MINDS@UW Superior: Recent submissions
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Land-Based Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Filtration Technologies
(2025-06-20)This technical report represents the land-based evaluation of the Filtersafe Manta 110 (MTA), Filtersafe BSE101-h-NozzleX (BNX), Filtersafe BSE101-h-Static Nozzle (BSN), and Elite Marine Corp. EMSLQ-250 (EMS) filter systems. ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS VERSUS ECONOMICS ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL PORT AREA (OPERATION SHIPSHAPE)
(1975-07-31)Lying in the extreme northwest section of the State of Wisconsin is Douglas County (1970 population of 44,657) and its principle city, Superior (1970 population of 32,202). Major employees located within the city of ... -
Viability of ballast reception facilities within the Great Lakes
(2025-04)Shore-based ballast water reception (BWR) facilities offer an economically and environmentally feasible alternative to onboard treatment of ballast water for vessels on dedicated trades within the Laurentian Great Lakes ... -
“Is the reading required?” Student Evaluation of Open-Access Behavioral Neuroscience Excerpts
(2024-05-03)A study of student reactions to open educational resources in the behavioral neurosciences. -
Critical Roles: An Experiential Approach to Learning About Social and Health Determinants Using a Role-Playing Game
(2024-05-03)Social Work students historically struggle to recognize the cumulative impacts and effects of social and health determinants. Role-playing games are valuable tools to assist in learning in regards to humanistic experiences. -
Student Perceptions of AI Text Generators
(2025-05-02)We conducted a research study to explore student perceptions and attitudes regarding the use of generative AI (gen-AI) tools in classes at UW-Superior. Data collected using an anonymous survey revealed that most respondents ... -
Instructor Perceptions of AI Text Generators
(2024-05-23)We conducted a research study to explore faculty perceptions and attitudes regarding the use of generative AI in classrooms at UW-Superior. Through an anonymous survey and two focus groups, our data revealed that instructors ... -
Late Work Policies and Extenuating Circumstances Discussions with Communicating Arts Instructors
(University of Wisconsin-Superior, 2024-05-03)This project aimed to hear and learn from Communicating Arts colleagues about late work and extenuating circumstances policies and experiences with students. -
ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING WALLEYE OA SURVIVAL IN THE LOWER FOX RIVER
(1986-10)The Fox River is a major tributary into Lake Michigan's Green Bay with an average discharge of 117 m3 sec-1 and an average gradient of 0.81 m km-1 in the last 62 km of the river (Epstein et al., 1974). Since the early ... -
The Nemadji Review - Welcome to the 13th Floor - Volume 13
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Total Mercury Concentrations in Muscle Tissue from Walleye and Sturgeon collected from Inland Lakes in WI, MN, and MI during Spring 2024 and Lake Trout from Lake Superior during Fall 2023
(2024-10-29)A total of four hundred nine fish samples from a total of thirty-eight lakes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan were analyzed for total mercury (Hg) content at the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Lake Superior ... -
ASSESSMENT OF BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE POPULATIONS IN THE NEMADJI RIVER BURLINGTON-NORTHERN RAILCAR DERAILMENT
(1992-10-13)This study is designed to assess the effects of the June 30, 1992 railcar derailment on the benthic macroinvertebrates of the Nemadji River. Changes in the abundance and species composition of the benthos will be used ... -
RED CLIFF FISH CONSUMPTION STUDY - ABBREVATED FINAL REPORT
(1993-02-19)Great Lakes fish are contaminated with numerous persistent environmental xenobiotics including methylmercury (meHg) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). The Great Lakes states and Canadian officials have issued fish ... -
Annual report to: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATDSR)
(1994)We have completed the second year of a three year study for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to evaluate Native Americans at risk from the consumption of contaminated Great Lakes fish. The ... -
CONDUCTING TOXICITY TESTS WWITH FRESHWATER ORGANISMS EXPOSED TO DIELDRIN, FLOURANTHENE AND PHENANTHRENE
(1993-04)Several toxicity tests are needed to complete data sets for the numerical national water quality criteria for the protection of aquatic life. This report contains some of the needed tests which are: an acute renewal ... -
Acute Phenanthrene Toxicity to Daphnia magna
(1994-02-28)A 48-h acute toxicity test was conducted exposing the cladoceran, Daphnia magna, to five concentrations of phenanthrene. Renewal of exposure solutions of phenanthrene was done every 24-h. -
FINAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR RAP PROJECT
(1993)For the period from May 14, 1992 - May 31, 1993, the Lake Superior Research Institute has been awarded a grant to assist the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency staff with ... -
Determination of Percent Dissolved Metals in Freshwater using Simulation Tests
(1994-02-28)The animals used in the copper simulation tests were cultured at the UWS culture facilities. Fathead minnows, (Pimephales promelas) were cultured in dechlorinated water from the City of Superior municipal water supply. ... -
Analysis of Spiked Sediment Samples for Zinc and Acid Volatile Sulfide and for Fluoranthene
(1994-09)The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has a congressional mandate to develop and publish criteria for sediment quality to identify the potential for pollutant effects on aquatic life under 340 (a) (1) of ... -
VALIDATION OF SEDIMENT QUALITY CRITERIA DRIVED FROM EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING THEORY
(1993-01-12)The equilibrium partitioning theory (EPT) approach in conjunction with existing water quality criteria (YQC) has been adopted by EPA for establishing sediment quality criteria (SQC) for nonionic organic chemicals (Di ...