Name
CMU Biological Station mesocosm facility
Legal name of organisation
CMU Biological Station, Central Michigan University
Country
USA
Continent
North America
Organisation address
P.O. Box 206,
Beaver Island,
MI 49782
USA
Primary contact information (PI)
Don Uzarski
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Years of Mesocosm Experiments
2012 - present
Description of Facility
- 12 fibreglass tanks each 250 gallons
- including metal halide
- timer-controlled lights
- housed on Lake Michigan with access to epilimnetic and metalimnetic water
Controlled Parameters
- Light
- Temperature
Research Topics
- Predator-prey interactions
- microplastic impacts
- sediment contaminants
- macrophyte-phytoplankton interactions
- fish behavior
- nutrient impacts
Facility location(s)
45.7422222,-85.50944444444444
Primary interests
- Invasive species
- eutrophication
- climate change
Specialist areas
Laurentian Great Lakes
Equipment
YSI multiprobes
Lodging
on site
Source of Information
Photos of experiments/installations
