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State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference 2002
The focus of
SOLEC 2002 was to continue to update and assess the
state of the Great Lakes using the current suite of
indicators with an emphasis on biological integrity,
the theme for SOLEC 2002. This SOLEC presented the
most comprehensive assessment yet of the state of
the Great Lakes basin ecosystem. SOLEC 2002 featured
43 indicator assessments. A draft version of these
reports was distributed at SOLEC 2002. The comment
and review period for these indicator assessments
was available online until January 2003. Comments
are collected from participants and incorporated
into the indicator reports where feasible.
Significant development work has taken place on
broadening the indicator suite. SOLEC 2002 presented
a candidate set of Biological Integrity indicators,
as well as proposed indicators for agriculture,
groundwater, forestry, and societal response, which,
as a part of the Societal Indicator suite, measure
positive human responses to ecosystem pressures,
thereby reflecting a commitment to ecosystem health.
SOLEC 2002 also provided revisions to current
indicators in the Great Lakes suite, and the
identification of management challenges and actions.
Work continues on the Great Lakes indicator suite in
an effort to streamline this reporting to management
and the public.
Final Reports
-
State of the Great Lakes 2003 (Summary Report) (PDF) (114 pp., 11.2 MB)
Background Papers
- Biological Integrity, Draft for Discussion at SOLEC 2002 (PDF) (34 pp., 175 KB)
-
Executive Summary
(PDF) (4 pp.,
696 KB)
- Implementing Indicators, Draft for discussion at SOLEC 2002 (PDF) (168 pp., 1.8 MB)
- Implementing Indicator Addendum, Draft for discussion at SOLEC 2002 (PDF) (39pp., 4.1 MB)
- Proposed Changes to the Great Lakes Indicators Suite, Draft for discussion at SOLEC 2002 (PDF) (132 pp., 1.1 MB)
- What is SOLEC? (PDF) (2 pp., 20 KB)
- Indicator Reporting Matrix (PDF) (6 pp., 1.3 MB)
- Implementing Indicators 2003 - A Technical Report (PDF) (168 pp., 1.6 MB)
- SOLEC 2002 Proceedings (PDF) (61 pp., 854 KB)
- Biological Integrity Workshop Proceedings (PDF) ( 38 pp., 286 KB)