The McNair Program at the University of Wisconsin-Superior prepares income eligible, first generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education for doctoral study. It is a nationwide ...

2013 McNair Scholar's Journal

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as State agencies use regulatory authority to address the issue of environmental contaminants in commercially-marketed fish and fish products. The U.S. FDA has environmental ...

Food contaminants have become an important issue in developing sustaif able resource harvests for interst State departments of health have determined that game fish from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan wa unlimited ...

As part of the problem of recognizing and reconstructing paleo"' environments of arenaceous units in western Lake Superior, grain size parameters of modern fluvial, littoral and inner neritic ...

The sedimentation and water quality characteristics of seven Northwestern Wisconsin Lake Superior tributary streams are presented. A large portion of the drainage basins of these streams is located in the Valder's red ...

Within the four county area of Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland and Iron, located in extreme northwestern Wisconsin, lies an area richly endowed in clean lakes, inviting forests, healthy air and clear streams. The most ...

A primary threat to Great Lakes sport and commercial fisheries arises from contamination problems due to the introduction of certain xenobiotic chemicals in aquatic environments. Of particular concern are hydrophobic ...

7-Day Toxicity Tests with Zn and Cu were completed using larval fathead minnows. The results presented below are preliminary based upon nominal concentrations. A final report will be provided upon completion of the ...

Shoreline erosion along the Great Lakes continues to be a major economic and environmental concern. Of the nearly 5900 km. of shore- line, approximately 60% is erodible glacial clays, sands, or gravels. Fifty percent of ...