Project Quinte can best be described as a long-term ecosystem study of the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario. Starting in 1972, Project Quinte was initially established to study the whole ecosystem effects of controlling phosphorus loadings in a eutrophic ecosystem. Since then, the Bay of Quinte ecosystem has experienced reduced nutrient loads, climatic events that changed the dominance of fish species, multiple invasions by non-native species, a resurgence of macrophytes, and increasing annual temperatures. Through this, the Bay of Quinte has gone from a study site to a Great Lakes Area of Concern to now the prospect of being delisted. The data that Project Quinte has assembled since its inception represents a unique opportunity to examine how ecosystems function, and the papers presented in this special issue provide evidence of the scientific and management benefits of careful long-term monitoring of ecosystem structures and processes.
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February 28 2011
Long-term ecosystem studies in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, 1972–2008: A prospectus
Charles K. Minns;
Charles K. Minns
Great Lakes Laboratory of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, P.O. Box 5050, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, ON, L7R 4A6
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks St., Toronto, ON M5S 3B2
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Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management (2011) 14 (1): 3–8.
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Charles K. Minns, Mohiuddin Munawar, Marten A. Koops, E. Scott Millard; Long-term ecosystem studies in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, 1972–2008: A prospectus. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 28 February 2011; 14 (1): 3–8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2011.551750
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