Publications

IJC publications contain both board and corporate documents, including reports, fact sheets, infographics, and presentations. Contractor reports are created on behalf of or in coordination with the IJC or its boards by a separate entity, including individuals, companies, and governments. Government reports are documents developed by US or Canadian local/provincial/state/federal government that are of interest to the IJC or board.

IJC Content

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Great Lakes Ecosystem Services Valuation: A Scoping Study
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The Great Lakes support economic activities, provide food and other resources, regulate natural processes, and offer recreational and cultural experiences. Values of ecosystem services with established commercial markets, including commercial fishing, tourism, and agriculture, are relatively well...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Towards a Great Lakes Early Warning System
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The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement charges the International Joint Commission, supported by its Great Lakes advisory boards, with several responsibilities including identification of emerging issues facing the Great Lakes. To help fulfill this responsibility the IJC’s Great Lakes Science...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Nutrients in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario: Synthesis of International Joint Commission Recommendations and Assessment of Domestic Action Plans
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This report looks at efforts to manage nutrients in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario by assessing federal, state and provincial Domestic Action Plans and their implementation, reviewing eight previous IJC reports on nutrient management, and assessing the extent to which key IJC recommendations have been...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Great Lakes Science Strategy for the Next Decade: Summary Report
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The Great Lakes Science Strategy for the Next Decade (the Science Strategy) summarizes the science gaps and related resource needs identified by hundreds of knowledge-holders convened by the International Joint Commission (IJC). This Summary Report provides an overview of the project and integrates...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Development of a Great Lakes Groundwater and Surface Water Conceptual Framework
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In January 2019, the Committee published its 2018 phase one report that recommended the development of a Great Lakes groundwater and surface water conceptual framework. The latest report from the Great Lakes Science Advisory Board-Research Coordination Committee describes the scientific, technical...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

An Evaluation of Stressor Interactions in the Great Lakes
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An environmental stressor is any factor whose presence adversely affects individuals, populations, or ecosystems. Often but not necessarily the result of human activities, examples include many different pollutants, excess nutrients, habitat loss and invasive species. Recognizing that interactions...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Understanding Declining Productivity in the Offshore Regions of the Great Lakes
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2020 Report In June 2020, the International Joint Commission’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) completed a report entitled Understanding Declining Productivity in the Offshore Regions of the Great Lakes. The report includes a number of findings and a recommendation aimed at improving coordination...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Advice on Parties' Draft Priorities for Science (2020-2022)
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Annex 10 (Science) of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement assigns the International Joint Commission (IJC) and its Science Advisory Board (SAB) a role in providing input to the Parties on priority science issues on a three year basis. The Parties’ initial Draft Priorities for Science and Action...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Use of Modeling Approaches to Affect Nutrient Management Through Adaptative Management
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This report presents the findings and recommendations of the project, Use of Modeling Approaches to Affect Nutrient Management through Adaptive Management, led by the International Joint Commission's (IJC) Great Lakes Science Advisory Board - Research Coordination Committee (SAB-RCC). The objective...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Future Improvements to Great Lakes Indicators
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The SAB-RCC, through contractors, thoroughly assessed Great Lakes indicators’ data availability and accessibility and identified potential improvement for indicators used to report progress in meeting the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement objectives.
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Advice on Parties’ 2017-2019 Science Priorities
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This document summarizes the SAB’s advice to the Parties on their Draft 2017-2019 Binational Priorities for Science. This advice benefited from input provided by the IJC’s Great Lakes Water Quality Board. General comments that apply to all Agreement Annexes are presented first, followed by general...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Review of Annex 1 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
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A summary of the workshop proceeding sponsored by the Parties Implementation Work Group of the Science Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission in collaboration with the Great Lakes Commission held at The Michigan League Ann Arbor, Michigan March 21, 2001
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Trends in Levels and Effects in Persistent Toxic Substances in the Great Lakes
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Abstracts from the Workshop on Environmental Results, hosted in Windsor, Ontario by the Great Lakes Science Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission, September 12 and 13, 1996 as printed in Environmental Monitoring Assessment, Volume 53, No. 1, 1998. Reproduced with the written...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

1995-97 Priorities and Progress Under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement - SAB Chapter
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Chapter One: Great Lakes Science Advisory Board In fulfilling its broad mandate to provide science advice under the Agreement, SAB's three work groups (Ecosystem Health, Emerging Issues and Parties Implementation) addressed an IJC priority for the 1995-97 biennial cycle on health, and identified...
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Great Lakes Science Advisory Board