Benthic Invertebrates, Oil Sands Region

Benthic invertebrates monitoring includes both lotic (rivers/streams) and lentic (wetlands) ecosystems. Aquatic biomonitoring provides a direct measure of change in biotic populations and communities in relation to benchmark or reference conditions and can help identify the ecological effects of cumulative stressors. Used together with the water chemical and physical monitoring components, this program uses an integrated approach to assess whether ecological affects are occurring in response to OS developments. Sampling can include the collection of invertebrates, algal biomass, water chemistry, and appropriate supporting habitat information and is conducted during periods of high abundance and diversity of macroinvertebrates. Sampling focuses on near-shore gravel and sand habitats on the Athabasca River, erosional habitats on major tributaries and in wadable areas in deltaic wetlands within the Expanded Geographical Area. As of October 2012, over 80 locations have been visited.

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Date Stamp
2025-04-01T15:53:05.961Z
Metadata language

eng; CAN
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UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Series
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/en/environment-climate-change.html
 

Data identification

Title

Benthic Invertebrates, Oil Sands Region
Date (Publication)
2014-03-07
Date (Creation)
2014-01-01
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Vector
Principal investigator
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Joseph Culp ( Chief, Cumulative Effects and Biomonitoring Project, Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division)

10 Bailey Drive, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5A3, Canada
506-458-7458

506-458-7597

Collaborator
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Donald Baird ( Research Scientist, Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division)

10 Bailey Drive, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5A3, Canada
506-458-7048

506-452-6271

Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Nancy Glozier ( Aquatic Ecosystems Scientist, Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance)

11 Innovation Blvd, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 3H5, Canada
306-975-6057

Keywords

Theme

  • biomonitoring, oil sands, benthic invertebrates, organisms, macro-invertebrate water quality, rivers, streams, wetlands, geospatial information, nearshore gravel and sand, habitat conditions

  • Observation/Measurement

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Aquatic ecosystems

  • Oil sands

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Water - Quality

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

Geography

  • Prairie - Alberta (AB)

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Water Science and Technology

external.theme.EC_Program_PAA

  • 1.3.2. Ecosystem Assessment and Approaches

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
2011-08-01

Extent

N
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E
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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 /
 

Distribution

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/en/environment-climate-change.html
 
 

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Keywords

Observation/Measurement biomonitoring, oil sands, benthic invertebrates, organisms, macro-invertebrate water quality, rivers, streams, wetlands, geospatial information, nearshore gravel and sand, habitat conditions
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

Water - Quality
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

Aquatic ecosystems Oil sands
external.theme.EC_Branch

Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate

Water Science and Technology
external.theme.EC_Program_PAA

1.3.2. Ecosystem Assessment and Approaches
external.theme.GC_Security_Level

Unclassified


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