Application of Ecosystem Approach to Monitoring the Integrity of Huron Natural Area



In this section the principles discussed in The Ecosystem Approach To Monitoring Integrity are applied to the Huron Natural Area. It begins with an examination at the largest relevant scale (The Great Lakes Basin). This section explores all levels down to the smallest level that can be examined, the Individual.


Systems Identification and Description

Description Of The Hierarchy That Huron Natural Area Exists Within

Great Lakes Basin (Central South Western Ontario): The Wider Environment

Grand River Watershed: The Environment

Strasburg Creek Sub-Watershed: The Wider System

Description of Hierarchy That Exists Within Huron Natural Area: The Ecosystem

Landscape

Communities

Populations

Individual

Case Study Example

Initial Application To Huron Natural Area



An Ecological Framework for Huron Natural Area

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