GLOW conferences focus on freshwater ecosystem health and management in large and great lakes. We welcome participants who wish to give presentations which fall under one or more of the following specific themes for this conference:
1. Stressors & Impacts
- Changing climate and adaptation
- Mineral exploration and exploitation
- Expansion of invasive species
- Impact of growing human population
- Eutrophication
2. Health and Status
- Habitat & biodiversity
- Fish & fisheries
- Food web interactions
3. Management & Governance
- Linking ecological health, wealth and poverty
- Integrating ecology, policy and governance
- Stakeholder participation
- Implementing ecosystem-based management
- Balancing lake health from reaping to keeping
4. Tools, Toys & Techniques
- Technology for Ecosystem Management
- Emerging technology vs. tried-and-true techniques
- Creating a global inventory of reference conditions for ecosystem health