Environment and Climate Change Canada

12 datasets found
  • Open Data

    Canadian Lake Erie Nutrient Load Estimates

    Water quality monitoring data collected in priority tributaries to provide nutrient concentration data to estimate nutrient loads to the waters of the Great Lakes. Data is collected to advance the science to understand and address the complex problem of recurrent toxic and nuisance algae in the...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Great Lakes Water Quality Monitoring and Aquatic Ecosystem Health Data

    Water quality and ecosystem health data collected using a risk-based monitoring approach to support the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement are included in this dataset. By conducting regular, systematic measurements of the physical, chemical and biological conditions of the Great Lakes...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Great Lakes Fish Contaminants Monitoring and Surveillance Data

    The Fish Contaminants Monitoring Program (FCMP) was initiated in 1976. The objective is to collect a variety of biological samples in freshwater environments for the purpose of determining ecosystem contaminant levels. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) collects biological samples from...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    • HTML
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    Nutrients in Great Lakes Priority Tributaries Data

    Water quality monitoring data collected in priority tributaries to provide nutrient concentration data to estimate nutrient loads to the waters of the Great Lakes. Data is collected to advance the science to understand and address the complex problem of recurrent toxic and nuisance algae in the...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    • HTML
    • TXT
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    Great Lakes Areas of Concern Monitoring and Surveillance Data

    Water quality and ecosystem health surveillance and monitoring data collected to complete assessments of beneficial use impairments of Areas of Concern (AOCs) and to track the effectiveness of remedial measures and confirm restoration of beneficial uses are included in this dataset. AOCs are...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    • HTML
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    Great Lakes Sediment Monitoring and Surveillance Data

    Sediment quality data from the Great Lakes collected to determine baseline status, long term trends and spatial distributions, the effectiveness of management actions, determine compliance with sediment quality objectives and identify emerging issues are included in this dataset.
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Great Lakes Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Data

    Water quality and ecosystem health data collected in the Great Lakes and priority tributaries to determine baseline water quality status, long term trends and spatial distributions, the effectiveness of management actions, determine compliance with water quality objectives and identify emerging...
    Organization:
    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    • HTML
    • TXT
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    Nearshore Nuisance Benthic Algae Data (2012- )

    Water quality and ecosystem health data are collected in the nearshore zone of the Great Lakes to address the problem of nuisance benthic algae. Monitoring data include physical and chemical water quality data as well as biological data, primarily from Cladophora and dreissenid mussels on the...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    • HTML
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    Freshwater Inventory and Surveillance of Mercury: Sediment Quality Data

    Sediment quality data for 20 lakes across Canada. Parameters include total mercury, methylmercury, sulfate, inorganic and organic carbon, nitrogen, and total recoverable metals. Bottom sediment samples were collected from one to three locations on each lake, following nationally standardized...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    • HTML
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    Freshwater Inventory and Surveillance of Mercury: Water Quality Data

    Annual freshwater quality monitoring data for 20 lakes across Canada. Parameters include total mercury, methylmercury, pH, alkalinity, specific conductance, colour, chlorophyll, nutrients, ions, dissolved inorganic and organic carbon, and total metals. In most years surface samples were collected...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    • CSV
    • TXT
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    Freshwater Inventory and Surveillance of Mercury: Fish Biological and Chemical Data

    Annual fish monitoring data for 20 lakes across Canada. Collection season was standardized to provide temporal comparability within each lake. In most lakes, fishing occurred in the fall. Predator fish were limited to trout, pike or walleye, to facilitate spatial comparisons. Ten to twenty top...
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    Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    • CSV
    • TXT
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    Clean Air Regulatory Agenda Freshwater Inventory and Surveillance of Mercury (CARA FISHg)

    Environmental quality data from water, fish and sediments in 20 lakes across Canada. Measurements include mercury, methylmercury, physical-chemical parameters such as pH and alkalinity, stable isotopes, fish biological data, nutrients, ions, and metals. The data collection includes sites with a...
    Organization:
    Environment and Climate Change Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • HTML