Nutrient Concentrations at the Bay of Quinte (Ontario) for August 26, 2015

The Bay of Quinte is a long and narrow "Z" shaped inlet located on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. The bay and the surrounding drainage basin were listed as an Area of Concern in 1987 under the GLWQA as 10 of the 14 beneficial use indicators of ecosystem health were deemed impaired. Excess nutrient runoff from agricultural lands, wastewater treatment plants and storm water contributed to extensive algae growth; one of the biggest challenges of the Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan was the management of phosphorus loads into the watershed.


The goal of this project is to determine the effect of extreme rain events versus base flow on the nutrient levels for two tributaries flowing into the Bay of Quinte. Water quality data and water movement data collected from 2015 to 2018 will contribute towards a knowledge base for evaluating the status of and delisting Bay of Quinte as an Area of Concern, as well as provide a measure of the ecological response to remedial efforts.


The dataset consists of phosphorus, nitrogen, & carbon concentrations at the Bay of Quinte for 2 stations for August 26, 2015.

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
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Date Stamp
2022-06-29T16:55:35
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
https://www.canada.ca/
 

Data identification

Date (Publication)
2018-12-05
Date (Creation)
2018-11-27
Status
Under development
Metadata language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Vector
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Richards, Agnes, PhD ( Research Scientist )
Canada

Keywords

Place

  • Bay of Quinte

  • Lake Ontario
Theme

  • Observation/Measurement

  • Nutrients

  • Phosphorus

  • Carbon

  • Nitrogen

  • Great Lakes Action Plan

  • GLAP

  • Water Quality

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Water quality

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Water - Quality

Business Functions

  • Oversee and Manage Site Conditions

  • Designate and Manage Areas of Interest or Concern

Geography

  • Water - Drainage regions - Great Lakes

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Water Science and Technology

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
2015-08-26
End Date
2015-08-26

Extent

Extent type code
No
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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
EPSG / 4326 /
 

Distribution

Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • CSV ( unknown )

 
Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
https://www.canada.ca/
 
 

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Keywords

Bay of Quinte Carbon GLAP Great Lakes Action Plan Lake Ontario Nitrogen Nutrients Observation/Measurement Phosphorus Water Quality
Business Functions
Designate and Manage Areas of Interest or Concern Oversee and Manage Site Conditions
ECCC Information Category EN
Water - Quality
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Water quality
external.theme.EC_Branch
Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Water Science and Technology
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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