Linking regime shifts to carbon dynamics in Lake Erie

“死亡观察”、“污染问题的典型”、“致命入侵者”、“死亡地带”、“死亡”、“崩溃的危险”、“生病”、“生病”、“臭浮渣”、“污垢”和“毒物收获”都是最近用来描述伊利湖的术语。这种不幸特征背后的湖泊目前的生态状况正在威胁着价值数十亿美元的渔业和旅游业。今天的五大湖生态系统与一百年前截然不同。人们需要尽快更好地了解五大湖的这种新生态状态（制度），因为这些湖泊为我们的社会提供了全套生态系统服务，包括多伦多市的饮用水、休闲和商业捕鱼、旅游业和货物运输，同时增强了区域生物多样性和湿地。我们的项目的最终目标是

"Death watch", "poster child for pollution problems", "deadly intruders", "dead zone", "dead", "danger of collapse", "ailing", "sick", "stinky scum", "fouling" and "poison harvest" are all terms that have been used recently to describe Lake Erie. The lake's current ecological state behind this unfortunate characterization is threatening a multi-billion dollar fishing and tourism industry. Today the Great Lakes, are a dramatically different ecosystem than they were a hundred years ago. This new ecological state (regime) of the Great Lakes needs to be better understood, and soon, since these lakes provide our society with a panoply of ecosystem services including drinking water for the City of Toronto, recreational and commercial fishing, tourism, and transportation of goods, while enhancing regional biodiversity and wetlands. Our project ultimately aims to