Indicators and Information Strategy Team

INDICATORS AND INFORMATION (II) STRATEGY TEAM
Established under the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration
Pursuant to the Executive Order of May 18, 2004
(This site was updated on October 12, 2005)

INDICATORS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES AND LINKS

Overarching I&I Resources

Steyer, G. et al. (2003) A Proposed Cost-Wide Reference Monitoring System for Evaluating Wetland Restoration Trajectories in Louisiana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol. 81, pp. 107-117.

Regional Standards to Identify and Evaluate Tidal Wetland Restoration in the Gulf of Maine. A GPAC Workshop Report. June 2-3, 1999

Indicators Resources

Niemi, G., et al. (2004) Rational for a New Generation of Indicators for Coastal Waters. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 112, No. 9, pp. 979-986

Niemi, G. and McDonald, M. (2004) Application of Ecological Indicators. Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. Vol. 35, pp. 89-111

The State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC)

The ABC's of Indicators, U.S. EPA and Environment Canade

Data and Information Management Resources

The U.S. EPA's Environmental Information Exchange Network

Water Resources Management Decision Support System for the Great Lakes - Final Report, Chapter 7: "Information and Communications"

Research and Monitoring Resources

Lake Erie Research Planning Workshop Report (March 4-5, 2004. Ann Arbor, MI)

Johnson, T. (Ed.) (2003) The Science of Freshwater Inland Seas (SoFIS) Report. Large Lakes Observatory Technical Report 2003-1. University of Minnesota - Duluth.

The Future of Open Water Observation Technology for Great Lakes Research Workshop (November 30 - December 3, 2004) (presentaions available)

The Great Lakes Observing System