Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for one site in the North Shore - Gaspé basin. The dataset includes measurements for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables collected over the past 15 years or longer. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and NL Environment and Conservation gathered this data through the Canada-NL Water Quality Monitoring Agreement.
Use Cases
- Assessing water quality status based on long-term monitoring of nutrients, metals, and ions.
- Detecting emerging environmental issues based on multi-year physical-chemical variable trends.
- Establishing or validating water quality guidelines based on measured concentrations.
- Tracking the effectiveness of remedial measures and regulatory decisions based on temporal data.
Strengths
- Data covers a long-term period of 15 years or more, enabling trend analysis.
- Includes multiple variable types: nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical measurements.
- Collected through a formal government agreement between Environment and Climate Change Canada and NL Environment and Conservation.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data is for a single site; additional sites require separate access from NL Environment and Conservation.
Provenance
- Source
- Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and NL Environment and Conservation
- Collection Method
- Monitoring conducted through the Canada-NL Water Quality Monitoring Agreement.
- Time Range
- 15 years or longer prior to the last update date.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-07 19:11:54.174210; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- One site in the North Shore - Gaspé basin.