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St. Lawrence Info
Water
The St. Lawrence River and climate warming
The deep waters of the St. Lawrence lack oxygen
Quality of fresh water in Canada
Monitoring water quality in Québec
Pesticides are entering the St. Lawrence River through its tributaries
Tracking Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs): New Chemical Contaminants in the Environment
Are urban effluents responsible for the metal contamination of the St. Lawrence River?
Environmental synthesis: Impacts of fluctuaring water levels in the St. Lawrence
Effects of water level on contaminant transport
Using bioassays to study the chemical contamination of the St. Lawrence
The freshwater hydra (Hydra attenuata): Useful in ecotoxicology
Drug cocktail in St. Lawrence damaging to aquatic organisms
Sediments
Surface sediments in Lake Saint-François: Contamination on the decline
Toxic contamination in sediments – Lake Saint-Pierre: Last stop before the Estuary
Managing ballast water to reduce the risk of invasion by nonindigenous species
Mercury concentrations in sediments in the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River
The use of algae for assessment of sediment quality
The GISE Database: Geoinformation on sediment
Biological resources
Water Chestnut spotted for the first time at the mouth of the Ottawa River
Pathological problems in Lake Whitefish in the St. Lawrence River
The decline of the American Eel in the St. Lawrence River
Results of a fish monitoring project at a reference site in the St. Lawrence River
Is contamination declining in St. Lawrence River fish?
Chemical contaminants disrupt reproductive function in male fish in the St. Lawrence River
- Natural indicators of the food web and biodiversity
- Eye flukes: Infectious fish parasites
- What influences the rate of parasitism in fish?
Interactions between pollution and parasitism in fish
Hormonal disruptions in Freshwater Mussels
The influence of water levels on Zebra Mussel colonization of the St. Lawrence River
Could Zebra Musels help to monitor the contamination of the St. Lawrence River?
Mussel health at risk from medications
Wastewater as a food source in the ecosystem
Cyanobacteria in the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Basin
Wetlands
Changing surface area of wetlands
Interactive mapping of the St. Lawrence Valley wetlands
Loss and Fragmentation of Wetlands along the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Shoreline
- Flowering Rush, Butomus umbellatus
- Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria
- Reed Canarygrass, Phalaris arundinacea
- European Frog-bit, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
- Eurasian Watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum
- Common Reed, Phragmites australis
- Phragmites Invasion on the Boucherville Islands
Banks
Two-thirds of the banks from Montréal to the Berthier–Sorel Archipelago are eroding
Main protected areas along the St. Lawrence shoreline
Uses
Date modified: 2009/10/16 – Important Notices
