Environmentally stratified sampling design for the development of Great Lakes environmental indicators (original) (raw)

Ecological monitoring for assessing the state of the nearshore and open waters of the Great Lakes

Environmental monitoring and assessment

The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement stipulates that the Governments of Canada and the United States are responsible for restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem. Due to varying mandates and areas of expertise, monitoring to assess progress towards this objective is conducted by a multitude of Canadian and U.S. federal and provincial/state agencies, in cooperation with academia and regional authorities. This paper highlights selected long-term monitoring programs and discusses a number of documented ecological changes that indicate the present state of the open and nearshore waters of the Great Lakes.

Data Needs in the Great Lakes: Workshop Summary Report

2021

This report summarizes the group discussions and priorities that emerged from a workshop hosted by the Gordon Foundation, the University of Waterloo's Water Institute and the Lake Futures project. The workshop was held virtually in December 2020. Its purpose was to define what is needed to improve access to water quality data in the Great Lakes region.