Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : phosphorus loading to Lake Erie.: En4-144/92-2020E-PDF
"Phosphorus is an essential plant nutrient. However, when phosphorus levels are too high, they can have harmful impacts on the health of a lake. High phosphorus levels in Lake Erie are leading to degraded water quality, algal blooms and zones of low oxygen which harm aquatic life. These indicators report on the amount of phosphorus reaching Lake Erie, known as phosphorus loading"--Page 5.
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Department/Agency | Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada, issuing body. |
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Title | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : phosphorus loading to Lake Erie. |
Variant title | Phosphorus loading to Lake Erie |
Publication type | Monograph |
Language | [English] |
Other language editions | [French] |
Later edition | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : |
Format | Electronic |
Electronic document | |
Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Indicateurs canadiens de durabilité de l'environnement : charge en phosphore dans le lac Érié. Issued also in HTML format. Includes bibliographical references. |
Publishing information | Gatineau QC : Environment and Climate Change Canada = Environnement et changement climatique Canada, October 2020. ©2020 |
Description | 1 online resource (13 pages) : colour illustrations, colour map |
ISBN | 9780660353197 |
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Subject terms | Phosphorus -- Environmental aspects -- Erie, Lake. Water -- Phosphorus content -- Erie, Lake. Environmental indicators -- Erie, Lake. |