Net Anthropogenic Nitrogen and Phosphorus Inputs for Quebec

Net anthropogenic contributions of nitrogen and phosphorus to Quebec presents modeled estimates of human-driven nutrient inputs. The modeling was conducted by researchers from the University of Montreal in partnership with the provincial Ministry of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks (MELCCFP). The data is based on the Net Anthropogenic Nitrogen/Phosphorus Input (NANI/NAPI) method, refined in a 2024 study.

Use Cases

• Modeling watershed nutrient budgets based on anthropogenic input estimates.
• Assessing agricultural impact on regional nutrient cycles based on the described NANI/NAPI methodology.
• Informing environmental policy and land-use planning based on spatially distributed nutrient input data.
• Studying correlations between human activities and eutrophication risks in Quebec.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a peer-reviewed modeling method (NANI/NAPI) with citations to 2016 and 2024 research.
• Produced through a partnership between academic researchers (University of Montreal) and a government ministry (MELCCFP).
• Available in multiple geospatial and tabular formats (GEOJSON, GPKG, CSV, FGDB/GDB, PDF).
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is a machine translation, which may introduce ambiguity.

Provenance

Source

University of Montreal researchers Roxane Maranger and Stéphanie Shousha, in partnership with the Government of Quebec's MELCCFP.

Collection Method

Modeling using the Net Anthropogenic Nitrogen/Phosphorus Input (NANI/NAPI) method.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 18:09:53.735739; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Quebec, Canada