caa a22 4500 467903840 CHVBK 20180406152827.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-005-9082-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-005-9082-8 Progress Toward Delisting a Great Lakes Area of Concern: The Role of Integrated Research and Monitoring in the Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan [Elektronische Daten] [John Hall, Kristin O'Connor, Joanna Ranieri] The goal of restoring environmental health and qualities to Hamilton Harbour Great Lakes Area of Concern, an embayment at the western end of Lake Ontario, is considered to be achievable by the year 2015. Restoring Hamilton Harbour is a dynamic process that relies heavily on research and monitoring to direct remediation efforts. Three principle means of coordinating this research and monitoring include: research and monitoring workshops; a monitoring catalogue outlining both government and nongovernment initiatives; and an annual report written by a local community group. These tools increase the effectiveness of remedial actions by: (i) improving stakeholders' ability to track trends; (ii) allowing program decision-makers to utilize adaptive management techniques to continuously modify programs based on new results; (iii) integrating interdisciplinary fields, and (iv) increasing accountability. This paper describes in detail these tools used for coordinating research and monitoring in implementing the Remedial Action Plan of the Hamilton Harbour Great Lakes Area of Concern, along with lessons learned to assist other implementers who are considering similar programs. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2005 accountability nationallicence adaptive management nationallicence Hamilton Harbour nationallicence interdisciplinary integration nationallicence Remedial Action Plan nationallicence research and monitoring nationallicence Hall John Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, L7R 4A6, Burlington, ON, Canada aut O'Connor Kristin Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, L7R 4A6, Burlington, ON, Canada aut Ranieri Joanna Bay Area Restoration Council, Life Sciences Building, Room B130F, 1280 Main Street West, L8S 4K1, Hamilton, ON, Canada aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 113/1-3(2006-02-01), 227-243 0167-6369 113:1-3<227 2006 113 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9082-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9082-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hall John Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, L7R 4A6, Burlington, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O'Connor Kristin Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, L7R 4A6, Burlington, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ranieri Joanna Bay Area Restoration Council, Life Sciences Building, Room B130F, 1280 Main Street West, L8S 4K1, Hamilton, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 113/1-3(2006-02-01), 227-243 0167-6369 113:1-3<227 2006 113 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer