Tag: phosphorus | State of the Bay

Nutrients Nearshore vs Offshore: What’s the Difference?

Posted on November 16, 2018

Georgian Bay is a nearly 15,000 square kilometers, making it almost the same size of Lake Ontario! Consequently, it is hard to study the Bay as one whole body of water. To understand water quality we use two regions of focus: the nearshore and the offshore. […]

Phosphorus Levels in Georgian Bay are Going Down

Posted on June 3, 2018

Think about what makes life possible under water. Phosphorus is the “food” that microscopic plants and animals need to survive. As the foundation of our food web in Georgian Bay, phosphorus is an important nutrient for us to measure when we study the health of our ecosystem. You can imagine that there wouldn’t be many […]

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