Benthic Invertebrates, Oil Sands Region
DataSet Animal(s) : Benthic Invertibrates
DataSet Category : Mollusks
DataSet Country : Canada
DataSet Region : North America
DataSet Type : DataSet
DataSet Access : Public
DataSet URL : https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/7ee53ca2-8dcd-432f-811e-c651f33055ed
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.
DataSet Agency : Environment and Climate Change Canada
DataSet Agency Contact : https://www.ec.gc.ca