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TABLE OF COlWENTS Preface. ....................... iii Perspectives on the Meaning of Ecosystem Integrity in 1975, by Henry A. Regier and Robert L. France . .. 1 Implications For Policy Integrity and Surprise in the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem: Implications for Policy, by Henry A. Regier, George R. Francis, A.P. Grim, Andrew L. Hamilton, and Sally Lerner . ............. 17 Values in Integrity, by Sally Lerner . ........ 37 Rehabilitating Great Lakes Integrity in Times of Surprise, byRafal Serafin. . ........... 45 Ecosystem Integrity and Network Theory, by Robert E. Ulanowicz . .................... 69 Integrality, Context, ,and Other Industrial Casualties, by Willem H. Vanderburg. ......... 79 Evaluating the Benefits of Ecosystem Integrity, byWalterE.Westman. ................ 91 Implications for Theory and Testing Integrity and Surprise in the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem: Implications for Theory and Testing, by Lloyd M. Dickie and Bruce L. Bandurski ...... 105 Integrity and Surprise in the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem: The Perspective Hierarchy Theory, by Timothy F.H. Allen. ................ 121 Thermodynamics and Ecosystem Integrity, by Joel L.Fisher.......... ............. 131 Trophic Dynamics and Ecosystem Integrity in the Great Lakes: Past, Present, and Possibilities, by Thomas D. Fontaine and Donald J. Stewart. ..... 153
Theoretical Framework for Developing and Operationalizing an Index of Zoobenthos Community: Application to Biomonitoring with Zwbenthos Communities in the Great Lakes, by Robert L. France . ............. 169 Flexible Governance, by Georye Francis . ....... 195 A Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamic Framework for Discussing Ecosystem Integrity, by James J. Kay. ... 209 Aquatic Harmonic Communities: Surrogates of Ecosystem Integrity, by Richard A. Ryder and Steve R. Kerr. .................... 239 Ecological Bases for an Understanding of Ecosystem Integrity in the Great Lakes Basin, by Robert J. Steedman and Henry A. Regier . ............ 257 Political and Ecological Systems: Integrity?, by Edward Cowan, Tom Muir and John R. Vallentyne. .... 273 Landscape Ecology: ~nalytical Approaches to Pattern and Process, by Carol A. Wessman . ...... 285
Page 1 and 2: ECO TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE GREAT L
Page 3 and 4: Support of this publication by the
Page 5: J. Edwards represented SAB; and Hen
Page 9 and 10: During the Symposium, it was noted
Page 11 and 12: I can but assert that the essential
Page 13 and 14: Water quality must be of the highes
Page 15 and 16: I have only one way to insure no di
Page 17 and 18: case. . . . From a pragmatic standp
Page 19 and 20: A program premised upon the establi
Page 21 and 22: Holding the Line No further degrada
Page 23 and 24: INTEGRITY AND SURPRISE IN THE GREAT
Page 25 and 26: exploitation of a scientific concep
Page 27 and 28: mitigation relates to &d culture an
Page 29 and 30: mismanagement of sewage works, and
Page 31 and 32: FOSTERING INTEGRITY IN AN AGE OF SU
Page 33 and 34: The stress-response approach, as de
Page 35 and 36: natural associations that are alrea
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Page 39 and 40: (xi) Degradation of aesthetics; (xi
Page 41 and 42: Woodwell, G.M. 1977. Biological int
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Page 47 and 48: promote this through exercise, diet
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An extended view of integrity is th
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human systems. Put simply, they awe
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as a human need and, hence, a commo
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measures, if undertaken properly, w
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question of repairing biological pr
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Legally enshrined terms such as int
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See von Bertalanffy, L. 1950. The t
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24. Holling, C.S. Ecosystem design:
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ECOSYSTEM INFEGRITY AND NETWORK THE
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might appear that autocatalysis can
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development, any increase in the pr
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ecosystem elements of interest; e.g
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Ulanowicz , R. E. 1986b. A phenomen
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the members of a society interpret
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coherent knowledge base, yielding a
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eality is fundamentally correct, an
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een recognized in subatomic physics
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culture, human beings become orient
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NOTES 1. The ideal type of techniqu
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water bcdy resulted in the appearan
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4) Different members of society wil
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total costs of ecological damage or
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As noted by Everett (1979), this ap
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The net result of these problems is
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ller, F.G. 1974. Benefit-cost analy
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IWPEGRITY AND SURPRISE IN THE GREAT
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theory as it is most often applied
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a position beyond information towar
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them. From the point of view of the
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chosen from the group. The standard
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est developed and appropriate to Gr
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potential of Ulanowiczts technical
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Kay, J.J. 1983. Self-oryanization a
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hierarchy theory. self-organizing s
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configuration. For example, gravita
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unpredictable. Middle-number system
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Integrity comes through constraint.
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Allen, T.F.H., and E.P. Wileyto. 19
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greater detail, and only the most g
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statistical thermodynamics revealed
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Force-flux relationships do not alw
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1) multiple evolutionary trajectori
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3) reduce the total number of react
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input, removal, or accumulation, co
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eplacement, the species diversity t
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The numerical difference between a
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Certain choices of environmental va
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On the other hand, thermodynamics a
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Morowitz, H.J. 1968. Energy flow in
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2) We must understand basic cause-a
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Fontaine and Lesht (1987) used stat
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We suggest that exercising control
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aggregates, age-class specific stoc
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correspond to the point in time tha
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insufficient information on coupled
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Bartell, S.M., R.H. Gardner, R.V. O
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THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR DEVEIllPI
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BIOINDICATOR OBTECTIVES IN THE GREA
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the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI)
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TABLE 2. integrity. potential metri
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of strict funding, public accountab
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The managerial advantages in such i
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more thorough and competent the exa
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organization'' (Kay 1990) . Fig. 2
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efficacy of zoobenthos as indicator
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1. Unfortunately, most studies oper
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that is, the index of response is a
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Patrick, R. 1975. Identifying integ
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George Francis Department of Enviro
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FEDERAL FH)ERAC International Joint
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navigation, hydropower generation a
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inational network of groups sharing
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professional experts suggests there
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Ecosystem integrity for the Great L
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Meisner, J.D., L. Goodier, and H.A.
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will be considered to be consistent
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For any real ecosystem, a particula
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Rutledge (1974) showed that a short
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State V&e ~ifru?cation Point State
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An example of this case is the clea
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something big happens in between sa
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When an ecosystem is described as b
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with the idea of an N-dimensional s
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TABLE 1. Environmental factors and
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TABLE 2. A tabular model of ecologi
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Another possibility is that the sta
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State Variable PI PZ P3 State Varia
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Nicolis, G., and I. Prigogine. 1977
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AQUATIC =NIC COMMUNITIES: SURROGATE
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always retain control of the prey t
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the high levels of abundance of the
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a suite of species exemplified by t
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emergent view, accordingly, is that
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we often observe in natural systems
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ecological structures and functions
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Holling, C.S. 1985. Resilience of e
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Ryder, R.A., and S.R. Kerr. 1989. H
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MYTHS AND BDDEL8 OF SYSTEMIC AND OR
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The first two processes tend to fos
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A complementary process relates to
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that reflect key aspects of integra
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and consumer organisms. Presence of
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~ollingwood, R.G. 1946. The idea of
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Steedman, R.J. 1988. Modification a
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they will be required (by the ecosy
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6) Forbidden zone implies a state i
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3) Lack of a prenrentive .approach.
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2) Can we tell when the processes t
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Government is not wholly consistent
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Awareness of an environmental crisi
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EOOIOGY: ANALYTICAL APmcOACRES TO P
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(Fonnan and Godron 1981, 1986). Suc
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such as photosynthesis and transpir
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8) grid cell analysis: grid cell ov
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Turner 1987). Models at the individ
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Wlchwald, K. 1963. Die Industrieges
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Milne, B.T. 1988. Measuring the fra
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Vesecky, J.F., and R.H. Steward. 19
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