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State of the Great Lakes 2009

SOGL TOC  (PDF) (2 pp. 423 kb)

SOGL Preface (PDF) (1 pp. 378 kb)

1. SOGL Introduction (PDF) (9 pp. 740 kb)
2. Assessing Date Quality (PDF) (2 pp. 401 kb)
3. Indicator Category Assessments and Management Challenges
   • Contamination (PDF) (2 pp. 259 kb)
   • Biotic Communities (PDF) (3 pp. 327 kb)
   • Invasive Species (PDF) (1 pp. 266 kb)
   • Coastal Zones and Aquatic Habitats (PDF) (2 pp. 435 kb)
   • Human Health (PDF) (2 pp. 255 kb)
   • Land Use - Land Cover (PDF) (2 pp. 259 kb)
   • Resource Utilization (PDF) (2 pp. 254 kb)
   • Climate Change (PDF) (1 pp. 282 kb)
4. Indicator Reports and Assessments
   • Indicator # 8 - Salmon and Trout (PDF) (7 pp. 632 kb)
   • Indicator # 9 - Walleye (PDF) (6 pp. 576 kb)
   • Indicator # 17 - Preyfish Population (PDF) (8 pp. 617 kb)
   • Indicator # 18 - Sea Lamprey (PDF) (8 pp. 667 kb)
   • Indicator # 68 - Native Freshwater Mussels (PDF) (6 pp. 640 kb)
   • Indicator # 93 - Lake Trout (PDF) (5 pp. 570 kb)
   • Indicator # 104 - Benthos Diversity and Abundance - Aquatic Oligochaete Communities (PDF) (5 pp. 709 kb)
   • Indicator # 109 - Phytoplankton Populations (PDF) (3 pp. 523 kb)
   • Indicator # 111 - Phosphorus Concentrations and Loadings (PDF) (5 pp. 900 kb)
   • Indicator # 114 - Contaminants in Young-of-the-Year Spottail Shiners (PDF) (7 pp. 850 kb)
   • Indicator # 115 - Contaminants in Colonial Nesting Waterbirds (PDF) (8 pp. 937 kb)
   • Indicator # 116 - Zooplankton Populations (PDF) (5 pp. 1.9 mb)
   • Indicator # 117 - Atmospheric Deposition of Toxic Chemicals (PDF) (7 pp. 952 kb)
   • Indicator # 118 - Toxic Chemical Concentrations in Offshore Waters (PDF) (5 pp. 1.1 mb)
   • Indicator # 119 - Concentrations of Contaminants in Sediment Cores (PDF) (4 pp.  2.1 mb)
   • Indicator #  121 - Contaminants in Whole Fish (PDF) (9 pp. 2.0 mb)
   • Indicator # 122 - Hexagenia (PDF) (6 pp. 1.0 mb)
   • Indicator # 123 - Abundances of the Benthic Amphipod Diporeia spp. (PDF) (5 pp. 721 kb)
   • Indicator # 124 - External Anomaly Prevalence Index for Nearshore Fish (PDF) (4 pp. 830 kb)
   • Indicator # 125 - Status of Lake Sturgeon in the Great Lakes (PDF) (8 pp. 817 kb)
   • Indicator # 3514 - Commercial/Industrial Eco-Efficiency Measures (PDF) (3 pp. 571 kb)
   • Indicator # 4175 - Drinking Water Quality (PDF) (8 pp. 762 kb)
   • Indicator # 4177 - Biological Markers of Human Exposure to Persistent Chemicals (PDF) (6 pp. 702 kb)
   • Indicator # 4200 - Beach Advisories, Postings and Closures (PDF) (12 pp. 2.0 mb)
   • Indicator # 4201 - Contaminants in Sport Fish (PDF) (10 pp. 1.0 mb)
   • Indicator # 4202 - Air Quality (PDF) (12 pp. 1.3 mb)
   • Indicator # 4501 - Coastal Wetland Invertebrate Community Health (PDF) (3 pp. 477 kb)
   • Indicator # 4502 - Coastal Wetland Fish Community Health (PDF) (6 pp. 520 kb)
   • Indicator # 4504 - Wetland-Dependent Amphibian Diversity and Abundance (PDF) (6 pp. 578 kb)
   • Indicator # 4506 - Contaminants in Snapping Turtle Eggs (PDF) (5 pp. 553 kb)
   • Indicator # 4507 - Wetland-Dependent Bird Diversity and Abundance (PDF) (6 pp. 589 kb)
   • Indicator # 4510 - Coastal Wetland Area by Type (PDF) (5 pp. 1.3 mb)
   • Indicator # 4858 - Ice Duration on the Great Lakes (PDF) (4 pp. 663 kb)
   • Indicator # 4861 - Effect of Water Level Fluctuations (PDF) (13 pp. 774 kb)
   • Indicator # 4862 - Coastal Wetland Plant Community Health (PDF) (6 pp. 509 kb)
   • Indicator # 4863 - Land Cover Adjacent to Coastal Wetlands (PDF) (4 pp. 3.5 mb)
   • Indicator # 7000 - Urban Density (PDF) (5 pp. 651 kb)
   • Indicator # 7002 - Land Cover/Land Conversion (PDF) (5 pp. 2.7  mb)
   • Indicator # 7006 - Brownfields Redevelopment (PDF) (6 pp. 4.4 mb)
   • Indicator # 7028 - Sustainable Agriculture Practices (PDF) (3 pp. 718 kb)
   • Indicator # 7043 - Economic Prosperity (PDF) (3 pp. 636 kb)
   • Indicator # 7054 - Ground Surface Hardening (PDF) (5 pp. 1.5 mb)
   • Indicator # 7056 - Water Withdrawals (PDF) (7 pp. 2.9 mb)
   • Indicator # 7057 - Energy Consumption (PDF) (8 pp. 1.0 mb)
   • Indicator # 7060 - Solid Waste Disposal (PDF) (6 pp. 1.0 mb)
   • Indicator # 7061 - Nutrient Management Plans (PDF) (3 pp. 796 kb)
   • Indicator # 7062 - Integrated Pest Management (PDF) (3 pp. 758 kb)
   • Indicator # 7064 - Vehicle Use (PDF) (5 pp. 677 kb)
   • Indicator # 7065 - Wastewater Treatment and Pollution (PDF) (11 pp. 741 kb)
   • Indicator # 7100 - Natural Groundwater Quality and Human-Induced Changes (PDF) (6 pp. 19.3 mb)
   • Indicator # 7101 - Groundwater and Land: Use and Intensity (PDF) (6 pp. 13.3 mb)
   • Indicator # 7102 - Base Flow Due to Groundwater Discharge (PDF) (9 pp. 23.4 mb)
   • Indicator # 7103 - Groundwater Dependent Plant and Animal Communities (PDF) (5 pp. 23.7 mb)
   • Indicator # 8129 - Area, Quality and Protection of Special Lakeshore Communities - Alvars (PDF) (3 pp. 587 kb)
   • Indicator # 8129 - Area, Quality and Protection of Special Lakeshore Communities - Cobble Beaches (PDF) (4 pp. 792 kb)
   • Indicator # 8129 - Area, Quality and Protection of Special Lakeshore Communities - Islands (PDF) (6 pp. 696 kb)
   • Indicator # 8129 - Area, Quality and Protection of Special Lakeshore Communities - Sand Dunes (PDF) (3 pp. 476 kb)
   • Indicator # 8131 - Extent of Hardened Shoreline (PDF) (3 pp. 928 kb)
   • Indicator # 8135 - Contaminants Affecting Productivity of Bald Eagles (PDF) (3 pp. 764 kb)
   • Indicator # 8147 - Population Monitoring and Contamination Affecting the American Otter (PDF) (4 pp. 546 kb)
   • Indicator # 8164 - Biodiversity Conservation Sites (PDF) (4 pp. 5.7 mb)
   • Indicator # 8500 - Forest Lands - Conservation of Biological Diversity (PDF) (9 pp. 835 kb)
   • Indicator # 8501 - Forest Lands - Maintenance of Productive Capacity of Forest Ecosystems (PDF) (5 pp. 546 kb)
   • Indicator # 8503 - Forest Lands - Conservation and Maintenance of Soil and Water Resources (PDF) (7 pp. 1.3 mb)
   • Indicator # 9000 - Acid Rain (PDF) (7 pp. 9.6 mb)
   • Indicator # 9002 - Non-Native Species - Aquatic (PDF) (7 pp. 927 kb)
   • Indicator # 9002 - Non-Native Species - Terrestrial (PDF) (5 pp. 581 kb)
5. Acronyms and Abbreviations (PDF) (5 pp. 444 kb)
6. Acknowledgments (PDF) (6 pp. 424 kb)

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