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GEORGIAN BAY LITTORAL |
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| Brief description |
Geological studies and biological inventories have added to the basic knowledge of the area. Management-oriented studies have been undertaken for fisheries and forest management and for issues of environmental quality. Economic studies have been devoted to prospects for developing environmentally-sound local development and ecotourism. Monitoring is connected mainly to issues of resource management, environmental quality, population biology of selected biota, and ecosystem health. |
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| Abiotic | Acidic deposition/Acid rain, air quality, air temperature, climate, contaminants, erosion, geology, habitat, hydrology, meteorology, monitoring/methodologies, pollution, pollutants, topography. | |||
| Biodiversity | Algae, alien/invasive/exotic/introduced species, amphibians, autoecology/synecology, benthos, biodiversity, biogeography, biology, birds, boreal forest, community studies/communities, conservation, ecology, ecosystem assessment, fauna, fishes, flora, forest systems, freshwater/inland water, indicators, lichens, mammals, migrating populations/migration, monitoring/methodologies, natural resources, phenology, plankton, plants, rare/endangered/threatened species, reptiles, restoration/rehabilitation/redevelopment, species inventorying/inventory, temperate forest, wetlands, wildlife. | |||
| Socio-economic | Anthropological studies/Anthropology, aquaculture/mariculture, capacity building, cultural aspects, demography, economic studies, fishery/fisheries, forestry, indicators, indigenous people, local participation, monitoring methodologies, quality economies, recreation, resource use, small business initiatives, social/socio-economic aspects, tourism. | |||
| Integrated monitoring | Education and public awareness, geographic information system/gis, indicators, land use/land cover, landscape inventorying/monitoring, planning and zoning measures/zonation, policy issues, remote sensing, sustainable development/sustainable use, watershed studies/monitoring. | |||
| Last updated: 2/26/2007 |
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