Grand Valley: AWRI Biddanda News GVSU AWRI Biddanda News http://www.gvsu.edu/wri/biddanda/ Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:22 EST Grand Valley: AWRI Biddanda News http://www.gvsu.edu/images/rsslogo.gif http://www.gvsu.edu/wri/biddanda/ 112 33 New Nature Education Resource Article on Sinkholes 2012-08-14 00:00:00.0 Our reader-friendly review article was recently published in Nature Education titled "Rock, Water, Microbes: Underwater Sinkholes in Lake Huron are Habitats for Ancient Microbial Life."  The focus of this article is on teaching/learning that brings together research, researchers, teachers, and students.  



Link: http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/rock-water-microbes-underwater-sinkholes-in-lake-25851285

]]> http://www.gvsu.edu/wri/biddanda/module-news-view.htm?newsId=7C9214AB-9FC9-23F8-F662F00DD95116BE New Lake Michigan Drifter Project begins 2012-07-30 00:00:00.0 Watch its movement with us at www.gvsu.edu/wri/biddanda/lake-michigan-drifter-study-39.htm

]]> http://www.gvsu.edu/wri/biddanda/module-news-view.htm?newsId=7D8DCFD1-F134-BC46-0B41069C7A2D037C Muskegon Chronicle Article with Videos 2011-09-07 00:00:00.0 Muskegon Chronicle Article with Videos on the Muskegon Lake Buoy:  www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/09/grand_valley_state_universitys_1.html

]]> http://www.gvsu.edu/wri/biddanda/module-news-view.htm?newsId=B24EB1E5-07C0-0E31-41EB2346E8090710 Walden Green Montessori visits AWRI 2010-10-29 00:00:00.0

The Walden Green Montessori school in Spring Lake, MI visited AWRI where fun topics like Lake Huron sinkholes and phytoplankton were discussed, and the wonders of photosynthesis.


Deb Dila and studentsBopi and students

]]> http://www.gvsu.edu/wri/biddanda/module-news-view.htm?newsId=BDDE5CFC-0536-5CE5-5421475753BE0F66 AWRI awared EPA GLRI Funding 2010-10-26 00:00:00.0

Funding for a real-time buoy-based sensor system was awarded from EPA Great Lake Restoration Initiative (GLRI) program to GVSU-Annis Water Resources Institute for which the Biddanda Lab serves as project leader.  

]]> http://www.gvsu.edu/wri/biddanda/module-news-view.htm?newsId=24DB2112-B331-E3DD-1B3C8FAFC6074492 Poem read during award 2010-01-22 00:00:00.0

Dr. Biddanda and coauthors received International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR)’s Chandler-Misener Award for the most notable contribution to Journal of Great Lakes Research during 2008 at the Annual Conference of IAGLR in Toledo, Ohio (May 2009). The citation for this paper is: Johengen, T.H., B. A. Biddanda and J. B. Cotner (2008): Stimulation of Lake Michigan plankton metabolism by sediment resuspension and river runoff. J. Great Lakes Res


34: 213-227. The following poem was written by the authors and read while receiving this award.


 

Toast to a Lake Brew

When rain runs down-river to the lake

Where wicked storms stir the lot

You know the brew is in the coastal pot!

 

As plankton go nuts over N and P

With little light in which to see

Animals dine on resuspended waste

Production and respiration peak in haste!

 

Then as rivers slow and winds subside

The placid lake takes it in stride

Returns to its native serene state of blue

And is ready for another dose of home-brew!

 

 

Bopi Biddanda, Annis Water Resources Institute and Lake Michigan Center, Grand Valley State University, Muskegon, MI 49441


Jim Cotner, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108


Tom Johengen, Cooperative Institute for Limnology & Ecosystems Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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