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State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference 1994
The first State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference was held on October 26 to 28, 1994. It's purpose was to assess the state of the lakes against a set of broad based indicators. Six working papers and an integration paper were developed for discussion at the conference, then revised after input from the conference participants. A paper was written on each of the following topics:- A Changing Great Lakes Economy: Economic and Environmental Linkages;
- Effects of Great Lakes Basin Environmental Contaminants on Human Health;
- Aquatic Community Health of the Great Lakes;
- Toxic Contaminants
- Aquatic Habitat and Wetlands of the Great Lakes;
- Nutrients: Trends and System Response.
The revised papers formed the basis for the State of the Great Lakes Report - 1995.
Final Reports
- State of the Great Lakes 1995 PDF (41 pp, 289 kb)
- State of the Great Lakes 1995 Highlights Report PDF (16 pp., 108 kb)
Background Papers
- A Changing Great Lakes Economy: Economic and Environmental Linkages PDF (54 pp., 932 kb)
- Effects of Great Lakes Basin Environmental Contaminants on Human Health PDF (91 pp., 1.7 mb)
- Aquatic Community Health of the Great Lakes PDF (40 pp., 821 kb)
- Aquatic Habitat and Wetlands of the Great Lakes PDF (72 pp., 914 kb)
- Nutrients: Trends and System Response, August 1995 PDF (31 pp., 655 kb)
- 1994 Draft Integration Paper for Discussion Purposes PDF (51 pp., 884 kb)
- Nutrient Presentation PDF (14 pp., 1.3 mb)
- The Fall and Rise of Osprey Populations in the Great Lakes Basin PDF 12 pp., (414 kb)
- The Rise of the Double-Crested Cormorant on the Great Lakes PDF (12 pp., 264 kb)