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New publication on manure application in the Maumee River Watershed

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Jeffrey Kast, a PhD student in Jay Martin’s lab, worked closely with Dr. Kalcic and her colleagues from Michigan on a recent publication that combines multiple data sources to determine how closely manure management plans are being followed from large scale animal operations in the Ohio portion of the Maumee River watershed. The findings include that operations, generally, are utilizing manure management practices to limit nutrient runoff and that about 80% of manure management in the study region is unknown due to manure that is transferred through distribution and utilization and livestock operations smaller than the regulatory threshold.

Congrats Jeffrey on your publication!

Kast, J., Long, C., Muenich, R., Martin, J., Kalcic, M. (2019). Manure Management at Ohio Confined Animal Feeding Facilities in the Maumee River Watershed. Journal of Great Lakes Research, in press. DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2019.09.015

P-filter successfully installed in Putnam County

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A new phosphorus filter site has been successfully installed in Putnam county! This site is the newest addition to the Kalcic field sites. The system is designed with a large tank built underground filled with Alcan media. Phosphorus filters help remove phosphorus along with other nutrients from water systems. With the data from the site, the team hopes to better understand how phosphorus filters can improve water quality in the Maumee River watershed and elsewhere.
A big thanks to everyone involved in getting this in the ground including: Elizabeth Callow, Ashlee Balcerzak, Dr. Kalcic, Teressa Pell, Nathan Stoltzfus, Michael Brooker, Jed Stinner (USDA), Chad Penn’s team (Purdue University)

New paper on climate change in the Maumee River Watershed

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A new article from the Kalcic Lab on the effects of climate change in the Maumee River shows warmer temperatures could potentially counteract increased precipitation and reduce phosphorus loadings to Lake Erie. However, the effects of climate and changing nutrient loads on in-lake harmful algal bloom processes has not been explicitly explored, and warmer temperatures has the potential to increase the bloom season.

Citation:

Kalcic MM, Muenich RL, Basile S, Steiner AL, Kirchhoff C, Scavia D. (2019). Climate Change and Nutrient Loading in the Western Lake Erie Basin: Warming Can Counteract a Wetter Future. Environ. Sci. Technol., in press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01274

Asmita wins CIGLR post-doc funding

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Congratulations to Asmita Murumkar for receiving the 2019 Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) Postdoctoral Fellowship! Her research will focus on the evaluation of the ability of hydrologic models to predict runoff from agricultural fields in Western Lake Erie watershed using edge-of-field data.

Students win department awards

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At the Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering Banquet this Spring 2019, Haley received the department Graduate Teaching Award and Ashlee received the Graduate Research Award. Great work!