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Use of historical information for conservation and restoration of Great Lakes aquatic habitat

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We provide a rationale and methodological overview for historical (retrospective) study of Great Lakes aquatic habitats and biota. Historical information has significant potential to direct aquatic habitat management in the Great Lakes, particularly in setting restoration goals. Although the use of historical information has been opportunistic (it is limited by the preservation of information in specific forms) and generally of low resolution (it is generally semiquantitative at best), the products of these analyses have been compelling (they have changed the attitudes and expectations of people) and surprising (many of the conclusions of historical analysis were not predictable from other sources). Resume : Nous presentons une justification et un apercu methodologique pour l’etude historique (retrospective) des habitats aquatiques et du biote des Grands Lacs. Les informations historiques presentent un grand interet parce qu’elles peuvent faciliter la gestion de l’habitat aquatique des Grands Lacs, notamment pour ce qui est de la definition d’objectifs de restauration. Bien que l’utilisation des informations historiques soit de type opportuniste (elle est limitee du fait que l’information est preservee dans des formats particuliers) et generalement a faible resolution (au mieux, elle n’est generalement que semi-quantitative), les resultats de ces analyses ont ete convaincants (ils ont contribue a changer certaines attitudes et attentes) et surprenants (bon nombre des conclusions des analyses historiques n’etaient pas previsibles a partir

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