We began this research project with a pilot study in September 2015. The pilot study looked at three sites at the bottom of Geneva Lake in southeaster Wisconsin. This online map shows the location of the three sites explored during the pilot study. Clicking on the location pins brings up links to images of the debris found at each sites. A static image of the map is shown below.
Our next step will be to examine ten sites at the bottom of Geneva Lake during the fall of 2015 to get a better sense of the extent and types of benthic aquatic debris that exist and the impact the debris is having on the bottom community of the lake.
In the near future four undergraduate research assistants from George Williams College of Aurora University will be selected and taught to operate the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that will be used to examine the ten sites. Updates will be posted as the project progresses.
Benthic Aquatic Debris Research 