Research

• Benefits of Integrated Assessment: Information for Decision Makers, Project Leaders and Scientists
• Conditions of Award and IA Report Guidelines
• Integrated Assessment Fact Sheet
• Outreach Opportunities for Researchers
• Solving Wicked Problems through Integrated Assessment: A Guide for Decision Makers, Project Leaders and Scientists

Recently Completed Projects

Detroit River Fish Advisories

• Project Summary
• Final Report

Rein in the Runoff

• Project Summary
• Final Report

Coastal Brownfield Redevelopment

• Diamonds in the Rough: Reclaiming Brownfields for Michigan's Communities
• Final Report

Northeast Michigan Integrated Assessment

• Overview
• Project Impacts
• Final Report

2009 Project Fact Sheets

• Economic Opportunities for Southern Lake Huron Communities 
• Evaluating Potential Wind Energy Conflicts in Coastal West Michigan
• Helping Coastal Communities Evaluate Wind Energy Options
• Restoring Natural Flows in the Clinton River Watershed

White papers
In 2002 the University of Michigan Vice President for Research commissioned white papers exploring the history/development, current state of research and future possibilities for ten Great Lakes issues. These papers were presented and critiqued at a symposium in November 2002. Provided in their entirety through the links below, the papers can be cited as follows:

Author's name(s). 2002. "Paper title," White Paper prepared for Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

• Aquatic Nuisance Species (Jude)
• Diversion and Consumptive Uses (Wright)
• Great Lakes Community Health (Nriagu)
• Great Lakes Fisheries (Clark)
• Great Lakes Sediment (Adriaens)
• Great Lakes Sustainable Development (Norton, Gerber)
• Great Lakes Ecological History (Smith, O'Shea)
• Impacts of Climate Change (Meyers)
• Nonpoint Source Contaminants (Samson, Gladwin)
• Nutrient Loading & Its Relevance to the Great Lakes Basin (Allan)

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