Enhanced Monitoring of the LAR: Benthic Macroinvertebrates Communities

Baseline benthic macroinvertebrate community composition and supportive physical habitat data collected by Alberta Environment and Parks as part of a focused study under the Oil Sands Monitoring Program: Enhanced Monitoring of the Lower Athabasca River

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Enhanced Monitoring of the LAR_BMI data_2018 ...XLSX
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Field	Value
Alternate Title/Name	Benthic aquatic invertebrates; invertebrate taxonomy
Creator	OSM
Contributor	AEP
Publisher
Subject	Aquatic Biology
Group/Subgroup	Benthic Macroinvertebrates
Parameters	Community Composition (species counts) and physical habitat (water depth, water velocity)
Data Type	Discrete
Frequency	Annual
Temporal Coverage Begins	2018-09-01
Temporal Coverage Ends
Spatial Coverage
Spatial Projection
Usage Considerations or Constraints	Data represents a single point in time and is not representative of intra-annual variability (i.e seasonal variability in community composition).
Source/Citation
Relation	http://donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/benthic-invertebrates-oil-sands-region/mainstem-benthic-invertebrates-oil-sands-region/
Extent
Format	XLS
Resouce Type	Spreadsheet
Language
OSM Asset?	Yes
Contact Email	Keegan.Hicks@gov.ab.ca