Patterns in water quality on Canadian shores of Lake Ontario: Correspondence with proximity to land and level of urbanization

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages 32-46

  Howell, Edward T ^a   Chomicki, Krista M ^b   Kaltenecker, Georgina ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake Ontario; Land use; Nearshore; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GREATER TORONTO AREA; LAKE ONTARIO; MAJOR IONS; NEAR-SHORE WATERS; NEARSHORES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; SPATIAL DIMENSION; SPATIAL EXTENT; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAKES; LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS; SILICATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COAST; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SHORELINE CHANGE; SILICATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRIBUTARY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84869118947     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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