Environment and Climate Change Canada

33 datasets found
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    Lake Winnipeg Water Quality - Ice Cores

    Lake Winnipeg usually experiences ice cover during December to May (South Basin)/ June (North Basin). This dataset are water quality data collected in the South Basin of Lake Winnipeg during the winter of 2024, for the Freshwater Lake Winnipeg project. The bottom part (10cm) of ice-core samples...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Acid Sensitive Lakes, Atlantic Canada

    The Acid Sensitive Lakes Study in the Atlantic Canada was initiated in 1983 by Environment and Climate Change Canada, to evaluate the impact of acid atmospheric pollutant on aquatic ecosystem. Originally, the study focused on the aquatic and terrestrial effects of acid precipitation, but now it...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Automated Fresh Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Data

    Historical water quality data measured on a continuous basis at over 23 locations across Canada is included in this dataset. Most locations include hourly temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductance and turbidity. Data are collected by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Lake Ice Database

    Since 2009, the Watershed Hydrology and Ecosystems Research Division of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has coordinated spring time multi point ice thickness and composition surveys at up to 15 lake sites in the Northern Hemisphere. Data collected includes on ice snow depth, total...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    National Water Monitoring Program for Pesticides (NWMPP) Data

    National Water Monitoring Program for Pesticides (NWMPP) water quality data are presented for a network of freshwater sites across Canada. A two-year pilot program is being conducted in partnership between Health Canada (HC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), and Agriculture and...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Water quality data at Lake of the Woods (2016-2019)

    In 2016-2019 water samples were collected at Lake of the Woods as part of a research program to determine sources and fate of nutrients in nearshore areas. These included samples of lake water, groundwater, streams, and septic wastewater. The samples were analyzed for nutrients (total and...
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    Lake of the Woods Water Quality Initiative: Phosphorus

    One component of this initiative aims to improve current understanding of nutrient dynamics and cyanobacterial and harmful bloom (cHAB) occurrences on Lake of the Woods. Research will focus on investigating the sources of nutrients and additional mechanisms influencing cHAB development and...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Maritime Coastal Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data

    Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for sites in the Maritime Coastal basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Saint John River and St. Croix River Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data

    Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over 12 sites in the Saint John and St. Croix River basins for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Historical observations of physical limnology in Canadian lakes

    As part of research projects in Environment and Climate Change Canada, historical physical limnology observations have been collected in Canadian Lakes since 1968. These observations include one or more concurrent measurements of water temperature profiles, directional velocities (east-west and...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Pacific Coastal Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data

    Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over 10 sites in the Pacific Coastal Basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate Change Canada...
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    Okanagan - Similkameen River Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data

    Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over two sites in the Okanagan - Similkameen Basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate Change...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Yukon River Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data

    Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over six sites in the Yukon River Basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Fraser River Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data

    Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over 14 sites in the Fraser River Basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Keewatin - Southern Baffin Island Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data - Canada's North

    Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over five sites in the Keewatin - Southern Baffin Island Basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Ottawa River Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data

    Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over eight sites in the Ottawa River basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate Change Canada...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Saint Lawrence River Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data

    Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over 40 sites in the St. Lawrence River basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate Change Canada...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    National Water Quality Pesticides Surveillance Data

    Pesticides surveillance data in freshwater from federal and federal-provincial sites at various locations throughout Canada are included in this dataset. Measurements mostly include pesticides but could include physical-chemical parameters such as temperature, pH, alkalinity, major ions,...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Zooplankton communities in Precambrian Shield lakes (Québec, Canada): responses to spatial and temporal gradients in water chemistry and climate

    The recent (2017) spatial patterns of zooplankton communities in 73 Québec lakes distributed over an 800-km SW-NE gradient, spanning a wide range of water quality and climate. Results were published in a scientific article that can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0139
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Columbia River Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data

    Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over 13 sites in the Columbia River Basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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