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GCS_North_American_1983
Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000)
NAD_1983_Canada_Atlas_Lambert
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Great Lakes Nearshore Waters Cumulative Stress
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>As part of the Overall Assessment of the State of Nearshore Waters, the nearshore </SPAN><SPAN>has </SPAN><SPAN>been delineated into into Regional Units based on physical parameters. Slow changing variables such as depth, substrate, river mouth boundaries, wave energy density and high water conditions were used for delineating the offshore and onshore boundaries of relevant units. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>Levels of stress (low, moderate, high) have been assigned to four categories and associated measures, and rolled up into an overall cumulative stress for each Regional Unit.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>This data supports Canadian commitments in the Lakewide Management Annex of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 2012 to provide an overall assessment of nearshore waters. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Lake Erie
St. Clair River
Lake St. Clair
Detroit River
Lake Ontario
Niagara River
St. Lawrence River
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
St. Mary's River
Nearshore Framework
Regional Unit
cumulative stress
coastal processes
contaminants in water & sediment
nuisance & harmful algae
human use
This data represents the extent of Regional Units in the nearshore waters of the Canadian Great Lakes and connecting channels, and associated levels of cumulative stress.
Environment and Climate Change Canada; integrating various data sources
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GL_NearshoreCumulativeStress
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Feature geometry.
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Shoreline Hardening
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Littoral Barriers
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Water Quality
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Sediment Quality
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Clad
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Dissolved Oxygen
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Category - Human Use
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Fish Consumption
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Treated Drinking Water
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Length of feature in internal units.
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Area of feature in internal units squared.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
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Cladophora
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