Toxicological assessments of semi-aquatic furbearers at contaminated sites in the NCR

There are 341 listed contaminated sites in the National Capital Region under federal jurisdiction. Many of these sites are still active, and at various stages of remedial action. Continued monitoring of contaminants is of interest to the National Capital Commission who manages the greatest proportion of these sites. Semi-aquatic furbearers are considered sentinel species of ecosystem health and could provide valuable data for post-mitigation monitoring. Through an already established collaboration with conservation officers of the NCC, carcasses will be submitted for contaminant analyses at the NWRC and wildlife health assessments at the CWHC, and the University of Alberta.

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
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Date Stamp
2021-05-12T06:01:36
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
http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Date (Creation)
2016-09-20
Date (Publication)
2016-10-20
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Vector
Principal investigator
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Phil Thomas ( Wildlife Biologist )
Canada
Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Bruce Pauli ( Chief )
Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • furbearer, contaminants, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, wildlife health

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Environment

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Nature and Biodiversity - Contaminants

Geography

  • National (CA)

Business Functions

  • Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste

  • Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Wildlife and Landscape Science

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

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

Access Constraints
Copyright
Use Constraints
Copyright
Begin Date
2016

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
EPSG / 4326 /
 

Distribution

Distribution Formats

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  • XLS ( XLS )

 
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
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

furbearer, contaminants, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, wildlife health
Business Functions
Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
ECCC Information Category EN
Nature and Biodiversity - Contaminants
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Environment
external.theme.EC_Branch
Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Wildlife and Landscape Science
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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