Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : nutrients in the St. Lawrence River.: En4-144/47-2024E-PDF
"Phosphorus and nitrogen are essential plant nutrients. However, when their levels are too high or too low, they can have harmful effects on the food web of a river. Human activity, such as the use of chemical fertilizers, can increase the concentration of these nutrients to unhealthy levels. This indicator presents the status of each station as the percentage of samples above the nutrient guideline"--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 : nutrients in the St. Lawrence River. |
| Variant title | Nutrients in the St. Lawrence River |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Earlier edition | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Indicateurs canadiens de durabilité de l'environnement : éléments nutritifs dans le fleuve Saint-Laurent. "Project code: EC24019." Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | Gatineau QC : Environment and Climate Change Canada = Environnement et changement climatique Canada, June 2024. ©2024 |
| Description | 1 online resource (29 pages) : colour maps, colour graphs |
| ISBN | 9780660720142 |
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| Subject terms | Phosphorus -- Environmental aspects -- Saint Lawrence River. Nitrogen -- Environmental aspects -- Saint Lawrence River. Water -- Phosphorus content -- Saint Lawrence River. Water -- Nitrogen content -- Saint Lawrence River. Environmental indicators -- Saint Lawrence River. |
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