Contaminants of the Great Lakes

Jill Crossman is an Associate Professor at the University of Windsor, working in the field of hydrochemistry. Her research focuses on interactions between land management and aquatic ecosystems, on improving lake recovery rates with regard to harmful algal blooms and associated oxygen depletion, and on emerging contaminants, specifically microplastics. Chris Weisener is a Professor of Geomicrobiology with a research focus on geochemical elemental cycling in sediment/aqueous compartments. His work aims to broaden our understanding of the mechanisms influencing the mobility, cycling and chemical form of metals and nutrients.

• Contaminants in the Great Lakes: An Introduction.- Occurrence, sources, transport and fate of microplastics in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River Basin.- Spatial and temporal trends of metals and organic contaminants in the Huron-Erie corridor : 1999-2014.- A review of heavy metals contamination within the Laurentian Great Lakes.- Binational efforts addressing cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in the Great lakes.- Impacts of invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes.- Understanding the ecological consequences of ubiquitous contaminants of emerging concern in the Laurentian Great Lakes watershed: a continuum of evidence from the laboratory to the environment.- Geochemical approaches to improve nutrient source tracking in the Great Lakes.- Advances in remote sensing of Great Lakes algal blooms.- Land use, land cover, and climate change in southern Ontario: implications for nutrient delivery to the lower Great Lakes.- Enhanced transboundary governance capacity needed toachieve policy goals for harmful algal blooms.