Effects of invasive species on food web interactions and ecophysiology

Fisheries biology, lake sturgeon biology, early life history of Great Lakes fishes, aquaculture, urban aquaculture

Tropical limnology, nutrient cycling, food webs, carbon dynamics

Environmental economics, water valuation, soil and water conservation, climate change adaptation

Toxicology, toxicogenomics, epigenetics, behavioral toxicology, gene-environment-disease/dysfunction interactions

Microbiogeochemical ecophysiology, physical-chemical-biological coupling, time series analysis, hydrothermal vents, lithotrophy

Aquaculture, nutrient requirements, alternative ingredients, stress response, aquatic feed management

Groundwater chemistry, contaminant transport and degradation, environmental tracers

Biogeochemistry, carbon cycle, colloids and nanparticles, stable isotopes, radionuclides, environmental change

Fisheries ecology, biological oceanography

Function and evolution of freshwater and marine invertebrates

Water security, water policy, political economy, resolution of issues related to water extraction and resource allocation, and transboundary water governance.

Genomics, emerging contaminants, pharmaceuticals, nanomaterials, toxicology, nantoxicology, ecology, biomarkers, water policy

Biogeochemistry, limnology, radiochemistry, nutrient and carbon cycling, observing systems

Bacterial genetics, fecal pollution, fate and transport of bacteria, pathogens in the environment, beach closings

microbial ecology, genome & sequence analysis, aquatic system dynamics, microbial systematics

Molecular ecology, population genetics, aquaculture techniques, Great Lakes biotics and abiotics

Instrumentation and sensor development, automation of molecular biological methods, in situ chemical and biological detection in aqueous environments

Biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, radiochemistry

Policy issues related to water, environmental sustainability, land use, brownfield redevelopment, urban green space, and climate change.

How experts and public stakeholders communicate about risk and uncertainty, especially in the contexts of science and environmental policy decision-making.