AWRI Environmental Chemistry Projects

For information about Rick Rediske, visit his faculty page.

  Areas of Concern
  Current Projects:
  Assessment of Benthic Invertebrate Populations in the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern.
  Past Projects:
  Development of Numerical Targets for the Delisting of Beneficial Use Impairments in the Muskegon Lake and White Lake Areas of Concern.
  Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in White Lake.  (EPA) 
  Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Muskegon Lake.  (EPA) 
  Ruddiman Creek, Muskegon MI: Technical Summary of Environmental Data and Issues (USACOE)
  Beach Monitoring
  Current Projects:
  Assessment of E. coli and Microcystins in Cladophora Mats in the Nearshore Waters of Grand Traverse Bay, Little Traverse Bay, and Saginaw Bay.  (MDEQ)
  2008 Muskegon County Beach Monitoring
  2008 Oceana County Beach Monitoring
  2008 Mason County Beach Monitoring
  2008 Manistee County Beach Monitoring
  Contaminated Sediment Assessments
  Past Projects:
  Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Lake Macatawa.  (EPA)
  Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in the Lower Grand River.  (EPA)
  Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Manistee Lake.  (EPA)
  Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Mona Lake Watershed.  (EPA)
  Cyanobacteria
  Current Projects:
  Assessment of Cyanobacteria and Associated Toxins in West Michigan Lakes.
  Microcystis in Lakes Erie and Huron: Environmental and Genetic Factors Affecting Microcystin Production and Cell Quota: A Cooperative Agreement in OHH Studies
  Landfill Studies
  Past Projects:
 

Monitoring Soil Solution, Soil Chemistry, and Vegetation Responses to Municipal Solid Waste Leachate Applications at the Fenske Landfill

  Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Chemicals in Fish
 

Current Projects:

 

Fish Contaminant Database for the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians

  Assessment of PCBs and Mercury in Fish from West Michigan Watersheds Utilized by Tribal Fishermen
 

Assessment of Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Chemicals in Michigan Fish from Several Trophic Levels

  PCBs in Saginaw Bay Walleye
  Past Projects:
  Whitefish Bioenergetics Model
  Water Quality Assessments
  Current Projects:
  Bear Lake Nutrient Study
  Past Projects:
  White River Habitat Assessment
  Lower Muskegon River Habitat Assessment
  Deer Creek Watershed Assessment
  Total Suspended Solids, Stable Flow, and Wet Weather Event Monitoring for Tributaries of the Lower Grand River




 


  Last Modified Date: August 13, 2009
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