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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.
TitleCanadian environmental sustainability indicators : nutrients in the St. Lawrence River.
Variant title
  • Nutrients in the St. Lawrence River
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
Earlier editionCanadian environmental sustainability indicators :
FormatDigital text
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
Description1 online resource (29 pages) : colour maps, colour graphs
ISBN9780660720142
Catalogue number
  • En4-144/47-2024E-PDF
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