Coupling ecosystem science with management: A Great Lakes perspective from Green Bay,Lake Michigan,USA |
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Authors: | Hallett J. Harris Paul E. Sager Sumner Richman Victoria A. Harris C. Jarrell Yarbrough |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute for Land and Water Studies, University of Wisconsin, 54302 Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA;(2) Department of Biology, Lawrence University, 54911 Appleton, Wisconsin, USA;(3) Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Lake Michigan District Headquarters, 54302 Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA |
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Abstract: | Continued resource degradation in various areas of the Great Lakes has led to doubts of the adequacy of conventional science and management approaches. The need for a more holistic approach, identified as an ecosystem approach, appears now to be more widely accepted although progress with implementation is slow. We argue here that ecosystem science is an integral part of an ecosystem approach and is a prerequisite to effective management planning.One of the problems of implementing an ecosystem approach is forging the link between ecosystem based research and management. For Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA, certain structural and functional qualities of the ecosystem have been used to define operational guides and to formulate management objectives. These objectives are being utilized in the development of a remedial action plan for Green Bay.Deceased 5 February 1986. |
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Keywords: | Great Lakes Green Bay Ecosystem Management Research Remedial action plan |
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