Large lakes of the world are habitats for diverse species, including endemic taxa, and are
valuable resources that provide humanity with many ecosystem services. They are also …

Wetlands provide many benefits, such as water storage, flood control, transformation and
retention of chemicals, and habitat for many species of plants and animals. The ongoing …

Abstract Laurentian Great Lakes coastal wetlands (GLCW) are ecological hotspots and their
integrity depends upon dynamic hydrologic regimes of the Great Lakes. GLCW naturally …

Abstract The Laurentian Great Lakes (LGL) constitute one of the largest freshwater systems
in the world while providing social and economic value to two powerful nations. The spatial …

Abstract In Laurentian Great Lakes coastal wetlands (GLCWs), dominant emergent invasive
plants are expanding their ranges and compromising the unique habitat and ecosystem …

Microbial communities within the soil of Laurentian Great Lakes coastal wetlands drive
biogeochemical cycles and provide several other ecosystem services. However, there exists …

Biotic indicators are useful for assessing ecosystem health because the structure of resident
communities generally reflects abiotic conditions integrated over time. We used fish data …

Thanks to increasing urban development, it has become important for municipalities to
understand how ecological processes function. In particular, urban wetlands are vital …

Wetland classification has become a primary tool to characterize and inventory wetland
landscapes, but wetlands are difficult to classify because they straddle the terrestrial and …

Abstract The Great Lakes and connecting waters encompass a vast and diverse ecosystem
that presents scale challenges for management similar to those of the coastal ocean …