........ a 5-year (Nov. 2002-Nov. 2007), $600,000 NSERC Strategic Grant to researchers at Queen's and Trent Universities to study the development and application of water-quality assessment tools in Nova Scotia and Southern New Brunswick using paleoecological and modeling techniques; other in-kind contributions from a host of entities involved!
Shortcomings- comparison with the phosphorus management policy of Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME)
<--Click the icon for a PowerPoint presentation by the PEARL, Queen's University researchers on "Assessment of water quality using paleoecological indicators" (download the free PowerPoint Viewer 2003 from Microsoft if needed); or click for the PDF version
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