Biogeography of the Island Region of Western Lake Erie Conference

Project Number: A/AS-001-PD, Completion Report

Start Date: 9/1/1984

Completion Date: 8/31/1986

Revision Date: 10/23/2009

Classified Under: Ports and Harbors

Principal Investigator(s)

Charles King, Ohio Biological Survey The Ohio State University

Objectives

To develop more fully the ecological databases including present and past biotic distributional patterns for western Lake Erie.
To analyze these data bases with special regard to modern concepts of island biogeography.
To identify areas for special emphasis of future research programs.

Rationale

This conference is the ninth in a series of colloquia sponsored by the College of Biological Sciences, The Ohio State University. 1985 marks the 90th year of biological instruction and/or research programs of the university in the western Lake Erie area and this colloquium is designed to reflect and build on that activity.

Methodology

Plenary sessions will feature invited lectures and panel discussions. Contributed papers and workshops; will address specific biotic groups and the factors which affect biotic distributional patterns.

Benefits & Accomplishments

The ninth Biosciences Colloquium of the College of Biological Sciences, The Ohio State University, was held May 28-31, 1985, in cooperation with Ohio Sea Grant Program, Ohio Biological Survey, Center for Lake Erie Area Research, F.T. Stone Laboratory, and Friends of Stone Laboratory. Plenary sessions featured invited lectures and panel discussions by national and regional authorities addressing the broad concepts of island biogeography applicable to the western Lake Erie region, as well as, the status of specific biotic (terrestrial and aquatic) groups and the factors which affect biotic distributional patterns in the region.

Publications & Media

Miscellaneous documents
	Charles King 1985, *Biogeography of the island region of western Lake Erie: A laboratory for experiments in ecology and evolution - Abstracts* 15 pages. Made available by Ohio Sea Grant as OHSU-TS-016.
Peer-reviewed Publications
	Herdendorf, C.E. and M.E. Monanco. 1988, *Biological and ecological limnology of the island region of Lake Erie* Chapter 5, pp. 43-63 in J.F. Downhower (ed.). The biogeography of the island region of western Lake Erie. Proc. Ninth BioScience Colloqium, College Biological Sciences, Ohio State Univ., Ohio State Univ. Press. 282 pp. Made available by Ohio Sea Grant in 1988 as OHSU-RS-095.
	Herdendorf, C.E. and M.E. Monanco. 1988, *Physical and chemical limnology of the island region of Lake Erie* Chapter 4, pp. 30-42 in J.F. Downhower (ed.). The biogeography of the island region of western Lake Erie. Proc. Ninth BioScience Colloqium, College Biological Sciences, Ohio State Univ., Ohio State Univ. Press. 282 pp. Made available by Ohio Sea Grant in 1988 as OHSU-RS-094.
	1987, *The biogeography of the island region of western Lake Erie* 368 pages, 70 illustrations, 4 maps. Made available by The Ohio State University Press as OHSU-BS-003.