Re: [ECOLOG-L] Human-assembled ecosystem

2013-09-02 Thread Lawrence Baker
There is nothing new about ecologists thinking about integration of humans into ecosystems. In the paper that defined "ecosystems", Arthur Tansley (1935) wrote: “Ecology must be applied to to conditions brought about by human activities. The ‘natural’ entities and their anthropogenic derivatives

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Is there a Water Quality Index for lakes?

2012-11-03 Thread Lawrence Baker
I know of at least 2: The trophic state index (TSI), which the state of Minnesota uses; and, a new one, the TDO3, developed by Minnesota DNR (Peter Jacobsen), which indicates which lakes will have a DO less than 3, based on temperature, morphometry, average total P, and day of the year. On Sat, N