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Vision and Mission Statement

Vision:
Provide the scientific foundation for the most effective ecosystem protection and improvements through multistressor priority-setting and risk management.
Mission:
Develop the technology to assess and predict the present and future effects of biotic and abiotic stressors on freshwater ecological resources with known certainty in support of short- and long-term management goals.
Geographic Focus:
St. Lawrence Great Lakes system and its associated drainage, tributaries, and connecting waterbodies; but with approaches applicable to other large aquatic ecosystems.
Objective/Purpose:
Develop, refine, apply, and verify mathematical models which describe, identify, and lead to an understanding of ecosystem functions, responses, and effects.
Research Goal:
To address and reduce uncertainty and validate model predictions for the stressors of greatest environmental concern using field data specifically collected for such purposes.
Approach:
An ecosystem approach is applied using a mathematical modeling framework and the principle of conservation of energy, mass, and momentum. The approach is conducted in partnership with local, state, and federal agencies, tribal authorities, the private sector, and academia.
Management/Regulatory Objective:
Provide reliable model results for setting priorities through a risk-based, decision-making process.
Hypothesis:
The principles of conservation of energy, mass, and momentum can be used to assess and predict the effects of multiple stressors in large aquatic systems.

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