Afternoon workshop from 1 - 4 p.m.
The current Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement addresses many aspects of chemical integrity, but only superficially addresses the importance of physical and biological integrity to the ecosystem. There is growing recognition that achieving full ecosystem integrity in the Great Lakes will require interdisciplinary research and monitoring, adaptive resource management, and innovative policies to address chemical, physical and biological integrity as part of a unified whole. This workshop will provide a forum for discussion among participants about the complex interactions that are occurring in the Great Lakes and their implications for addressing ecological integrity as the governments review the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Examples will be drawn primarily from the latest research on lakes Erie and Ontario.
| Understanding Ecosystem Integrity |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Welcome
Irene Brooks, U.S. Commissioner, International Joint Commission
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| 1:10 p.m. |
Physical Integrity of the Great Lakes: Opportunities for Ecosystem Restoration
Scudder Mackey, University of Windsor/Habitat Solutions
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| 1:30 p.m. |
Flow Regimes and Ecological Integrity in the Great Lakes and their tributaries
Michele De Philip, The Nature Conservancy
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| 1:50 p.m. |
Lake Ontario Coastal Wetlands: Accounting for Water Level Regulation in the Maintenance of Ecological Integrity
Joel Ingram, Canadian Wildlife Service
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| 2:10 p.m. |
Lake Erie Ecosystem Changes: Update on Status and Trends
Murray Charlton, Environment Canada-NWRI
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Environmental Indicators: Measuring and Linking Physical, Chemical and Biological Integrity in the Great Lakes
Jan Ciborowski, University of Windsor
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| 2:50 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: Ecological Integrity and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
Moderator: John Gannon, International Joint Commission
Panelists: Workshop Speakers and Craig Mather and David Ulrich, Great Lakes Water Quality Board |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
