Keewatin - Southern Baffin Island Water Quality Monitoring Data for 15+ Years
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Description
Keewatin - Southern Baffin Island Basin freshwater quality data from over five sites, collected for at least 15 years. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Parks Canada conduct this monitoring to assess status, trends, and the effectiveness of regulatory measures. The dataset includes measurements for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables.
Use Cases
Analyze long-term trends in nutrient concentrations based on the 15+ year monitoring period mentioned in the description
Detect emerging water quality issues based on the multi-variable monitoring for metals and major ions
Assess the effectiveness of environmental regulations based on the stated purpose of tracking remedial measures
Establish or validate water quality guidelines for northern regions based on the physical-chemical data collected
Strengths
Long-term data collection spanning at least 15 years
Monitoring conducted by authoritative government agencies (ECCC and Parks Canada)
Includes multiple water quality variables such as nutrients, metals, and major ions
Covers over five distinct monitoring sites in a specific northern basin
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling
Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific northern basin studied
Provenance
Source
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Collection Method
Long-term field monitoring conducted by ECC and in collaboration with Parks Canada
Time Range
At least the past 15 years
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-07 19:11:47.563398; freshness should be verified
Geography
Keewatin - Southern Baffin Island Basin, Canada's North
License is OGL-CA-2.0 (Open Government License - Canada).