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GLRCSEMINARSERIESPRESENTS:W.CHARLESKERFOOT

LakeSuperiorEcosystemResearchCenter&DepartmentofBiologicalSciences,MichiganTechnologicalUniversity

LiDARandMSSApplicationsForCoastalEcosystemResearch&RestorationProjects

Duetoitshighspatialresolutionandexcellentwaterpenetration,LiDARandmulti‐spectralimaging(MSS)hasgreatpromiseforresolvingshorelineenvironmentalissues.Grand(Big)TraverseBayontheKeweenawPeninsulahasprovidedanexcellentGreatLakesexampleoftheconsequencesofminedischargesintocoastalenvironments.Althoughcoastaldischargeiscurrentlyadvocatedbymininginoceanenvironmentsasthe"outofsight,outofmind"alternativeto"tailingimpoundments",modernimprovementsinremotesensingcantrackcoastaldischarges.Foroveracentury,wasterockmigratingfromshorelinetailingspileshasmovedalongextensivestretchesoftheKeweenawcoastline,dammingstreamoutlets,interceptingwetlandsandrecreationalbeaches,suppressingbenthicinvertebratecommunities,andthreateningcriticalfishbreedinggrounds.HereweuseLiDARandMSSimagerytoestimatethetimecourseandmassoftailingserodedintoGrandTraverseBayandtoquantifyunderwatertailingsspreadacrossbenthicsubstrates.WeshowthatthecoastaldetailfromLiDARandMSSopensupnumerousapplicationsforecological,ecosystem,andgeologicalinvestigations.Initialstudiesaidedtheestablishmentofanauthorized$8‐9MUSACEStampSandRestorationProjectinGrandTraverseBay.

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