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SOLEC 2008
The State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference 2008 was held October 22–23, 2008, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Emphasis was on “The Nearshore.” In 1996, SOLEC focused on the nearshore lands and waters of the Great Lakes where biological productivity is greatest and where humans have maximum impact. In 2008, the conference concentrated on what has changed with respect to the nearshore environments since 1996.
The conference attracted over 300 attendees in Niagara Falls and several hundred online viewers who accessed a live video webcast.
Conference slides, speaker's notes and video are available for each plenary presentation. Playing the Video together with the Slides or Notes allows a more complete experience.
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State of the Great Lakes
Condition of Great Lakes contamination, biotic communities, invasive species, coastal zones, aquatic habitats, human health, land use-land cover, resource utilization, and climate change based on indicators in the Great Lakes suite.Contaminants, Biotic Communities, and Invasive Species
Amy DeWeerd, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Slides (3,838 Kb pdf, 41 pages)
Notes (1,302 Kb pdf, 41 pages)
Video
Coastal Zones and Aquatic Habitats
Gail Hesse, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Slides (1,778 Kb pdf, 27 pages)
Notes (1,511 Kb pdf, 27 pages)
Video
Human Health, Land Use, Resource Utilization and Climate Change
Mary Thornburn, Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Slides (2,068 Kb pdf, 29 pages)
Notes (1,486 Kb pdf, 29 pages)
Video
Impacts of Changing Land Use on Coastal Margin and Nearshore
Zones of the Great Lakes
Scudder D. Mackey, Ph.D., University of Windsor / Habitat Solutions, NA
Slides (1,321 Kb pdf, 11 pages)
Notes (169 Kb pdf, 11 pages)
Video
Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems
Dan Kraus, The Nature Conservancy Canada
Slides (1,553 Kb pdf, 26 pages)
Notes (1,052 Kb pdf, 26 pages)
Video
Coastal Wetlands
George Finney, Bird Studies Canada
Slides (1,820 Kb pdf,
21 pages)
Notes (922 Kb pdf, 21 pages)
Video
Nearshore Waters
Murray Charlton
Slides (912 Kb pdf, 28 pages)
Notes (750 Kb pdf, 28 pages)
Video
The Lakes and Connecting Channels
Each of the Great Lakes and the connecting channels are unique. Each presentation gave an overview of the ecosystem conditions of the waterbody and focussed on one nearshore issue.
Lake Superior
Roger Eberhardt, Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality
Slides (1,780 Kb pdf,
39 pages)
Notes (1,521 Kb pdf, 39 pages)
Video
Lake Michigan's Nearshore Waters and Type E Botulism
Ken Hyde, National Park Service
Slides (2,581 Kb pdf,
24 pages)
Notes (1,638 Kb pdf, 24 pages)
Video
Lake Huron
Pamela Scharfe, Huron County Health Unit
Slides (1,280 Kb pdf, 32
pages)
Notes (603 Kb pdf, 32 pages)
Video
St. Clair/Detroit River
Dr. Doug Hafner, University of Windsor
Slides (870 Kb pdf,
25 pages)
Notes (751 Kb pdf, 25 pages)
Video
Lake Erie
Greg Boyer and Susan Watson, Great Lakes Research Consortium and Environment
Canada
Slides (690 Kb pdf, 21
pages)
Notes (552 Kb pdf, 21 pages)
Video
Niagara River
Brad Hill, Environment Canada
Slides (1,419 Kb pdf,
31 pages)
Notes (431 Kb pdf, 31 pages)
Video
Lake Ontario
Douglas A. Wilcox, SUNY-Brockport
Slides (5,056 Kb pdf,
64 pages)
Notes (3,804 Kb pdf, 64 pages)
Video