Book Description

The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) received funding to conduct reseach in support of management goals under annexes: 1. Chemical and ecosystem objectives; 2. Remedial action plans and lakewide management action plans; 12. Surveillance; Persistent toxic substances; 13. Non-point source pollution; 14. Contaminated sediments; 15. Atmospheric toxic substances; and 16. Groundwater. In addition, NWRI along with Canada's National Science and Engineering Research Council and the Great Lakes Environment Office jointly sponsored the Great Lakes University Research Fund. The major role of government research on the Great Lakes is to investigate and assess ecosytem function and health. This work is usually initiated in response to identified or suspected problems. Investigations of underlying causes often leads to the discovery of more complex problems. This report provides a summary of the research conducted by NWRI under GLAP 1. The information is organized according to the GLWQA annexes, since funding was provided specifically to acquire knowledge necessary to meet the objectives stated in each annex. The report includes a list of publications associated with the work.