Canadian Lake Erie Nutrient Load Estimates

Water quality monitoring data collected in priority tributaries to provide nutrient concentration data to estimate nutrient loads to the waters of the Great Lakes. Data is collected to advance the science to understand and address the complex problem of recurrent toxic and nuisance algae in the Great Lakes. The majority of the data is focused on Lake Erie, the smallest, shallowest of the Great Lakes, and most susceptible to nearshore water quality issues. Water quality monitoring is conducted to establish current nutrient loadings from selected Canadian tributaries; to enhance the knowledge of the factors that affect tributary and nearshore water quality, ecosystem health, and algae growth; to establish binational lake ecosystem objectives, phosphorus objectives, and phosphorous load reduction targets, and to support the development of a binational nearshore assessment and management framework.


This data includes the most recent Canadian nutrient loading estimates to Lake Erie. Estimates are calculated using Environment and Climate Change Canada's Erie Loading Tool - a Windows based desktop application that is based on the "Dolan approach" for estimating loads described in Maccoux et al. (2016).


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133016301460

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Date Stamp
2024-06-06T13:40:29.321Z
Metadata language

eng; CAN
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UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html
 

Data identification

Date (Creation)
2018-09-03
Date (Publication)
2018-09-03
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Inland waters
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Daryl McGoldrick ( Head, Great Lakes Water Quality )
Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • Water quality

  • Great Lakes

  • Trends

  • Status

  • Nutrients

  • Loads

  • Ecosystem

  • Transboundary

  • Monitoring

  • Surveillance

  • Environment

  • Lake Erie

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Water - Quality

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Water quality

Business Functions

  • Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste

  • Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota

Geography

  • Water - Drainage regions - Great Lakes

  • Water - Major drainage area - St. Lawrence

  • Water - Ocean basin - Atlantic Ocean

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Water Science and Technology

external.theme.EC_Program_PAA

  • 1.3.4. Great Lakes

  • 1.2.1. Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems Health

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

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Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
2007-10-01

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https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 /
 

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Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html
 
 

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Keywords

Ecosystem Environment Great Lakes Lake Erie Loads Monitoring Nutrients Status Surveillance Transboundary Trends Water quality
Business Functions
Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
ECCC Information Category EN
Water - Quality
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Water quality
external.theme.EC_Branch
Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Water Science and Technology
external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
1.2.1. Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems Health 1.3.4. Great Lakes
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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