Water Quality Measurements from Brock Lake Northwest Territories 2003-2005

Fisheries and Oceans Canada collected physical, chemical, and biological data during a winter subsistence fishery in November 2003 and summer assessments in July 2004 and 2005. The data supports analysis of aquatic habitat and limnology in a headwater lake of the Brock River. It was published in a 2011 Canadian technical report.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal variations in physical and chemical variables between winter and summer sampling periods.
• Assess biological variables to understand the habitat conditions for fishery resources in a headwater lake.
• Correlate water quality measurements with the context of a subsistence fishery documented in November 2003.

Strengths

• Data collection spans multiple seasons, including a winter fishery in 2003 and summer assessments in 2004 and 2005.
• Includes measurements across physical, chemical, and biological variable categories for a holistic water quality profile.
• Published as a formal Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, providing authoritative documentation.

Limitations

• The dataset's specific row count, column names, and sample size are unknown, limiting preliminary assessment of scope.
• Data is temporally limited to three discrete sampling events over a two-year period from 2003 to 2005.
• Geographic scope is restricted to a single headwater lake, limiting broader regional analysis.

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Collection Method

Field sampling during a winter subsistence fishery and summer physical, chemical, and biological lake assessments.

Time Range

November 2003, July 2004, July 2005

Freshness

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Geography

Brock Lake, a headwater lake of the Brock River, Northwest Territories, Canada