This page provides collaborative planning information for the 2008 U.S. - Canadian Lake Ontario Intensive Monitoring Year – Addressing critical research and monitoring needs vital to the effective management and restoration of the Lake Ontario Ecosystem.


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October 2006 (Kingston) [top]
Agenda for Kingston Workshop
Agenda for workshop held October 23-24, 2006 in Kingston, Ontario. The workshop focussed on the biological component of monitoring and research activities for 2008. (1 pg)
Lake Ontario LaMP Letter dated March 15, 2007
Letter from the Chairs of the LaMP Management Committee and the GLFC Lake Ontario Committee forwarding the results of the Kingston workshop.
Workshop Report Executive Summary
Executive Summary: Developing a Cooperative Monitoring Strategy for Lake Ontario. Results of the Lake Ontario 2008 Intensive Sampling Year Workshop, Kingston, ON. (6 pgs)
Workshop Report Executive Summary Conceptual Chart
Conceptual chart depicting the relationship of goals and activities associated with a cooperative monitoring strategy for Lake Ontario. (1 pg)
Developing a Cooperative Monitoring Strategy for Lake Ontario
White paper prepared for the October 2006 workshop held in Kingston, Ontario. Published by the CGLRM as a report to the IJC. (Jan 2007, 102 pgs)
Workshop Goals, Objectives, and Task Force
Workshop presentation by Fred Luckey (EPA) and Vi Richardson (EC).
Elements of a Lake Ontario Field Sampling Design and Coordination
Workshop presentation by Gary Sprules, University of Toronto and Jack Kelly, USEPA, Duluth MN
The Lake Ontario Offshore Zone: Status and Assessment Needs
Workshop presentation by Ora Johannsson, DFO and David Rockwell EPA
The Lake Ontario Nearshore Zone: Status and Assessment Needs
Workshop presentation by Joseph C. Makarewicz, SUNY Brockport and Todd Howell, Ontario Ministry of Environment
Evaluation of Fishery Assessment Needs
Workshop presentation - EVALUATION OF FISHERY ASSESSMENT NEEDS, by Robert O’GORMAN, USGS, T. SCHANER, OMNR, J. LANTRY, NYSDEC
Modeling Efforts and Approaches: Data Needs and Strategies
Workshop presentation - MODELING THE LAKE ONTARIO ECOSYSTEM: A Proposal by Joseph V. DePinto, Limno-Tech, Inc. and Thomas J. Stewart, University of Toronto -Mississauga
Data and Database Management
Workshop presentation - Data management(bi-national repository and web presence)Tim Johnson, OMNR Lake Ontario Fisheries Station
New Technologies Including Use of Fatty Acids and Stable Isotopes
Workshop presentation - New Techniques for Environmental and Lower Food Web Monitoring - Complied and Edited by Stephen Lozano & MohiuddinMunawar
Use of New Technologies
Workshop presentation - New technologies - Use of stable isotopes and essential fatty acids to assess predator-prey linkages, Kim L. Schulz, M.A. Teeceand M.T. Arts.
March 2007 (Grand Island) [top]
Collection of 11 Workshop Papers March 27
Copy of papers submitted as of March 27th
Final Workshop Agenda
Final agenda posted 3/21/2007 and sent to participants.
Introduction and Workshop Objectives
Opening presentation by Mario Del Vicario, USEPA, U.S. CoChair, Lake Ontario LaMP Management Committee
Opening Presentation on Observing Systems
Opening Presentation by Gary Foley, USEPA, Director, National Center for Environmental Research, IAQAB
Long Term Contaminant Monitoring Programs - Environment Canada
Presentation by Violeta Richardson, Environment Canada
Long Term Contaminant Monitoring Programs - Great Lakes National Program Office
Presentation by Todd Nettesheim, USEPA, given by Fred Luckey, USEPA, 3/27/2007
The Presence of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products and Endocrine Disrupting Substances in the Great Lakes Water Supply
Presentation by Dr. Saad Jasim, Walkerton Clean Water Centre March 27, 2007
Considerations for Monitoring and Research for Current & Legacy Chemical Contaminants in Nearshore Lake Ontario
Presentation by Paul Helm, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 3/27/2007
New contaminants in Lake Ontario: siloxanes, perfluoros, organophosphates,and halogenated phenolics
Presentation by Derek Muir, Aquatic Ecosystem Research Protection Division, Environment Canda, 3/27/2007
Contaminants in Lake Ontario Sport fish and Young-of-the-year
Presentation by Wolfgang Scheider, Water Monitoring and Reporting Section, Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch,OMOE, 3/27/2007
Temporal and spatial trends in Herring Gull eggs from Lake Ontario, 1974-2005
Presentation by D.V. Chip Weseloh, Environmental Stewardship Branch Canadian Wildlife Service-Ontario, 3/27/2007
Environment Canada Great Lakes Fish Contaminants Surveillance Program
Presentation by Sean M. Backus, Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Division, Science and Technology Branch, EC, 3/27/2007
Contaminant Trends in Lake Ontario Sediment Cores
Presentation by Chris Marvin, Environment Canada, 3/27/2007
Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network
Presentation by Pierrette Blanchard, Environment Canada, Science and Technology Branch, 3/27/2007
Toxic Cyanobacteria and Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Ontario
Presentation by Greg Boyer, State University of New York, 3/28/2007
Collaborative Study to Protect Lake Ontario Drinking Water
Presentation by Laurence Moore, Ontario Clean Water Agency, 3/28/2007
Waterborne Pathogens and E. coli contaminants
Presentation by Tom Edge, National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, 3/28/2007
Nutrient Monitoring and Loading - Lake Ontario Coastal Zone: Status and Assessment
Presentation by Joseph C. Makarewicz, State University of New York, Brockport, 3/28/2007
Development and Application of LOTOX3 - a Mass Balance and Bioaccumulation Model for Contaminants in Lake Ontario
Presentation by Joseph Atkinson, University of Buffalo, 3/28/2007
Integrating multimedia mercury measurements for the Great Lakes
Presentation by David Evers, BioDiversity Research Institute and Jon Dettling, Great Lakes Commission, 3/28/2007
Progress Made in Development of a Multi-Compartment Mercury Model for the Great Lakes Region
Presentation by Elsie Sunderland, Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA 3/28/2007
Multi-Compartmental Modeling Steering Committee - Panel Discussion - Opening Remarks
Opening remarks by John McDonald, IJC Great Lakes Regional Office, International Air Quality Advisory Board, 3/28/2007
Integrated Modeling for Integrated Environmental Decision Making
Introductory Remarks for the Multi-Compartmental Modeling Panel Discussions with Invited Experts, by Gary J. Foley, U.S. Co-Chair, International Air Quality Advisory Board, 3/28/2007
Atmospheric Fate and Transport of Mercury
Panel Discussion 1: Presentation by Mark Cohen, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory.
Canadian Atmospheric Mercury Measurement Network (CAMNet)
Panel Discussion 1: Presentation by Pierrette Blanchard, Environment Canada, 3/28/2007
The estimation of Atmospheric Mercury Loadings: The Lake Ontario Air Deposition Study (LOADS)
Panel Discussion 1: Presentation by Thomas M. Holsen, Clarkson University, 3/28/2007
Panel Discussion 2: Cycling of Mercury in the Watershed and Waterbody
Invited panel experts: Greg Mierle, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Brian Branfireun, University of Toronto, Chris Knightes, USEPA, Reed Harris, Tetra Tech, Inc. - Presentation: Modeling Hg in Lake Ontario - Data and Knowledge Needs & Gaps, 3/28/2007
Panel 3: Human Exposure and Health Effects - Human Exposure and Health Effects Human Exposure and Health Effects Associated with Mercury in the Great Lakes Region
Invied experts: Elsie Sunderland, USEPA, Sheng-Wei Wang, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Sylvie Boucher de Grosbois, University of Quebec at Montreal. Presentation by Elsie Sunderland, USEPA
Human Exposure and Dose Modeling of Hg and MeHg through Dietary Pathway
Panel Discussion 3 presentation by Sheng-Wei Wang, CCL, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI) A Joint Institute of UMDNJ-RW Johnson Medical School and Rutgers University, 3/28/2007
Addressing uncertainties in Human Modeling
Panel discussion 3 presentation by Sylvie Boucher de Grosbois, University of Quebec at Montreal 3/28/2007
Panel Discussion 4: Possible Collaborative Mechanisms
Invited experts Greg Mierle, OMOE, Jon Dettling,GLC, and Dave Evers, BDRI presentaion: "Making collaborations and partnerships work" 3/28/2007