Benthos monitoring
The objective of benthos monitoring is to know the state of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in rivers depending, in particular, on the composition of the substrate and the type of flow. Information on benthic macroinvertebrate samples taken at benthic monitoring stations is classified according to the benthos health index: iSBG for coarse-substrate rivers and iSBM for soft-substrate rivers. The Benthos Health Index (ISB) is a multimetric index based on benthic macroinvertebrates that assesses the biotic integrity of shallow rivers. The benthos monitoring dataset includes a layer of sampling stations sampled between 2003 and 2019 and a layer of drainage areas for each type of substrate, either coarse-grained or loose. The drainage area attribute table also provides a compilation of land use by category for the last year available at the time the data was produced, i.e. the year 2018.This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).
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- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Government and Municipalities of Québec
- Licence: Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution (CC-BY) licence – Quebec
Data and Resources
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Benthos monitoringFGDB/GDBFrench dataset FGDB/GDB
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Benthos monitoringGEOJSONFrench dataset GEOJSON
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Benthos monitoringGPKGFrench dataset GPKG
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Original metadata (https://www.donneesquebec.ca)HTMLFrench dataset HTML
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MetadataPDFFrench guide PDF
Geographic Information
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Electronic Mail Address: lyne.pelletier@environnement.gouv.qc.ca