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In 2001, the Great Lakes Coastal
Wetlands Consortium (GLCWC) was established by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency - Great Lakes National Program Office
Great Lakes Commission in an effort to design and implement a long-term
program to monitor Great Lakes coastal wetlands using wetland indicators
such as marsh birds and amphibians . As part of the GLCWC initiative,
this report examines the utility of Marsh Monitoring Program marsh bird
and amphibian protocols for estimating the biological integrity of Great
Lakes coastal wetlands by testing whether the population estimates
gathered by MMP volunteers reliably indicated the amount of disturbance
(urban development and agriculture) surrounding a wetland at several
spatial scales. Recommendations to improve the resolution to detect
biological differences between sites are included. Bird Studies Canada's
Marsh Monitoring Program is committed to the continued monitoring of
Great Lakes coastal wetland health.
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