Gt Lakes Contaminants

Gt Lakes of North America

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Impact of Contaminants in the Gt. Lakes

Map of the Great Lakes of North America
Satellite image

Impact of Contaminants and Health of the Ecosystem
Research Papers etc for download

A very readable Review of Aquatic Ecosystem health in the Great Lakes :

Koonce, J. F. August 1995. Aquatic Community Health of the Great Lakes. SOLEC Working Paper [online] presented at State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference. EPA 905-R-95-012.

Summary of all Gt Lakes Ecosystem Problems

http://environment.yale.edu/documents/downloads/0-9/107Rankin.pdf
This paper is an excellent summary of all of the complexity of problems facing the Gt Lakes Ecosystems
although it does not go into details about chemical pollutants.

Chemicals and Health of Wildlife in Gt Lakes

Websites Relevant to understanding the state of the Gt Lakes Ecosystems

This is the centre for finding information on the Great Lakes of North America
Great Lakes Information Network : http://www.great-lakes.net/

This is the starting site for fish in the Gt Lakes
Great Lakes Fisheries Commission - http://www.glfc.org/

USEPA Gt Lakes Main Site:
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/

Fish Consumption in relation to contaminants - Base site
http://www.great-lakes.net/humanhealth/fish/index.html

Great Lakes Fish Advisories
http://www.great-lakes.net/humanhealth/fish/advisories.html
Contaminants in Fish - example of advice to fishermen : http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/safety.html
Trends in Contaminants in Great Lakes Fish - http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/noframe/m2131.htm#19803

The state of the Lake Erie Ecosystem - a site which invites the public to become involved in assessing the state of the lake.
This is well worth looking at - especially the Methods and Model section
http://www.csuohio.edu/cestp/sol/ *link no longer working

Contaminated sediments in Gt Lakes *link no longer working
http://h2o.seagrant.wisc.edu/Communications/Publications/One-pagers/contamsed.html

Example of Plan to reduce Toxic Inputs to Gt Lakes from Hazardous Waste Sites
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/lakeont/nrtmp/report.html

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Pollutants
http://www.pops.int/

Management of the Fish Communities of the Great Lakes

New Objectives for Lake Management
(also contains sections on contaminant management)

	Fish community objectives for Lake Erie(03/18)
	Fish community objectives for Lake Superior(03/18)

Related Resources

GLIN: Air Toxics in the Great Lakes Region
GLIN: Contaminated Sediments in the Great Lakes Region
GLIN: Environmental Research in the Great Lakes Region
GLIN: Great Lakes Fish Consumption Advisories
GLIN: Hazardous Materials and Spills in the Great Lakes Region
GLIN: Human Health Effects of Pollution in the Great Lakes Region
GLIN: Superfund Sites in the Great Lakes Region
GLIN: Wet Weather Pollution in the Great Lakes Region
Dioxins http://www.ejnet.org/dioxin/