Standardized Measures of Coastal Wetland Condition: Implementation at a Laurentian Great Lakes Basin-Wide Scale
dc.contributor.author | Uzarski, Donald G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brady, Valerie J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cooper, Matthew J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilcox, Douglas A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Albert, Dennis A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Axler, Richard P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bostwick, Peg | |
dc.contributor.author | Brown, Terry N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ciborowski, Jan J.H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gathman, Joseph P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gehring, Thomas M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Grabas, Greg P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Garwood, Anne | |
dc.contributor.author | Howe, Robert W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Lucinda B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lamberti, Gary A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Moerke, Ashley H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Murry, Brent A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Niemi, Gerald J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Norment, Christopher J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ruetz, Carl R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Steinman, Alan D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tozer, Douglas C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wheeler, Ryan | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Donnell, T. Kevin | |
dc.contributor.author | Schneider, John P. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-07T17:41:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-07T17:41:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/2295 | |
dc.description | Received: 28 October 2014 /Accepted: 27 September 2016 /Published online: 10 October 2016 # The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com | |
dc.description.abstract | Since European settlement, over 50% of coastal wetlands have been lost in the Laurentian Great Lakes basin, causing growing concern and increased monitoring by government agencies. For over a decade, monitoring efforts have focused on the development of regional and organism-specific measures. To facilitate collaboration and information sharing between public, private, and government agencies throughout the Great Lakes basin, we developed standardized methods and indicators used for assessing wetland condition. Using an ecosystem approach and a stratified random site selection process, birds, anurans, fish, macroinvertebrates, vegetation, and physico-chemical conditions were sampled in coastal wetlands of all five Great Lakes including sites from the United States and Canada. Our primary objective was to implement a standardized basin-wide coastal wetland monitoring program that would be a powerful tool to inform decision-makers on coastal wetland conservation and restoration priorities throughout the Great Lakes basin. | |
dc.subject | Ecosystem Health | |
dc.subject | Wetlands | |
dc.subject | Indices Of Biotic Integrity | |
dc.subject | Great Lakes | |
dc.subject | Disturbance | |
dc.subject | IBI | |
dc.subject | Stressor | |
dc.subject | Monitoring | |
dc.title | Standardized Measures of Coastal Wetland Condition: Implementation at a Laurentian Great Lakes Basin-Wide Scale | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.source.journaltitle | Wetlands | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-09-07T17:41:08Z | |
dc.description.institution | SUNY Brockport | |
dc.source.peerreviewed | TRUE | |
dc.source.status | published | |
dc.description.publicationtitle | Environmental Science and Ecology Faculty Publications | |
dc.contributor.organization | Bird Studies Canada | |
dc.contributor.organization | Central Michigan University | |
dc.contributor.organization | Environment and Climate Change Canada | |
dc.contributor.organization | Grand Valley State University | |
dc.contributor.organization | Lake Superior State University | |
dc.contributor.organization | Michigan Department of Environmental Quality | |
dc.contributor.organization | Michigan State University | |
dc.contributor.organization | Michigan State University Extension | |
dc.contributor.organization | The College at Brockport | |
dc.contributor.organization | University of Minnesota - Duluth | |
dc.contributor.organization | University of Notre Dame | |
dc.contributor.organization | University of Windsor | |
dc.contributor.organization | University of Wisconsin - Green Bay | |
dc.contributor.organization | University of Wisconsin-Superior | |
dc.contributor.organization | US Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office | |
dc.languate.iso | en_US |