AWRI Environmental Chemistry

AWRI Environmental Chemistry Projects

For information about Rick Rediske, visit his faculty page.

	Areas of Concern
	Current Projects:
	Assessment of Benthic Invertebrate Populations in the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern.
	Past Projects:
	Development of Numerical Targets for the Delisting of Beneficial Use Impairments in the Muskegon Lake and White Lake Areas of Concern.
	Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in White Lake. (EPA)
	Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Muskegon Lake. (EPA)
	Ruddiman Creek, Muskegon MI: Technical Summary of Environmental Data and Issues (USACOE)

	Beach Monitoring
	Current Projects:
	Assessment of E. coli and Microcystins in Cladophora Mats in the Nearshore Waters of Grand Traverse Bay, Little Traverse Bay, and Saginaw Bay. (MDEQ)
	2008 Muskegon County Beach Monitoring
	2008 Oceana County Beach Monitoring
	2008 Mason County Beach Monitoring
	2008 Manistee County Beach Monitoring

	Contaminated Sediment Assessments
	Past Projects:
	Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Lake Macatawa. (EPA)
	Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in the Lower Grand River. (EPA)
	Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Manistee Lake. (EPA)
	Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Mona Lake Watershed. (EPA)

	Cyanobacteria
	Current Projects:
	Assessment of Cyanobacteria and Associated Toxins in West Michigan Lakes.
	Microcystis in Lakes Erie and Huron: Environmental and Genetic Factors Affecting Microcystin Production and Cell Quota: A Cooperative Agreement in OHH Studies

	Landfill Studies
	Past Projects:
	Monitoring Soil Solution, Soil Chemistry, and Vegetation Responses to Municipal Solid Waste Leachate Applications at the Fenske Landfill

	Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Chemicals in Fish
	Current Projects:
	Fish Contaminant Database for the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
	Assessment of PCBs and Mercury in Fish from West Michigan Watersheds Utilized by Tribal Fishermen
	Assessment of Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Chemicals in Michigan Fish from Several Trophic Levels
	PCBs in Saginaw Bay Walleye
	Past Projects:
	Whitefish Bioenergetics Model

	Water Quality Assessments
	Current Projects:
	Bear Lake Nutrient Study
	Past Projects:
	White River Habitat Assessment
	Lower Muskegon River Habitat Assessment
	Deer Creek Watershed Assessment
	Total Suspended Solids, Stable Flow, and Wet Weather Event Monitoring for Tributaries of the Lower Grand River