- Date
- 1994-04
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentsciencecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
James C. Gillingham of the CMU Biological Station challenged the March Beacon’s claims about cormorants and declining fisheries, emphasizing ecological context, uncertain population estimates, and human causes of Great Lakes change.
Evidence limits
This entry records a published exchange of arguments; it does not resolve the underlying fisheries question or substitute for a peer-reviewed study.
Sources
- Prints Gillingham’s critique of unsupported cause-and-effect claims about cormorants and fishery decline, his discussion of Great Lakes ecology and human impacts, and the editor’s reply. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1994-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the letter and editorial response.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1994-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “James Gillingham challenges the Beaver Beacon’s 1994 cormorant-fishery claims”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cormorant-response-letter-1994/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1994, “Letter to the Editor” and “Cormorants.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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