GLIN==> Poster Session Invitation: IJC Biennial Meeting in Detroit

POSTER SESSION ON PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS ACHIEVING OBJECTIVES OF THE
GREAT LAKES WATER AGREEMENT SINCE 1987

 

The International Joint Commission (IJC) will hold its Biennial Meeting
on Great Lakes Water Quality at Wayne State University in Detroit,
Michigan on October 12-14, 2011.  In conjunction with the Biennial
Meeting, the IJC's Great Lakes Science Advisory Board (SAB) and Great
Lakes Water Quality Board (WQB) are jointly organizing a poster session
focusing on progress toward achieving the objectives of the Great Lakes
Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA), since 1987, when the GLWQA was last
amended by the U.S. and Canada.

 

Posters will be considered that describe either 1) how environmental
conditions related to Great Lakes water quality have changed since 1987
or 2) progress made toward achieving GLWQA objectives since that time.
Please submit an abstract of your poster by June 17, 2011 to
posters2011 at windsor.ijc.org, using the Subject Line:  BIENNIAL POSTER. 

 

In addition to Title and List of Authors and their Affiliations,
abstracts must include:

 

1.     Rationale for the selected indicator, endpoint, or measure
describing its relationship to stressors of concern, ecological
importance, and relevance to environmental   

        management objectives;

2.     Methodology for collection and analysis of trend data;

3.     Results indicating trends and changes since 1987; 

4.     Discussion of the significance of findings; and,

5.     Relevance to the general or specific objectives of the GLWQA.

 

Acceptance decisions will be announced by June 27.  The IJC will provide
a poster layout to submitters of accepted abstracts and posters will be
printed by the IJC.  Completed posters must be submitted electronically
by September 8.  For more information on the IJC and prior biennial
meetings see www.ijc.org and www.ijc.org/en/activities/forums.htm.
Additional information about the 2011 Biennial Meeting will be posted
soon.

 

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