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State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference 1996
The second State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference was held in November 1996. The focus was on determining the state of the near shore ecosystem and the human impacts on it. Five background papers were prepared for the conference:
- Nearshore Waters of the Great Lakes;
- Coastal Wetlands of the Great Lakes;
- Land by the Lakes: Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems;
- Impacts of Changing Land Use; and
- Information and Information Management.
In addition, an integration paper was prepared, linking together many issues brought out in the background papers. After the conference the papers were finalized, incorporating comments made at SOLEC 96 and the State of the Great Lakes - 1997 report was produced.
Final Reports
- State of the Great Lakes -1997 PDF (82 pp., 1.7mb)
- State of the Great Lakes -1997 - Report Highlights PDF (22 pp., 263kb)
Background Papers
- Near shore Waters of the Great Lakes PDF (179 pp., 2.8mb)
- Coastal Wetlands of the Great Lakes PDF (114 pp., 2.2mb)
- Land by the Lakes: Near shore Terrestrial Ecosystems PDF (167 pp., 4.4mb)
- Impacts of Changing Land Use PDF (130 pp., 1.8mb)
- Information and Information Management PDF (74 pp., 201kb)
- SOLEC 1996 Highlights of Background Papers, November 1996 PDF (19 pp., 263kb)
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1996 Conference Proceedings PDF (70 pp., 1.9mb)
- 1996 - The Year of the Near shore PDF (6 pp., 414kb)
- Near shore Waters of the Great Lakes PDF (31 pp., 2.8mb)
- Coastal Wetlands PDF (67 pp., 2.8mb)
- Land by the Lakes PDF (80 pp., 9.0mb)
- Impacts of Changing Land User PDF (38pp., 4.1mb)
- Information and Information Management PDF (38 pp., 2.8mb)
- Integration Paper PDF (35pp., 2.9mb)
- 1996 Conference Newsletters