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The St. Marys River is a lotic system that serves as a border between the United States and Canada. The Little Rapids area of the St. Marys River, located between Island No. 1 and Sugar Island, historically was an area of high flow and was inhabited…

Disturbances have been shown to promote resistance and resilience of biotic communities in many types of ecosystems, but little research has been done in relation to coastal wetlands. The objective of this study was to understand the role of wave…

The St. Marys River continues to be one of the largest producers of invasive sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Great Lakes, but current control methods (e.g., trapping) need improvement. Trapping at new locations would increase population…

Protecting Michigan’s water quality is a great concern for public health, the economy, the environment and social aspects that depend on the state’s waterbodies. Monitoring recreational swimming beaches for harmful bacteria like Escherichia coli is…

Lake Sturgeon are a threatened species and were once abundant throughout the Great Lakes but now exist at 1% of historic populations sizes. It is known that a small resident population of Lake Sturgeon exist in the upper St. Marys River, but may be…

One of the largest threats to biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems is invasive species. In the Great Lakes aquatic invasives, the rusty crayfish (O. rusticus) and zebra and quagga mussels (dreissenid mussels) are widespread and their distribution and…

"The St. Marys River is the connecting channel from Lake Superior to Lake Huron. In 1985, the St. Marys River was named one of the 42 Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes Basin, by the International Joint Commission due to high levels of phosphorus,…