Linking regime shifts to carbon dynamics in Lake Erie

“死亡守卫”、“污染问题的典型代表”、“致命入侵者”、“死亡区”、“死亡”、“崩溃的危险”、“生病”、“生病”、“臭气熏天的渣渣”、“污垢”和“有毒收获”都是最近用来形容伊利湖的词汇。这一不幸特征背后的湖泊目前的生态状况正威胁着价值数十亿美元的渔业和旅游业。今天的五大湖，与一百年前的生态系统截然不同。五大湖的这种新的生态状态（制度）需要更好地理解，而且要尽快，因为这些湖泊为我们的社会提供了一系列的生态系统服务，包括为多伦多市提供饮用水、娱乐和商业捕鱼、旅游和货物运输，同时增强了区域生物多样性和湿地。我们项目的最终目标是

"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