Detroit River-Western Lake Erie Basin Indicator Project

State of the Strait, Status and Trends of Key Indicators, 2007

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This report, "State of the Strait - Status and Trends of Key Indicators, 2007," is based on the Detroit River-Western Lake Erie Indicator Project, a three-year U.S.-Canada effort to compile and summarize long-term trend data, and the 2006 State of the Strait Conference held in Flat Rock, Michigan. On this page you will find the entire State of the Strait report in PDF format, as well as the entire document broken into component parts and available as PDF documents. If you have questions about the contents of the PDF documents on this page, please contact John Hartig of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Cover (PDF) (2 pages, 266 KB) - State of the Strait Status and Trends of Key Indicators, 2007, cover and image credits.
Preface and Acknowledgements (PDF) (4 pages, 80 KB)
Table of Contents (PDF) (4 pages, 81 KB)
1.0 Executive Summary (PDF) (3 pages, 78 KB)
2.0 Introduction (PDF) (4 pages, 129 KB)
3.0 Comprehensive and Integrative Assessment (PDF) (23 pages, 493 KB)
4.0 Literature Cited (PDF) (2 pages, 76 KB)
5.0 Appendix A - State of the Strait Conference – December 5, 2006 (PDF) (14 pages, 109 KB)
6.0 Appendix B - Indicator Reports (PDF) (3 pages, 77 KB)
- Pressure Indicators:
  - Human Population Growth and Distribution in Southeast Michigan (PDF) (5 pages, 159 KB)
  - Land Use Change in Southeast Michigan (PDF) (6 pages, 232 KB)
  - Transportation Trends in Southeast Michigan (PDF) (5 pages, 248 KB)
  - Phosphorus Loads and Concentrations from the Maumee River (PDF) (7 pages, 843 KB)
  - Michigan’s Carbon Emissions (PDF) (3 pages, 110 KB)
  - Oil Pollution of the Detroit and Rouge Rivers (PDF) (7 pages, 746 KB)
  - Lake Erie Shoreline Hardening in Lucas and Ottawa Counties, Ohio (PDF) (6 pages, 209 KB)
- State Indicators:
  - Lake Erie Water Levels (PDF) (7 pages, 383 KB)
  - Water Clarity in Western Lake Erie (PDF) (3 pages, 337 KB)
  - Lake Erie Ice Cover (PDF) (3 pages, 356 KB)
  - Phosphorus Concentrations in the Western Basin of Lake Erie (PDF) (6 pages, 271 KB)
  - Chloride Levels in Western Lake Erie Water Samples Collected from the Monroe Water Intake (PDF) (5 pages, 270 KB)
  - Dissolved Oxygen Levels in the Rouge River (PDF) (5 pages, 143 KB)
  - Contaminants in Western Lake Erie Sediments (PDF) (5 pages, 245 KB)
  - Criteria Air Pollutants in Southeast Michigan (PDF) (10 pages, 200 KB)
  - Contaminants in Western Lake Erie Fish Community (PDF) (7 pages, 226 KB)
  - Mercury in Lake St. Clair Walleye (PDF) (3 pages, 108 KB)
  - Contaminants in Herring Gull Eggs (PDF) (5 pages, 131 KB)
  - Algal Blooms in Western Lake Erie (PDF) (5 pages, 120 KB)
  - Plankton Communities (PDF) (4 pages, 244 KB)
  - Recovery of Wild Celery (PDF) (3 pages, 233 KB)
  - Reestablishment of Long-Absent Aquatic Macrophytes in Western Lake Erie (PDF) (9 pages, 399 KB)
  - Detroit River Coastal Wetlands (PDF) (5 pages, 543 KB)
  - Invasion of the Erie Marsh Preserve by Common Reed (Phragmites australis) Over the Last 20 YearsHexagenia Density and Distribution in the Detroit River (PDF) (4 pages, 344 KB)
  - Hexagenia Density and Distribution in the Detroit River (PDF) (8 pages, 463 KB)
  - Abundance of Burrowing Mayflies in the Western Basin of Lake Erie (PDF) (8 pages, 463 KB)
  - Chironomid Abundance and Deformities (PDF) (6 pages, 287 KB)
  - Oligochaete Densities and Distribution (PDF) (6 pages, 186 KB)
  - Invasion of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and Quagga Mussels (Dreissena bugensis) (PDF) (7 pages, 226 KB)
  - Yellow Perch Population (PDF) (4 pages, 187 KB)
  - Lake Whitefish Spawning (PDF) (5 pages, 198 KB)
  - Lake Sturgeon Population (PDF) (5 pages, 243 KB)
  - The Walleye Population of Lake Erie (PDF) (4 pages, 241 KB)
  - Canvasback Population in Lake St. Clair/Detroit River/Western Lake Erie Basin (PDF) (4 pages, 183 KB)
  - Common Tern Reproduction (PDF) (5 pages, 237 KB)
  - Double-crested Cormorant Population Changes (PDF) (4 pages, 230 KB)
  - Detroit River Christmas Bird Count (PDF) (4 pages, 403 KB)
  - Rockwood, Michigan Christmas Bird Count – Overwintering Bird Count Fluctuations (PDF) (6 pages, 425 KB)
  - Fall Raptor Migration at Holiday Beach Conservation Area, Amherstburg, Ontario (PDF) (6 pages, 323 KB)
  - Fall Raptor Migration over Lake Erie Metropark (PDF) (4 pages, 206 KB)
  - Peregrine Falcon Reproduction in Southeast Michigan (PDF) (4 pages, 200 KB)
  - Bald Eagle Reproductive Success (PDF) (9 pages, 136 KB)
  - Asthma Hospitalization Rates in Wayne County, Michigan (PDF) (5 pages, 151 KB)
  - Lead Poisoning in Detroit, Michigan (PDF) (7 pages, 292 KB)
  - West Nile Virus in Michigan (PDF) (5 pages, 147 KB)
- Response Indicators:
  - Phosphorus Discharges from Detroit Wastewater Treatment Plant (PDF) (3 pages, 131 KB)
  - Combined Sewer Overflow Controls in Southeast Michigan (PDF) (8 pages, 206 KB)
  - Contaminated Sediment Remediation (PDF) (4 pages, 231 KB)
  - Land Conservation for Wildlife in the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (PDF) (3 pages, 142 KB)
  - Southeast Michigan Greenway Trails (PDF) (4 pages, 175 KB)
State of the Strait - Status and Trends of Key Indicators, 2007 (PDF) (327 pages, 5,712 KB)
Edited by: John H. Hartig, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Michael A. Zarull, Environment Canada; Jan J.H. Ciborowski, University of Windsor; John E. Gannon, International Joint Commission; Emily Wilke, Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy; Greg Norwood, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Ashlee Vincent, University of Windsor.
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