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Description of Work Past water-quality issues in the St. Lawrence River at Massena, NY resulted in a determination that selected beneficial uses may be impaired in a surrounding Area of Concern (AOC) and on the Canadian side of the international boundary (Cornwall, Ontario). The plankton (phytoplankton and zooplankton) Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI) was so designated because impairment metrics were unavailable or inconclusive. Recent investigations, however, suggest that plankton communities are relatively healthy and no longer threaten the local ecosystem. Thus, the BUI for plankton may now be outdated in all, or parts of, the St. Lawrence River in the Massena AOC. The primary goal for the Massena (and Cornwall)...
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Area of Concern,
Areas of concern,
Beneficial use impairment,
Ceriodaphnia dubia,
GLRI, All tags...
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Lake,
Lake:Lake Ontario,
Plankton,
Plankton Bioassay,
Selenastrum capricornutum,
St. Lawrence River,
Template 146,
Toxic Substances,
Toxicity Test,
Uploaded in Batch,
beneficial use impairment, Fewer tags
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