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#1 Federal

Physical, chemical, and biological water quality monitoring data to support detection of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in western Lake Erie, collected by the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research since 2012

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: July 03, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Blooms of nuisance and toxic cyanobacteria, referred to as cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (cHABs), occur annually in Lake Erie and pose a threat to human health, affect the quality of life,...

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#2 Federal

Quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) shell and tissue measurements collected in the Laurentian Great Lakes since 2015

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: May 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Invasive dreissenid mussels (quagga mussels, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis and zebra mussels, D. polymorpha) were introduced to the Laurentian Great Lakes in the 1980’s and have since spread...

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#3 Federal

Zooplankton biomass and density collected from R/V LAURENTIAN and other small boats in Lake Michigan in the Great Lakes region from 2010-04-12 to 2019-11-20 (NCEI Accession 0260131)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: October 04, 2022 at 12:00 AM

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) samples and studies the ecosystem of the lower food web of the Laurentian Great Lakes. This collection contains zooplankton biomass and...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 8 | Catalog Last Checked: October 26, 2026 at 09:38 PM

#4 Federal

Physical, chemical, and biological water quality monitoring data to support detection of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, Great Lakes collected by the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research since 2012

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: December 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Blooms of nuisance and toxic cyanobacteria, referred to as cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (cHABs), occur seasonally in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, and pose a threat to human health, affect the...

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#5 Federal

Individual fish examination of length, stomach contents prey counts and length of age-0 Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in Lake Huron, Great Lakes, from 2014-06-18 to 2018-07-05 (NCEI Accession 0210611)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: June 02, 2020 at 12:00 AM

The fish length and stomach content prey count and prey length of age-0 Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) were collected in several regions of Lake Huron, Great Lakes between 2014-06-18 and...

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#6 Federal

The Episodic Events - Great Lakes Experiment (EEGLE) observation data in Lake Michigan, the Great Lakes region, coordinated by the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory from 1997 to 2001

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: June 16, 2022 at 12:00 AM

The Episodic Events - Great Lakes Experiment (EEGLE) project was coordinated by NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. The data collected in support of this project are archived in...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 4 | Catalog Last Checked: October 27, 2026 at 12:11 AM

#7 Federal

Zooplankton biomass and density collected from R/V LAURENTIAN and R/V LAKE GUARDIAN in Lake Erie in the Great Lakes region from 2005-05-11 to 2007-09-20 (NCEI Accession 0265115)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: October 26, 2022 at 12:00 AM

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) samples and studies the ecosystem of the lower food web of the Laurentian Great Lakes. This collection contains zooplankton biomass and...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 4 | Catalog Last Checked: October 26, 2026 at 09:38 PM

#8 Federal

Oceanographic data collected from non-federal stations assembled by the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: August 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM

This dataset contains oceanographic and surface meteorological data collected from non-Federal stations throughout the Great Lakes region of the United States. The data is predominantly long time...

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#9 Federal

Zooplankton biomass and density collected from the R/V LAURENTIAN and other small boats in Lake Michigan and Muskegon Lake in the Great Lakes region from 2021-05-10 to 2021-09-16 (NCEI Accession 0290558)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: April 01, 2024 at 12:00 AM

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) samples and studies the ecosystem of the lower food web of the Laurentian Great Lakes. This collection contains zooplankton biomass and...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 4 | Catalog Last Checked: October 26, 2026 at 09:51 PM

#10 Federal

Abundance, biomass, and density of benthic macroinvertebrates collected from R/V Lake Guardian in Lake Michigan, Great Lakes from 2015-07-20 to 2015-07-29 (NCEI Accession 0209222)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: January 23, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Raw data from the benthic macroinvertebrate lake wide surveys conducted in Lake Michigan in 2015. These basic benthic survey data provide the number of each taxon in each replicate sample...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 4 | Catalog Last Checked: October 26, 2026 at 09:21 PM

#11 Federal

Circulation, temperature, and water surface elevation from Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) simulations of Lake Superior, Great Lakes region from 2010-01-01 to 2012-12-31 to study the 2010 coastal upwelling event (NCEI Accession 0218215)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: August 31, 2020 at 12:00 AM

This dataset contains a three-dimensional (3-D), coupled ice-ocean Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) hydrodynamic simulations of circulation, temperature, and water surface elevation of...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 4 | Catalog Last Checked: October 26, 2026 at 09:24 PM

#12 Federal

Oceanographic, surface meteorological, and chemical water quality parameter data collected from moored Real-time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) buoys in the Great Lakes region by NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory since 2004

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: October 27, 2022 at 12:00 AM

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory has collected observations from in-situ Real-time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) moored buoys during the open water season, in the Great...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 4 | Catalog Last Checked: October 27, 2026 at 12:11 AM

#13 Federal

Physical, chemical, and biological water quality data and CTD casts collected from small boats in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron in the Great Lakes region from 2008-05-12 to 2010-10-13 (NCEI Accession 0220469)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: October 19, 2020 at 12:00 AM

This dataset includes physical, chemical, and biological water sampling data collected in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron from 2008 to 2010. These data were collected to aid in the understanding of...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 4 | Catalog Last Checked: October 26, 2026 at 09:24 PM

#14 Federal

Oceanographic and surface meteorological water parameter data collected from moored Realtime Coastal Observation Network, ReCON, Alpena Buoy (NDBC station 45162), Lake Huron, in the Great Lakes region by NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory from 2020-08-07 to 2020-10-20 (NCEI Accession 0244738)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: April 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory collected the data from moored Realtime Coastal Observation Network, ReCON, Alpena Buoy (NDBC station 45162), Lake Huron, an in-situ moored...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 3 | Catalog Last Checked: October 26, 2026 at 09:33 PM

#15 Federal

Long-term vertical water temperature observations in the deepest area of Lake Michigan's southern basin

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: July 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Long-term, year-around vertical water temperature observations in the southern basin of Lake Michigan from a fixed mooring. Observations were collected from the deepest location in the southern...

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#16 Federal

Zooplankton biomass and density collected from R/V Laurentian and R/V Lake Guardian in Lake Huron in the Great Lakes region from 2007-04-14 to 2017-09-19 (NCEI Accession 0256657)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: August 31, 2022 at 12:00 AM

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) samples and studies the ecosystem of the lower food web of the Laurentian Great Lakes. This collection contains zooplankton biomass and...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 3 | Catalog Last Checked: October 26, 2026 at 09:37 PM

#17 Federal

Zooplankton biomass and density collected from small boats in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron in the Great Lakes region from 2009-04-23 to 2010-11-10 (NCEI Accession 0256761)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: August 31, 2022 at 12:00 AM

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) samples and studies the ecosystem of the lower food web of the Laurentian Great Lakes. This collection contains zooplankton biomass and...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 3 | Catalog Last Checked: October 26, 2026 at 09:37 PM

#18 Federal

NCCOS Mapping: Collaborative Benthic Habitat Mapping in the Nearshore Waters of the Great Lakes Basin: Benthic habitat information and maps at Madeline Island, Lake Superior from 2007-10-12 to 2025-05-30

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: January 08, 2026 at 12:00 AM

This dataset includes environmental data compiled from primary and secondary data sources, and derived information describing and predicting benthic habitats around Madeline Island and Gull Island...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 2 | Catalog Last Checked: October 27, 2026 at 12:12 AM

#19 Federal

Oceanographic and surface meteorological water parameter data collected from moored Realtime Coastal Observation Network, ReCON, Muskegon M20 Buoy (NDBC station 45161), Lake Michigan, in the Great Lakes region by NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory from 2020-07-30 to 2020-10-27 (NCEI Accession 0243922)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: January 14, 2022 at 12:00 AM

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory collected the data from moored Realtime Coastal Observation Network, ReCON, Muskegon M20 Buoy (NDBC station 45161), Lake Michigan, an in-situ...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 2 | Catalog Last Checked: October 26, 2026 at 09:32 PM

#20 Federal

Physical, chemical, and biological water quality observation data at multiple levels from an array of fixed moorings to support hypoxia research in the central basin of Lake Erie, Great Lakes region collected by the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan, since 2017

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: August 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Episodes of low dissolved oxygen are common during the summer in the bottom water of the central basin of Lake Erie. Dissolved oxygen and temperature observations at a high temporal frequency and...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 2 | Catalog Last Checked: October 27, 2026 at 12:11 AM

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Physical, chemical, and biological water quality monitoring data to support detection of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in western Lake Erie, collected by the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research since 2012

Quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) shell and tissue measurements collected in the Laurentian Great Lakes since 2015

Zooplankton biomass and density collected from R/V LAURENTIAN and other small boats in Lake Michigan in the Great Lakes region from 2010-04-12 to 2019-11-20 (NCEI Accession 0260131)

Physical, chemical, and biological water quality monitoring data to support detection of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, Great Lakes collected by the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research since 2012

Individual fish examination of length, stomach contents prey counts and length of age-0 Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in Lake Huron, Great Lakes, from 2014-06-18 to 2018-07-05 (NCEI Accession 0210611)

The Episodic Events - Great Lakes Experiment (EEGLE) observation data in Lake Michigan, the Great Lakes region, coordinated by the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory from 1997 to 2001

Zooplankton biomass and density collected from R/V LAURENTIAN and R/V LAKE GUARDIAN in Lake Erie in the Great Lakes region from 2005-05-11 to 2007-09-20 (NCEI Accession 0265115)

Oceanographic data collected from non-federal stations assembled by the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS)

Zooplankton biomass and density collected from the R/V LAURENTIAN and other small boats in Lake Michigan and Muskegon Lake in the Great Lakes region from 2021-05-10 to 2021-09-16 (NCEI Accession 0290558)

Abundance, biomass, and density of benthic macroinvertebrates collected from R/V Lake Guardian in Lake Michigan, Great Lakes from 2015-07-20 to 2015-07-29 (NCEI Accession 0209222)

Circulation, temperature, and water surface elevation from Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) simulations of Lake Superior, Great Lakes region from 2010-01-01 to 2012-12-31 to study the 2010 coastal upwelling event (NCEI Accession 0218215)

Oceanographic, surface meteorological, and chemical water quality parameter data collected from moored Real-time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) buoys in the Great Lakes region by NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory since 2004

Physical, chemical, and biological water quality data and CTD casts collected from small boats in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron in the Great Lakes region from 2008-05-12 to 2010-10-13 (NCEI Accession 0220469)

Long-term vertical water temperature observations in the deepest area of Lake Michigan's southern basin

Zooplankton biomass and density collected from R/V Laurentian and R/V Lake Guardian in Lake Huron in the Great Lakes region from 2007-04-14 to 2017-09-19 (NCEI Accession 0256657)

Zooplankton biomass and density collected from small boats in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron in the Great Lakes region from 2009-04-23 to 2010-11-10 (NCEI Accession 0256761)

NCCOS Mapping: Collaborative Benthic Habitat Mapping in the Nearshore Waters of the Great Lakes Basin: Benthic habitat information and maps at Madeline Island, Lake Superior from 2007-10-12 to 2025-05-30