Project Catalogue
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Catalogue is a searchable catalogue of projects funded by the Commission and datasets arising from those funded projects. The Project Catalogue does not host any datasets, rather the goal is to provide users with information allowing them to find data and resources arising from Commission-funded work.
The Project Catalogue is made up of two types of pages: project pages and data pages. Project pages give basic information on research projects funded by the Commission and may include links to publicly available research products. Data pages describe datasets generated by funded projects, including information on how to access the data. Data pages are aways associated with a host project page, but each project page may have multiple data pages.
Both project and data pages can be searched using the search fields below. Search results are sorted into project pages (top) and data pages (bottom).
This catalogue is currently being populated and in beta form. If you encounter any issues, please email research@glfc.org with a description of the problem and include “Project Catalogue” in the subject line.
Commission-Funded Projects
| Title | PI | End Year | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Using genomics to delineate stock structure and create a standardized genetic resource for Great Lakes walleye | Latch, Emily | 2022 | Ecology, Genetics, Reproduction, Genomics, Population genetics (spatial structure/assignment tests/stock structure), Walleye, |
| Collection of fish images to be used in development of autonomous fish identification and sorting tool | Zielinski, Dan | 2020 | Fish passage/connectivity, |
| Genetic basis of sex determination in sea lamprey | Docker, Margaret | 2023 | Genetics, Aquatic invasive/exotic species, Development (biology), Bioinformatics, Sea lamprey, Large data sets/databases, |
| Quantifying abundance and recruitment in a re-establishing lake trout population by close-kin mark-recapture | Marsden, Ellen | 2024 | Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Lake trout, Dynamics (population/community/predator-prey), Large data sets/databases, |
| Quantifying relationships between preyfish abundance and piscivore foraging and growth | Roth, Brian | 2025 | Ecology, Dynamics (population/community/predator-prey), Fisheries (harvest, regulations) , Trophic ecology, Angler engagement, Prey fishes, Stable isotopes, |
| Into the great wide-open: Are Cisco from Grand Traverse Bay recolonizing vacant habitat and niche space in the main basin Lake Michigan? | Hondorp, Darryl | 2026 | Biology, Ecology, Management, Behaviour, Conservation biology, Habitat, Trophic ecology, Coregonines, Prey fishes, Telemetry/tagging/marking, |
| Evaluating vessel avoidance during acoustic/trawl surveys of pelagic forage fish using a hybrid research vessel | Stockwell, Jason | 2025 | Ecology, Behaviour, Dynamics (population/community/predator-prey), Prey fishes, Remote sensing , |
| Moving toward ecosystem-based fisheries management: Conceptualizing Lake Erie’s dynamic ecosystem | Hood, Jim | 2026 | Ecology, Limnology, Management, Climate change, Dynamics (population/community/predator-prey), Fisheries (harvest, regulations) , Physical processes, Water quality/chemistry, Large data sets/databases, |
| Assessing Welfare of Nutrient Targets and Alternate Policies on Lake Erie’s Ecosystem and Economy | Brockmann, Stephanie | 2026 | Ecology, Economics, Social Science/human dimensions, Aquatic invasive/exotic species, Ecosystem services, Fisheries (harvest, regulations) , Nutrients, Socio-economics and/or demographics, Decision analysis, Modeling, Statistical programs (R/EcoSim/EcoPath/SAS/SYSTAT), |
| COMPARATIVE SWIMMING PERFORMANCE OF ADULT ANADROMOUS AND LANDLOCKED SEA LAMPREY | Castro-Santos, Theodore | 2025 | Biology, Engineering, Physiology, Barriers and trapping, Bioenergetics, Fish passage/connectivity, Adaptive management, Morphometrics and meristics, Sea lamprey, |
| Resolving uncertainty in capture and lift efficacy to further develop a novel optical sorting process | Miehls, Scott | 2024 | Management, Aquatic invasive/exotic species, Barriers and trapping, Fish passage/connectivity, |
| Development of a prototype two-channel fishway that selectively excludes and removes sea lamprey | Wagner, Michael | 2026 | Ecology, Hydrology, Barriers and trapping, Behaviour, Fish passage/connectivity, Advanced statistics, Sea lamprey, Telemetry/tagging/marking, |
| The role of epigenetic control of the germline specific region of the sea lamprey genome in sex determination and differentiation | Good, Sara | 2025 | Genetics, Reproduction, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Population genetics (spatial structure/assignment tests/stock structure), |
| Physiological and behavioural effects of tagging post-metamorphic sea lamprey with a micro acoustic tag | Flavio, Hugo | 2024 | Biology, Ecology, Physiology, Aquatic invasive/exotic species, Behaviour, Sea lamprey, Telemetry/tagging/marking, |
| Molecular Specialization of the Sea Lamprey Gustatory Chemosensory System | Zielinski, Barbara | 2025 | Biochemistry, Neurophysiology, Behaviour, Chemosensory, Sea lamprey, |
| Using white light and alarm cue to direct downstream migrating transformed sea lamprey into traps | Miehls, Scott | 2025 | Management, Aquatic invasive/exotic species, Barriers and trapping, Behaviour, |
| Assessing population structure and the role of burbot (Lota lota) in coupling nearshore and offshore habitats of Lake Superior | Olin, Jill | 2025 | Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Behaviour, Dynamics (population/community/predator-prey), Productivity, Trophic ecology, Lipids and fatty acids, Population genetics (spatial structure/assignment tests/stock structure), Stable isotopes, |
| Assessing Smallmouth Bass spatial ecology and angling response in Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie using acoustic telemetry | Hessenauer, Jan-Michael | 2028 | Management, Behaviour, Fisheries (harvest, regulations) , Landscapes (spatial), Advanced statistics, Large data sets/databases, Telemetry/tagging/marking, |
| Defining oxythermal performance metrics for use in physiologically guided abundance models of diverse coregonid ecotypes | Hansen, Gretchen | 2026 | Ecology, Physiology, Statistics, Climate change, Conservation biology, Development (biology), Fisheries (harvest, regulations) , Recruitment, Advanced statistics, Modeling, Prey fishes, |
| Quantifying the impacts of climate change on growth, survival, recruitment and production to enable sustainable management of yellow perch in Lake Erie | Jensen, Olaf | 2026 | Management, Statistics, Age and growth , Climate change, Dynamics (population/community/predator-prey), Fisheries (harvest, regulations) , Recruitment, Advanced statistics, Large data sets/databases, Modeling, |
| Quantifying net-pen aquaculture effects on eutrophication, wild fish movement and diet | Rooney, Neil | 2026 | Ecology, Ichthyology, Limnology, Aquaculture, Behaviour, Habitat, Nutrients, Trophic ecology, Lake trout, Stable isotopes, Telemetry/tagging/marking, |
| POST-RELEASE SURVIVAL AND DETECTION FREQUENCY OF ACOUSTICALLLY TAGGED YELLOW PERCH IN LAKE ERIE’S CENTRAL BASIN | DuFour, Mark | 2026 | Biology, Ecology, Management, Behaviour, Dynamics (population/community/predator-prey), Fisheries (harvest, regulations) , Habitat, Advanced statistics, Modeling, Telemetry/tagging/marking, |
| Can dam removal enhance river-spawning stock contributions of recruits to an open-lake population and its fisheries? A test case with Lake Erie Walleye | Ludsin, Stuart | 2028 | Ecology, Management, Barriers and trapping, Behaviour, Dynamics (population/community/predator-prey), Fisheries (harvest, regulations) , Recruitment, Telemetry/tagging/marking, Walleye, |
| Effect of and recovery from TFM exposure on olfaction and plasma cortisol concentrations in two age classes of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) | Dew, Bill | 2025 | Neurophysiology, Physiology, Toxicology, Behaviour, Chemosensory, Contaminants, Lake sturgeon, |
| Quantifying the effects of sea lamprey parasitism on hemostasis in salmonid host fish | Alderman, Sarah | 2027 | Ichthyology, Parasitology/pathology, Physiology, Aquatic invasive/exotic species, Dynamics (population/community/predator-prey), Fisheries (harvest, regulations) , Lake trout, Sea lamprey, |
| Effects of Warmer Waters on the Sensitivity of Non-target Fishes & Larval Sea Lamprey to Lampricides | Wilkie, Michael | 2028 | Biochemistry, Physiology, Toxicology, Aquatic invasive/exotic species, Climate change, Conservation biology, Contaminants, Water quality/chemistry, Biocides, Bioinformatics, Sea lamprey, |
| Physiological and transcriptomic effects of lampricides on lampreys native to the Great Lakes region. | Borowiec, Brittney | 2028 | Physiology, Toxicology, Zoology, Aquatic invasive/exotic species, Bioenergetics, Cell biology, Conservation biology, Endangered/threatened species, Biocides, Genomics, Sea lamprey, |
| Enabling genetic monitoring of upstream steelhead movement through FishPass | Jared Homola | 2024 | Genetics, Adaptive management, Population genetics (spatial structure/assignment tests/stock structure), |
| Establishment of a pre-reconnection baseline for Boardman River catastomid reproductive demographics | Jared Homola | 2026 | Genetics, Barriers and trapping, Genomics, Population genetics (spatial structure/assignment tests/stock structure), |
| Acute toxicity of 4-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol (TFM) to the early life history stages of the Salamander mussel (Simpsonaias ambigua) | Newton, T | 2025 | Ecology, Toxicology, Endangered/threatened species, Macroinvertebrates, |
| Deploy And Evaluate Sea Lamprey Controls That Supplement Lampricides And Barriers – Supcon Stage Ii (2024-2029) | Johnson, N. | 2029 | Ecology, Genetics, Physiology, Age and growth , Aquatic invasive/exotic species, Barriers and trapping, Behaviour, Chemosensory, Dynamics (population/community/predator-prey), Habitat, Recruitment, Reproduction, Stakeholder engagement/values, Adaptive management, Decision analysis, Large data sets/databases, Modeling, Sea lamprey, Telemetry/tagging/marking, |
| Determine sampling effort necessary to assess effects of lampricide treatment delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Straus, S | 2024 | |
| FishPass Assessment Data | Reid Swanson, Dan Zielinski | 2027 | Hydrology, Fish passage/connectivity, Water quality/chemistry, |
| Genetic analysis of migratory and resident Walleye from Saginaw Bay, the origins of two behaviors | Peter Euclide | 2026 | Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Behaviour, Fish passage/connectivity, Genomics, Walleye, |
| TFM toxicity in planaria: opportunity for validation of a surrogate species for rapid TFM toxicity testing | Birceanu, Oana | 2025 | Biology, Physiology, Toxicology, Behaviour, Biocides, Macroinvertebrates, |
| Understanding hypoxia’s impact on Lake Erie fisheries under altered nutrient and climate conditions | Ludsin, Stuart | 2026 |