Today's Message
Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016Today: Great Lakes Seminar - 'Coastal Biota and Anthropogenic Stress in the Great Lakes'
Please join the Great Lakes Center for the seminar “Coastal Biota and Anthropogenic Stress in the Great Lakes,” presented by Katya Kovalenko, research associate at the University of Minnesota Duluth, today, January 21, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Science Building 272. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome.
Seminar Abstract
Coastal habitats of large lakes harbor a large proportion of freshwater biodiversity, but they are also epicenters of human activity, placing this biodiversity at risk from the intense anthropogenic stress. I will present an overview of major findings of the Great Lakes Environmental Indicators project, focusing on non-linear changes in fish, macroinvertebrate, diatom, and wetland birds and vegetation in response to watershed land use; how biota responds to land- vs. lake-based stressors; and how these high-resolution data can be used to develop more precise habitat models. Finally, I will discuss implications of these findings for biomonitoring and natural resource management and conservation across the Great Lakes.
