New York's Great Lakes Facilities Network
- Great Lakes Center at Buffalo
- Great Lakes Center at Brockport
- Environmental Research Center at Oswego
- GLRC Headquarters
- Cornell Biological Field Station
- SUNY ESF Thousand Islands Biological Field station
- Great Rivers Center
- Lake Champlain Research Institute
To learn more about the facilities of the GLRC network, their current research projects, research specialties, facilities, and needed upgrades, click on any location above
Lake Champlain Research Institute
Lake Champlain Research Institute was established by SUNY Plattsburgh
in 1996 to support basic and applied research about aquatic ecosystem
in the Lake Champlain Basin. The primary objectives are currently
to promote undergraduate student research, to improve understanding
of regional natural resources, and to provide reliable scientific
information for environmental decision making.
Research areas include biological, physical, economic and educational topics of concern for the Lake Champlain/Adirondack region. Current LCRI projects involve science education programs for students and teachers, regional historical issues, watershed geology and environmental science, biological research (e.g., food web biochemical markers, protozoan genetics) and aquatic chemistry in the Lake Champlain basin
Research highlights include ice storm effects on watershed dynamics, studies
of toxic substances (e.g., PCB's, arsenic,mercury) in lake water
and sediments, as well as a mass balance study of phosphorus in
the lake. Research is also underway on environmental hydrology,
watershed ecology and geology, food web dynamics and lake-watershed
interactions in the Lake Champlain basin.
Specialties: Lake Champlain, hydrology and water management, wetland processes, invertebrate ecology, food web biochemical markers
Needs: Improvements to existing laboratory and field facilities, expansion of docking capacity and educational center.
For more information: Timothy Mihuc, Director Lake Champlain Research Institute, Plattsburgh State University, 101 Hudson Hall, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, 518-564-3039.
