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Data

The Lake Partner Program total-phosphorus and water-clarity data are published annually on the ministry’s public Lake Partner Program webpage.

• Lake Partner Total Phosphorus (TP) Concentration Data, 2002-2011
• annual average ice-free Secchi depths
• data downloads
• pre-2002 total-phosphorus annual means

Program information

• fact sheet - A Closer Look at Your Lake
• fact sheet - What are Algae?

Volunteer Resources

• volunteer registration form
• Sampling Instructions; Step-by-Step Guide
• Secchi disk observations
  • print-out sheets
  • spreadsheet for electronic data
• fact sheet - Interpretation of Total-Phosphorus and Secchi Results

Contacts

Anna DeSellas
Coordinator, Lake Partner Program
email: lakepartner@ontario.ca

Dorset Environmental Science Centre
Box 39, 1026 Bellwood Acres Road
Dorset, ON, P0A 1E0

Phone:
1-800-470-8322 (toll free; Ontario only)
1-705-766-1294 (outside Ontario)

Fax:
705-766-2254

Organizational partners

• IceWatch (NatureWatch)
• Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations (FOCA)
• Lake of the Woods District Property Owners Association
• The Secchi Dip-In