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Selection of Indicators for Great
Lakes Basin Ecosystem Health Version 3
Paul Bertram
United States Environmental
Protection Agency, GLNPO
77 West Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, IL 60604
USA
Nancy Stadler-Salt
Environment Canada
867 Lakeshore Rd.,
Burlington, Ontario L7R 4A6
Canada
May 1999 The report,
Selection of
Indicators for Great
Lakes Basin
Ecosystem Health,
describes the
process of
developing a
consistent, easily
understood suite of
indicators that will
objectively
represent the state
of major ecosystem
components across
the Great Lakes
basin. A detailed
description for each
of the selected
indicators is also
included. These
indicators are
intended to provide
the basis for
assessing the state
of the Great Lakes
every two years.
The concepts and
ideas contained in
Selection of
Indicators for Great
Lakes Basin
Ecosystem Health
- Draft for
Discussion at SOLEC
98
(Version 2) were
presented and
discussed at SOLEC
98 (October 21-23,
1998). Participants
were encouraged to
review the SOLEC 98
document prior to
the conference, and
to provide comments,
suggestions, and/or
specific information
during and following
SOLEC 98.
In the months
since SOLEC 98, the
SOLEC Steering
Committee has
continued to revise
and refine the
proposed set of
indicators. The many
helpful suggestions
received at SOLEC
and afterwards have
been incorporated
wherever possible.
Version 3 of
Selection of
Indicators for Great
Lakes Basin
Ecosystem Health
includes the
following revisions:
- Some
indicators have
been dropped or
combined
- Some new
indicators have
been added
- The
indicator
descriptions
have been
revised and
clarified
- A section
has been added
on the different
ways the SOLEC
indicators may
be sorted and
organized
- A summary is
provided of an
independent
assessment of
the indicators
against the
SOLEC criteria
- Updates are
provided on the
indicator
selection
process and the
electronic
database.
This version is
available to all
Great Lakes
stakeholders and
others interested in
this project.
Reviews are invited
from both technical
and policy
standpoints to
increase an
understanding of the
project and to begin
to generate the
means to implement
the indicators for
presentation at
SOLEC 2000.
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