Tributary Benthic Invertebrates, Oil Sands Region : Invertébrés benthiques d'affluents, région des sables bitumineux

• Main Author: Glozier, Nancy
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environment and Climate Change Canada 2015
• Subjects: biomonitoring, oil sands, benthic invertebrates, organisms, macroinvertebrate, water quality, rivers, streams, wetlands, geospatial information, nearshore gravel and sand, habitat conditions; Oil sands; Water - Quality; Prairie - Alberta AB; Observation/Measurement; Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste; Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota; Aquatic ecosystems; Athabasca River; Hess; Culp; Rivière Athabasca
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18164/7d0c4b15-25e4-4b26-9ddb-4cfb8f722a5d; https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/benthic-invertebrates-oil-sands-region/tributary-benthic-invertebrates-oil-sands-region/

Tributary Biomonitoring (Lower Athabasca River) Benthic macroinvertebrates, comprising insects, crusteaceans, molluscs and worms, represent a group of organisms used widely in environmental monitoring programs as early warning indicators to assess the effects of change in water quality or physical h...