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Legend (DMS/GreatLakesNearshoreStress)

Fish Consumption: Average Meals per Month (1)
8 or more meals per month 8 or more meals per month
1 to 7 meals per month 1 to 7 meals per month
Beach Postings: Percent of Days Beach Posted as Unsafe for Swimming (2)
Less than 5% of the time Less than 5% of the time
5 to 20% of the time 5 to 20% of the time
More than 20% of the time More than 20% of the time
Treated Drinking Water: Number of Adverse Water Quality Incidents (3)
0 0
N/A N/A
Benthic Community: Quality (5)
High Quality High Quality
Moderate Quality Moderate Quality
Low Quality Low Quality
Water Quality: Exceedances in Provincial/Federal Guidelines (6)
No Exceedances No Exceedances
1 Exceedance 1 Exceedance
Sediment Quality: Exceedances in Provincial/Federal Guidelines (7)
Contaminants not at levels of concern Contaminants not at levels of concern
PCBs > No Effect Level PCBs > No Effect Level
PCBs > No Effect Level; Organochlorine Pesticides > Probable Effect Level PCBs > No Effect Level; Organochlorine Pesticides > Probable Effect Level
PCBs > No Effect Level; PAH > Probable Effect Level PCBs > No Effect Level; PAH > Probable Effect Level
Metals > Severe Effect Level Metals > Severe Effect Level
Littoral Barriers: Shore perpendicular structures (9)
Coastal Processes: Shoreline Type (10)
Hardened Hardened
Natural Natural
Coastal Processes: Tributary Connectivity (11)
Low Stress (>75%) Low Stress (>75%)
Moderate Stress (25-75%) Moderate Stress (25-75%)
High Stress (<25%) High Stress (<25%)
Dissolved Oxygen: Observed Concentrations (Lake Erie only) (13)
Sample is greater than 6 mg/L Sample is greater than 6 mg/L
Sample is between 2 and 6 mg/L Sample is between 2 and 6 mg/L
Cyanobacteria: Presence of Blooms (14)
No bloom No bloom
Bloom Bloom
No data No data
Cladophora: Extent of Nuisance Algae (15)
Less than 20.00% coverage Less than 20.00% coverage
20.01% to 35.00% coverage 20.01% to 35.00% coverage
35.01% coverage 35.01% coverage
Great Lakes Nearshore Cumulative Stress (16)
LOW STRESS LOW STRESS
MODERATE STRESS MODERATE STRESS
HIGH STRESS HIGH STRESS