowfall in the northern great lakes: Lessons learned from a multisensor observatory, Mark S. Kulie, Claire Pettersen, Aronne J. Merrelli, Timothy J. Wagner, Norman B. Wood, Michael Dutter, David Beachler, Todd Kluber, Robin Turner, Marian Mateling, John Lenters, Peter Blanken, Maximilian Maahn, Christopher Spence, Stefan Kneifel, Paul A. Kucera, Ali Tokay, Larry F. Bliven, David B. Wolff, and Walter A. Petersen

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Schools as vectors of infectious disease transmission during the 1918 influenza pandemic, Don Lafreniere, Timothy Stone, Rose Hildebrandt, Richard C. Sadler, Michael Madison, Daniel Trepal, Gary Spikberg, and James Juip

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Stable isotope analyses identify trophic niche partitioning between sympatric terrestrial vertebrates in coastal saltmarshes with differing oiling histories, Sydney Moyo, Hayat Bennadji, Danielle Laguaite, Anna A. Pérez-Umphrey, Allison M. Snider, Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, Jill A. Olin, Philip C. Stouffer, Sabrina S. Taylor, Paola C. López-Duarte, Brian J. Roberts, Linda Hooper-Bui, and Michael J. Polito

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Cold Season Performance of the NU-WRF Regional Climate Model in the Great Lakes Region, Michael Notaro, Yafang Zhong, Pengfei Xue, Christa Peters-Lidard, Carlos Cruz, Eric Kemp, Chenfu Huang, and et. al.

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The Changing Face of Winter: Lessons and Questions From the Laurentian Great Lakes, Ted Ozersky, Andrew J. Bramburger, Ashley K. Elgin, Henry A. Vanderploeg, Jia Wang, Jay A. Austin, Guy Meadows, and et. al.

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Individual size distributions across North American streams vary with local temperature, Justin P. Pomeranz, James R. Junker, and Jeff S. Wesner

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Regional variation in mercury bioaccumulation among NW Atlantic Golden (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) and Blueline (Caulolatilus microps) Tilefish, Hunter Roose, Gordon Paterson, Michael G. Frisk, Robert M. Cerrato, Paul Nitschke, and Jill A. Olin

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Evolution of realized Eltonian niches across Rajidae species, Oliver N. Shipley, Joseph B. Kelly, Joseph J. Bizzarro, Jill A. Olin, Robert M. Cerrato, Michael Power, and Michael G. Frisk

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Telemetry-validated nitrogen stable isotope clocks identify ocean-to-estuarine habitat shifts in mobile organisms, Oliver N. Shipley, Alisa L. Newton, Michael G. Frisk, Gregory A. Henkes, Jake S. LaBelle, Merry D. Camhi, Michael W. Hyatt, Hans Walters, and Jill A. Olin

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A framework for transdisciplinary radiocarbon research: Use of natural-level and elevated-level 14c in antarctic field research, Ryan A. Venturelli, Trista J. Vick‐Majors, Billy Collins, Alan Gagnon, Kathy Kasic, Mark D. Kurz, Wei Li, John Priscu, Mark Roberts, and Brad E. Rosenheim

Works from 2020

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The energy crises revealed by COVID: Intersections of Indigeneity, inequity, and health, Kathleen Brosemer, Chelsea Schelly, Valoree Gagnon, Kristin L. Arola, Joshua M. Pearce, Douglas Bessette, and Laura Schmitt Olabisi

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Decadal-scale changes in the seasonal surface water balance of the Central United States from 1984 to 2007, Bo Dong, John D. Lenters, Qi Hu, Christopher J. Kucharik, Tiejun Wang, Mehmet E. Soylu, and Phillip M. Mykleby

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Since Time Immemorial, Valoree Gagnon, Bizhikiins Dylan Jennings, Michael Waasegiizhig Price, and Evelyn H. Ravindran

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Debweyendan ("Believe in It") Indigenous Garden (DIGs) Story Map, V. S. Gagnon, Karena Schmidt, Racheal Pressley, Erika Vye, Evelyn H. Ravindran, and Kelly Kamm

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A Portfolio for Community Workshops, V. S. Gagnon, Karena Schmidt, Racheal Pressley, Erika Vye, Evelyn Ravindran, and Kelly Kamm

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Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: Rapid degradation of the world's large lakes, Jean Philippe Jenny, Orlane Anneville, Fabien Arnaud, Yoann Baulaz, Damien Bouffard, Isabelle Domaizon, Serghei A. Bocaniov, Nathalie Chèvre, Maria Dittrich, Jean Marcel Dorioz, Erin S. Dunlop, Gaël Dur, Jean Guillard, Thibault Guinaldo, Stéphan Jacquet, Aurélien Jamoneau, Zobia Jawed, Erik Jeppesen, Gail Krantzberg, John Lenters, Barbara Leoni, Michel Meybeck, Nava, Tiina Nõges, Peeter Nõges, Martina Patelli, Victoria Pebbles, Marie-Elodie Perga, Serena Rasconia, Carl R. Ruetz III, Lars Rudstam, Nico Salmaso, Sharma Sapna, Dietmar Straile, Olga Tammeorg, Michael R. Twiss, Donald G. Uzarski, Anne-Mari Ventelä, Warwick F. Vincent, Steven W. Wilhelm, Sten-Åke Wängberg, and Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer

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Copper-rich “Halo” off Lake Superior's Keweenaw Peninsula and how Mass Mill tailings dispersed onto tribal lands, W. Charles Kerfoot, Noel Urban, Jaebong Jeong, Carol MacLennan, and Sophia Ford

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Walleye Ogaawag Spearing in the Portage Waterway, Michigan: Integrating Mixed Methodology for Insight on an Important Tribal Fishery, Andrew T. Kozich, Valoree Gagnon, Gene Mensch, Sophia Michels, and Nicholas Gehring

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The canopy effect in filamentous algae: Improved modeling of Cladophora growth via a mechanistic representation of self-shading, Anika Kuczynski, Ankita Bakshi, Martin Auer, and Steven C. Chapra

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Seaworthiness through intelligent trajectory control, Okey Nwogu, Guy Meadows, Robert Shuchman, Joseph W. Burns, Eddy Trinklein, and Gordon Parker

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Separation of realized ecological niche axes among sympatric tilefishes provides insight into potential drivers of co-occurrence in the NW Atlantic, Jill A. Olin, Oliver N. Shipley, Robert M. Cerrato, Paul Nitschke, Cédric Magen, and Michael G. Frisk

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Energy policy for energy sovereignty: Can policy tools enhance energy sovereignty?, Chelsea Schelly, Douglas Bessette, Kathleen Brosemer, Valoree Gagnon, Kristin L. Arola, Andrew Fiss, Joshua M. Pearce, and Kathleen E. Halvorsen

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Spatial contrasts in hepatic and biliary PAHs in Tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) throughout the Gulf of Mexico, with comparison to the Northwest Atlantic, Susan M. Snyder, Jill A. Olin, Erin L. Pulster, and Steven A. Murawski

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Global lake responses to climate change, R. Iestyn Woolway, Benjamin M. Kraemer, John Lenters, Christopher J. Merchant, Catherine M. O’Reilly, and Sapna Sharma

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Improved thermal structure simulation and optimized sampling strategy for Lake Erie using a data assimilative model, Xinyu Ye, Philip Chu, Eric Anderson, Chenfu Huang, Gregory Lang, and Pengfei Xue

Works from 2019

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A multi‐biomarker approach supports the use of compound‐ specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids to quantify basal carbon source use in a salt marsh consumer, Jessica J. Johnson, Jill A. Olin, and Michael J. Polito

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Lidar (light detection and ranging) and benthic invertebrate investigations: Migrating tailings threaten Buffalo Reef in Lake Superior, Charlie Kerfoot, Martin M. Hobmeier, Robert Regis, Varsha K. Raman, Colin Brooks, Robert Shuchman, Michael Sayers, Foad Yousef, and Molly Reif

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Climate Change Perspectives and Policy Support in a Great Lakes Anishinaabe Community, Andrew T. Kozich, Valoree Gagnon, Gerald P. Jondreau, Erin E. Johnston, Trey A. Loonsfoot, and Max L. Rivas

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Public participatory historical GIS, Don Lafreniere, Luke Weidner, Daniel Trepal, Sarah Fayen Scarlett, John D. M. Arnold, Robert Pastel, and Ryan Williams

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Closing nuclear plants with increase climate risks, Nancy Langston

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Will woodland caribou survive in the Lake Superior basin?, Nancy Langston

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Using simple, decision-centered, scenario-based planning to improve local coastal management, Richard K. Norton, Stephen Buckman, Guy Meadows, and Zachary Rable

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Evidence for ecosystem changes within a temperate lagoon following a hurricane-induced barrier island breach, Jill A. Olin, Robert M. Cerrato, Janet A. Nye, Skyler R. Sagarese, Matthew Sclafani, Joshua P. Zacharias, and Michael G. Frisk

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Out of the Classroom and Into History: Mobile Historical GIS and Community-Engaged Teaching, Sarah Scarlett, Don Lafreniere, Daniel Trepal, John D. M. Arnold, and Yichun Xie

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Coupling ocean currents and waves with wind stress over the Gulf Stream, Qi Shi and Mark A. Bourassa

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Impact of lake surface temperature variations on lake effect snow over the Great Lakes region, Qi Shi and Pengfei Xue

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Working with the public in historical data creation, Humphrey Southall and Don Lafreniere

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Preface to special series: postindustrial landscapes, communities, and heritage: special series introduction, Daniel Trepal and Kaeleigh Herstad

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Impact of Water Mixing and Ice Formation on the Warming of Lake Superior: A Model-guided Mechanism Study, Xinyu Ye, Eric J. Anderson, Philip Y. Chu, Chenfu Huang, and Pengfei Xue

Works from 2018

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Are woodland caribou doomed by climate change?, Nancy Langston

Works from 2017

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Power and politics in research design and practice: Opening up space for social equity in interdisciplinary, multi-jurisdictional and community-based research, Valoree Gagnon, Hugh Gorman, and Emma Norman

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How the Rock Connects Us: A Geoheritage Guide to Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale, William I. Rose, Erika Vye, and Valerie Martin

Works from 2016

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Ojibwe Gichigami (“Ojibwa’s Great Sea”): an intersecting history of treaty rights, tribal fish harvesting, and toxic risk in Keweenaw Bay, United States, Valoree Gagnon

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A plague of waterfleas (Bythotrephes): impacts on microcrustacean community structure, seasonal biomass, and secondary production in a large inland-lake complex, W. Charles Kerfoot, Martin M. Hobmeier, Foad Yousef, Brenda Moraska Lafrancois, Ryan P. Maki, and Jodi K. Hirsch

Works from 2015

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Prolonging Disaster (Un)recovery, Valoree Gagnon

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An investigation of the thermal response to meteorological forcing in a hydrodynamic model of Lake Superior, Pengfei Xue, David J. Schwab, and Song Hu

Works from 2014

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and multispectral scanner (MSS) studies examine coastal environments influenced by mining, Charlie Kerfoot, Martin M. Hobmeier, Foad Yousef, Sarah A. Green, Robert Regis, Colin Brooks, Robert Shuchman, Jamey Anderson, and Molly Reif

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Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and multispectral scanner (MSS) studies examine coastal environments influenced by mining, W. Charles Kerfoot, Martin M. Hobmeier, Foad Yousef, Sarah A. Green, Robert Regis, Colin N. Brooks, Robert Shuchman, Jamey Anderson, and Molly Reif

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Local feedback mechanisms of the shallow water region around the Maritime Continent, Pengfei Xue, Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, and Jun Wei

Works from 2013

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Verification of Wave Measurement Systems, Mark E. Luther, Guy Meadows, Earle Buckley, Sherryl A. Gilbert, Heidi Purcell, and Mario N. Tamburri

Works from 2012

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Connecting Earth Systems: Developing Holistic Understanding Through the Earth-System-Science Model, Valoree Gagnon and Heather Bradway

Works from 2010

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Partitioning hydrologic contributions to an 'old-growth' riparian area in the Huron Mountains of Michigan, USA, Randall K. Kolka, Christian P. Giardina, Jason D. McClure, Alex Mayer, and Martin Jurgensen

Works from 1999

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The other re-engineering of engineering education, 1900-1965, Bruce E. Seely

Works from 1993

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Striving for Balance: A Hundred Years of the American Society for Engineering Education, Terry S. Reynolds and Bruce E. Seely