The Large Lakes Observatory and The Science of Freshwater Inland Seas Steve Colman Large Lakes Observatory University of Minnesota Duluth.

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The Large Lakes Observatory and The Science of Freshwater Inland Seas Steve Colman Large Lakes Observatory University of Minnesota Duluth

LLO and its Multiple Missions  Founded in 1994, largest academic program in limnology in the country  Unit of the Swenson College of Science and Engineering, UMD  Faculty have split appointments with LLO and other academic departments  Missions:  Research dedicated to the science of inland seas  Graduate program in limnology and oceanography,  Undergraduate education, in partnership with UMD departments

LLO is Unique  Focus on oceanographic research methods applied to inland seas  Global perspective: Large lakes of the world

The Blue Heron  Largest university-owned research vessel on the Laurentian Great Lakes  Berths for 11  Part of the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System  Multiple types of SONAR, Seabird CTD & niskin bottle carousel, flow-through water system, corers, plankton nets, trawling capability

LLO’s Research Sites

Interdisciplinary Research at LLO Mathematics-- The foundation of all

Satellite photo, why basic Why basic research? We need to understand how large lakes work  To be effective guardians  To anticipate and respond to surprises  To use them effectively  Transportation  Fisheries, commercial and sport  Recreation  Water supply

Great Lakes agencies and GLOS  GLOS: part of IOOS GLOS: part of IOOS  Focused on monitoring  LLO maintains moorings and deploys an autonomous glider as part of this effort  Also does modeling work

Coastal Observatories

 Sediment traps similar to this one deployed in Lake Superior are being moored in Lake Malawi for several years  Sedimenting particles from phytoplankton productivity are collected sequentially Some techniques for assessing lake productivity

In-situ fluorometry used to estimate phytoplankton composition & productivity  Some of the instruments we use include FluoroProbe, Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometer, Flow Cytometer and Inverted Microscopy

Sediment geochemistry in Lake Superior

Physics and geochemistry of stratified tropical lakes  L. Kivu (Rwanda)  L. Matano (Indonesia)  L. Malawi (Malawi)

Some recent discoveries  Understanding the heat, carbon, and nutrient budgets of Lake Superior  Circulation and ice modeling  Radiocarbon budgets  Fluxes at the sediment surface  Using Crenarchaeota lipids to investigate past lake temperatures  Mapping of lake floor features

Lake Superior temperature trends

What about Ice?  Mean ice cover decreasing steadily over period of record: ~0.42%/yr

Hydrophilic head groups Hydrophobic interior Slide courtesy of Johan Weijers marine Crenarchaeota (<1 μm) bacteria Crenarchaeota

TEX 86 Global Lake Calibration Mean Square Error = + 2 o C Powers et al. 2004

McNichol and Aluwihare, 2007 Atmospheric Δ 14 C (2009) = 38‰ Lake Superior surface DIC Δ 14 C (2009) = 56.2 to 60.9‰ Radiocarbon and Lake Superior’s carbon cycle

2009 corn Δ 14 C = 38±2

Sea Floor Mapping Tools Surficial and Sub-bottom Systems Sidescan-sonar Seismic Reflection Swath Bathymetry

Blue Heron Trough

Sidescan sonar images, off Superior Entry N 100m N Anchor drag marks Sand wave field Glacial deposit outcrop

Current LLO projects include  Studying the role of zooplankton migration and its effects on Lake Superior’s chlorophyll maximum  Looking at the effects of climate change on Lake Malawi’s productivity  Investigating the climate change history of the Tibetan Plateau  Identifying methane resources and hazards in Lake Kivu

LLO facilities Itrax XRF scanner Flow cytometer (BD FACSCaliber) LC-MS(Agilent triplequad) IR-MS (ThermoFinnegan Delta Plus XP)

Lake Effect Thank you!