The intent of this study is to document present-day patterns in water quality characteristics of the nearshore of Lake Ontario and to evaluate, to the extent possible, the drivers of this variability at scales relevant to both water quality concerns and key ecological processes. This will include examination of the effects of tributary and other shoreline discharges on conditions along the shoreline of the lake. Chemical and physical exchanges between the nearshore and open lake will be explored in an effort to better understand the impact of the nearshore on offshore conditions and the moderating effects of the offshore on the nearshore. A combination of approaches will be used to assemble an understanding of watershed-shoreline- nearshore-offshore interactions. At four intensive study areas concurrent monitoring of water quality in key tributaries and the nearshore of the lake, supported with physical measurements of lake circulation and tributary flows, will provide an empirical basis for describing nearshore-tributary interactions. In cooperation with study collaborators, analysis of physical and chemical conditions over the study areas will be extended using hydrodynamic and water quality modelling to provide a space-time integration of tributary-nearshore interactions.
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General
Monitoring
Aquatic Nuisance Species
Annex
General
- Scope of Study
Scope of StudyField InvestigationLaboratory Investigation
- Scale of Phenomena
Scale of PhenomenaPhysical/Chemical
- Impact of Pollutants
Impact of PollutantsExotic SpeciesNutrients, Including Phosphorus
- Processes
- Land Use and Habitat
Land Use and HabitatShoreline
- Resource Management
- Socio-Economic
- State / Province
State ProvinceOntario
- Lake Basin / Connecting Channels
Lake Basin Connecting ChannelsLake Ontario
Monitoring
- Purpose of Project
Purpose of ProjectSpecial Survey
- Frequency
- Number of Sampling Entities
- Data Availability
- Region Being Monitored
Region Being MonitoredNear and OpenShore Waters
- Resource Being Monitored
- Program Drivers
- Beneficial Use Impairment Assessments
Beneficial Use Impairment AssessmentsEutrophication or Undesirable Algae
Aquatic Nuisance Species
- Biology And Life History
- Control And Mitigation
- Ecosystem Effects
- Prevention and Introduction
- Socio-economic Consideration and Analysis
Socio-economic Consideration and AnalysisHuman Health Aspects
- Spread of Established ANS Populations
Annex
- Annex Numbers
Annex NumbersResearch & Development
- Annex 17
Annex 17Physical and transformational processes affecting delivery of pollutantsPollution exchange between AOCs and open lakes