Water Chemistry and Organic Matter Data for 17 Boreal Streams in Alberta (2018–2022)

17 streams in northern Alberta's Utikuma Region Study Area were sampled between 2018 and 2022. The dataset contains water chemistry measurements for major ions, nutrients, dissolved organic carbon, and total dissolved nitrogen, along with in-situ pH, conductivity, temperature, and dissolved organic matter composition data from absorbance and fluorescence. It was authored by Julia Orlova and harvested from the Borealis Dataverse.

Use Cases

• Modeling relationships between water chemistry parameters and dissolved organic matter composition based on the described measurements.
• Analyzing temporal trends in stream water quality over the 2018–2022 period mentioned in the description.
• Characterizing the biogeochemical properties of boreal stream ecosystems based on the suite of collected ions, nutrients, and carbon data.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a 5-year period from 2018 to 2022, providing a multi-year time series.
• Includes a multi-faceted suite of measurements covering major ions, nutrients, carbon, nitrogen, and in-situ parameters.
• Samples were collected from 17 distinct stream sites within a defined study area (URSA).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.

Provenance

Source

Borealis Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Field sampling and laboratory analysis, as indicated by the description of collected data types.

Time Range

2018–2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-25 04:14:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Utikuma Region Study Area (URSA) in northern Alberta, Canada