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Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Ecosystem

Fact Sheets on the State of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Ecosystem

Environment Canada has produced a series of electronic fact sheets reporting on the state of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Basin. These assessments are based on environmental indicators dealing with water levels, water contamination, sediment contamination, wetland surface area and health of aquatic bird populations. The following fact sheets have been produced to date:

 

Sediments
  Mercury Concentrations in Sediments in the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River
   
Water Birds
  State of Colonial Nesting Aquatic Bird Populations
   
Water Level and flow
  To come
   
Water Quality
  Water Quality in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Basin: Contamination by Toxic Substances
   
Wetlands
  Loss and Fragmentation of Wetlands along the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Shoreline
   

 


Date modified: 2008/05/01 – Important Notices