Gary Fahnenstiel

Current Research Projects:
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• Lake Champlain
• Effects of Non-indigenous Invertebrates on the Pelagic Food Web of Lake Michigan
• Oceans and Human Health (OHH): Microcystins in the Great Lakes
• Genetic and environmental factors influencing Microcystis bloom toxicity
• GLERL ECOHAB: An integrated approach for monitoring and modeling
• Hydrodynamic Studies on Lake Champlain

Recent GLERL Publications:
(See also All GLERL Publications for Fahnenstiel)

• DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, R.W. Litaker, D.F. Millie, and P.A. Tester. Microcystin concentrations and genetic diversity of Microcystis in the lower Great Lakes. Environmental Toxicology 23:507-516 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080028.pdf
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., D.F. Millie, J. DYBLE, R.W. Litaker, P.A. Tester, M.J. McCORMICK, R. Rediske, and D. Klarer. Microcystin concentrations and cell quotas in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 11(2):190-195 (2008).
• Millie, D.F., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, J. DYBLE, R.J. Pigg, R.R. Rediske, D.M. Klarer, R.W. Litaker, and P. A. Tester. Influence of environmental conditions on late-summer cyanobacterial abundance in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 11(2):196-205 (2008).
• Redalje, D.G., S.D. Lohrenz, M.J. Natter, M.D. Tuel, G.J. Kirkpatrick, D.F. Millie, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and F.M. VanDohal. The growth dynamics of Karenia brevis within discrete blooms on the West Florida Shelf. Continental Shelf Research 28:24-44 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080038.pdf
• Wynne, T.T., R.P. Stumpf, M.C. Tomlinson, R.A. Warner, P.A. Tester, J. DYBLE, and G.L. FAHNENSTIEL. Relating spectral shape to cyanobacterial blooms in the Laurentian Great Lakes. International Journal of Remote Sensing 29(12):3665-3672 (2008).
• POTHOVEN, S.A., I.A. Grigorovich, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and M.D. Balcer. Introduction of the Ponto-Caspian bloody-red mysis Hemimysis anomala into the Lake Michigan basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:285-292 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070007.pdf
• Gregson, B.P., D.F. Millie, C. Cao, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, R.J. Pigg, and D.P. Fries. Simplified enrichment and identification of environmental peptide toxins using antibody-capture surfaces with subsequent mass spectrometry detection. Journal of Chromatography A 1123(2):233-238 (2006).
• Millie, D.F., G.R. Weckman, H.W. Paerl, J.L. Pinckney, B.J. Bendis, R.J. Pigg, and G.L. FAHNENSTIEL. Neural net modeling of estuarine indicators: Hindcasting phytoplankton biomass and net ecosystem production in the Neuse (North Carolina) and Trout (Florida) rivers, USA. Ecological Indicators 6(3):589-608 (2006).
• Gregson, B.P., D.F. Millie, C. Cao, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, R.J. Pigg, and D.P. Fries. Simplified enrichment and identification of environmental peptide toxins using antibody-capture surfaces with subsequent mass spectrometry detection. Journal of Chromatography A 1123(2):233-238 (2006).
• Hong, Y., A. Steinman, B. Biddanda, R. Rediske, and G. L. FAHNENSTIEL. Note. Occurrence of the toxin-producing Cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii in Mona and Muskegon Lakes, Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:645-652 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060028.pdf
• McCORMICK, M. J., T. O. Manley, A. J. FOLEY III, J. C. Gascard, and G. L. FAHNENSTIEL. Lake Champlain Lagrangian experiment. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:1683-1687 (2006).
• Millie, D.F., G.R. Weckman, H.W. Paerl, J.L. Pinckney, B.J. Bendis, R.J. Pigg, and G.L. FAHNENSTIEL. Neural net modeling of estuarine indicators: Hindcasting phytoplankton biomass and net ecosystem production in the Neuse (North Carolina) and Trout (Florida) River, USA. Ecological Indicators 6(3):589-608 (2006).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., D. Klarer, D. Millie, M. McCORMICK, and A. FOLEY. Epilithic algae in the North Channel, Lake Huron. Verh. Internat. Verin. Limnol. 29:823-826 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050037.pdf
• Lohrenz, S. E., G. L. FAHNENSTIEL, D. F. Millie, O. M. E. Schofield, T. H. JOHENGEN, and T. Bergman. Spring phytoplankton photosynthesis, growth, and primary production and relationships to a recurrent coastal sediment plume and river inputs in southeastern Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research 109(C10S14):13 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040035.pdf

Recent Presentations:
* denotes speaker

• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and D.F. Millie. Cyanobacterial HABs in the Great Lakes: Environmental stressors, genetic diversity, and impacts on human health. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 21, 2008 (2008).
• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, O. Sarnelle, and R.W. Litaker. Assessing the role of grazing on genetic composition of Lake Erie cyanobacterial HAB populations. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 3, 2008 (2008).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. State of Detroit River phytoplankton. IJC Detroit River Workshop, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, December 3, 2008 (2008).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. State of the Great Lakes. Y Club International, Muskegon, MI, June 26, 2008 (2008).
• *McCORMICK, M.J., T.O. Manley, D. BELETSKY, A.J. FOLEY, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and N. HAWLEY. Tracking the surface flow in Lake Champlain. Lake Champlain: Our Lake, Our Future, Burlington, VT, January 8-9, 2008 (2008).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., T.F. NALEPA, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, S.A. POTHOVEN, J.R. LIEBIG, J. DYBLE, and S. ROBINSON. Dreissenids as nearshore and offshore engineers: predicting direct and indirect effects of mussels on pelagic food webs. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. POTHOVEN, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and T.F. NALEPA. Surprising synergies between invasive species and climate impacts. NOAA Climate Impacts on Great Lakes Ecosystems Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, July 29-31, 2008 (2008).
• DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and R.W. Litaker. Assessing the role of generic composition on microcystin production in Lake Erie Microcystin populations. U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae, Woods Hole, MA, October 31, 2007 (2007).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. Research at the Lake Michigan Field Station. OHH Annual Meeting, Muskegon, MI, October 23, 2008 (2007).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L. The impact of non-indigenous species in the Great Lakes. Grand Valley State University Limnology Class, Muskegon, MI, November 13, 2007 (2007).
• *FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., J. DYBLE, D.F. Millie, P.A. Tester, and R.W. Litaker. Factors affecting microcystin concentrations and cell quotas in the Great Lakes. Fourth Symposium on Harmful Algae in the United States, Woods Hole, MA, October 29, 2007 (2007).
• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, D.J. SCHWAB, M.J. McCORMICK, R. Whitman, S. JOSEPH, and S.B. BRANDT. Current successes, challenges, and going forward at the Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health. OHHI Annual Meeting, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, March 2007. (2007).
• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, P.A. Tester, R.W. Litaker, and D.F. Millie. The impacts of harmful algal blooms on human health in the Great Lakes. 7th Annual Conference of the National Council for Science and the Environment, Integrating Environment and Human Health, Washington, DC, February 1-2, 2007. (2007).
• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, P.A. Tester, R.W. Litaker, and D.F. Millie. Detecting and quantifying toxic Microcystis populations using genetic analyses. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *DYBLE, J., G. L. FAHNENSTIEL, P. A. Tester, R. W. Litaker, and D. F. Millie. Detecting toxic Microcystis strains in the lower Great Lakes using molecular techniques. 49th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 22-26,2006. (2006).
• *DYBLE, J., G. L. FAHNENSTIEL, P. A. Tester, R. W. Litaker, and D. F. Millie. Distribution of Microsystis and microcystin concentrations in Saginaw Bay and western Lake Erie. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 5-9, 2006. (2006).
• *FAHNENSTIEL, G. L., D. F. Millie, B. P. Gregson, and D. P. Fries. Improved assessment of microcystins using surface-enhanced laser dsesorption/ionization - time of flight (SELDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. National Harmful Algal Bloom Conference, California, October 2005. (2005).
• *FAHNENSTIEL, G. L., D. F. Millie, P. A. Tester, J. DYBLE, and R. W. Litaker. Microcystis and microcystin in the Great Lakes: Preliminary results from two coastal lakes. State of Lake Michigan Conference, Green Bay, WI, October 2005. (2005).