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Testing Indicators of Coastal Ecosystem Integrity Using Fish and Macroinvertebrates

EPA Grant Number: R828675C003
Subproject: this is subproject number 003 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R828675
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: EAGLES - Great Lakes Environmental Indicators Project
Center Director: Niemi, Gerald J.
Title: Testing Indicators of Coastal Ecosystem Integrity Using Fish and Macroinvertebrates
Investigators: Johnson, Lucinda , Brazner, John , Breneman, Dan , Ciborowski, Jan , Hrabik, Thomas , Kelly, John R. , Morrice, John , Richards, Carl , Scharold, Jill , Sierszen, Michael , Tanner, Dan , Trebitz, Anett , Yurista, Peder
Current Investigators: Johnson, Lucinda , Brady, Valerie , Breneman, Dan , Ciborowski, Jan , Hrabik, Thomas , Kelly, John R. , Morrice, John , Richards, Carl , Scharold, Jill , Schuldt, Jeffrey A. , Sierszen, Michael , Tanner, Dan , Trebitz, Anett , Yurista, Peder
Institution: University of Minnesota , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , University of Windsor
Current Institution: University of Minnesota , Minnesota Sea Grant College Program , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , University of Windsor , University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
EPA Project Officer: Levinson, Barbara
Project Period: January 10, 2001 through January 9, 2005 (Extended to January 9, 2006)
RFA: Environmental Indicators in the Estuarine Environment Research Program (2000)
Research Category: Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration

Description:

Objective:

The objective of this research project is to evaluate and integrate indicators across multiple spatial scales. We will employ a multitiered sampling and modeling strategy to integrate data collected at regional scales via satellite imagery, local scales, and site scales via field sampling. These data will be used to identify indicators at each scale that reflect critical ecosystem process or state variables related to the integrity and sustainability of those ecosystems. We will test indicators representing fundamental driving variables and processes at multiple spatial scales, and integrate them into a system for identifying positive or negative trends in the condition of ecosystems in coastal regions of the Great Lakes. The specific objectives of our research project are to: (1) evaluate the applicability of State-of-the-Lake Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC)-derived and complementary indicators in the context of the ecosystem types found in the Great Lakes coastal region; (2) rigorously test the efficacy of a suite of indicators across the range of habitats within the Great Lakes coastal system; and (3) recommend indicators of specific ecological conditions keyed to assessment endpoints and stressors in the Great Lakes coastal region.

Publications and Presentations:

Publications have been submitted on this subproject: View all 36 publications for this subproject | View all 335 publications for this center

Journal Articles:

Journal Articles have been submitted on this subproject: View all 11 journal articles for this subproject | View all 47 journal articles for this center

Supplemental Keywords:

Great Lakes, coastal wetlands, environmental indicators, community, fish, macroinvertebrate, high-energy shorelines, embayment. , Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, Water, Geographic Area, Scientific Discipline, RFA, ECOSYSTEMS, Ecosystem/Assessment/Indicators, Risk Assessment, exploratory research environmental biology, Great Lakes, Nutrients, Ecological Risk Assessment, Ecological Monitoring, Ecological Indicators, Ecological Effects - Environmental Exposure & Risk, Ecosystem Protection, Ecology and Ecosystems, Environmental Monitoring, toxic environmental contaminants, water quality, aquatic ecosystem, hierarchically structured indicators, hydrological stability, ecological response, ecosystem indicators, diatoms, wetland vegetation, fish, nutrient stress, environmental stressor, environmental consequences, aquatic ecosystems, coastal environments, ecosystem assessment, coastal ecosystem, nutrient transport, hydrological, ecological assessment, estuarine ecosystems, nutrient supply, ecosystem stress, ecological condition

Progress and Final Reports:
2002 Progress Report
2003 Progress Report
2004 Progress Report
Final Report


Main Center Abstract and Reports:
R828675    EAGLES - Great Lakes Environmental Indicators Project

Subprojects under this Center: (EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R828675C001 Great Lakes Diatom and Water Quality Indicators
R828675C002 Vegetative Indicators of Condition, Integrity, and Sustainability of Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands
R828675C003 Testing Indicators of Coastal Ecosystem Integrity Using Fish and Macroinvertebrates
R828675C004 Development and Assessment of Environmental Indicators Based on Birds and Amphibians in the Great Lakes Basin
R828675C005 Development and Evaluation of Chemical Indicators for Monitoring Ecological Risk

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