Table 6.
Pathway ranks based on rescaled data for each surrogate (i.e. 0–100) for the “top 25 highest risk” sites based on the All Taxa ranking. (−) in the “Shipping” pathway indicates the surrogate rank fell outside the top 25 for the given site. For “Connections,” rank order reflects multiple sites with the same surrogate values and (−) indicates absence of connections at the site.
| Lake Basin | Location Name | State | Population | RecBoats | Ponds | Shipping | Connections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | Chicago/Chicago River Mouth | IL | 1 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 1 |
| Erie | Toledo/Maumee River Mouth | OH | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Ontario | Oswego/Oswego River Mouth | NY | 8 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| Michigan | Portage/Portage-Burns Waterway | IN | 13 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| Erie | Cleveland/Cuyahoga River Mouth | OH | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Huron | Saginaw Bay/Saginaw River Mouth | MI | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | - |
| Erie | West Harbor/Marblehead/Lake Erie | OH | 25 | 1 | 18 | - | - |
| Erie | Sandusky/Sandusky Bay | OH | 23 | 2 | 16 | 7 | - |
| Erie | Buffalo/Niagara River | NY | 12 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| Michigan | Calumet River Mouth/Lake Michigan | IN | 22 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
| Erie | Grosse Pointe Shores/Lake St. Clair | MI | 24 | 3 | 22 | - | - |
| Michigan | Benton Harbor/Saint Joseph River | MI | 10 | 9 | 2 | - | - |
| Michigan | East Chicago/Indiana Harbor Canal | IN | 17 | 20 | 19 | - | 1 |
| Michigan | Evanston/North Shore Channel Mouth | IL | 18 | 21 | 25 | - | 1 |
| Erie | Lake St. Clair/Clinton River Mouth | MI | 19 | 4 | 15 | - | - |
| Michigan | Milwaukee/Kinnickinnic River Mouth | WI | 7 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
| Ontario | Rochester/Genesee River Mouth | NY | 16 | 25 | 21 | - | 1 |
| Michigan | Green Bay/Fox River Mouth | WI | 11 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Erie | Lakeside/Lake St. Clair | MI | 4 | 10 | 7 | - | - |
| Superior | Duluth/St. Louis River Mouth | MN | 20 | 22 | 20 | 1 | - |
| Erie | Detroit River/Rouge River Mouth | MI | 2 | 7 | 14 | 14 | - |
| Erie | Fairport Harbor/Grand River Mouth | OH | 15 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| Erie | Erie/Presque Isle Bay | PA | 21 | 6 | 23 | 13 | - |
| Erie | Lorain/Black River Mouth | OH | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
| Michigan | Grand Haven/Grand River Mouth | MI | 3 | 24 | 3 | 17 | - |