Enhanced Monitoring of the LAR: Fish Communities

Baseline fish community data collect by Alberta Environment and Parks and Environment and Climate Change Canada as part of a focused study under the Oil Sands Monitoring Program: Enhanced Monitoring of the Lower Athabasca River

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Alternate Title/Name	Fish Assemblages; Fish Communities; Fish Inventory; FIsh Taxonomy
Creator
Contributor	OSM
Publisher	AEP, ECCC
Subject	Aquatic Biology
Group/Subgroup	Fish Communities
Parameters	Community Composition, DELTs (deformaties, erosions, lesions, and tumours), body length, body weights, sex
Data Type	Discrete
Frequency	Annual
Temporal Coverage Begins	2018-09-01
Temporal Coverage Ends
Spatial Coverage
Spatial Projection
Usage Considerations or Constraints	Data represents fish communities sampled using a boat-electrofisher. Each site is 2 km in length representing approximately 30 minutes of electrofishing time along the shores of the Athabasca River. Sites may constitute multiple habitat (water depth, water velocity, substrate) types adding to possible variability among sites. Other potential factors contributing to variability include water temperature, water conductivity, and turbidity (visibility). Data represents a single point in time and is not representative of intra-annual variability (i.e seasonal variability in community composition).
Source/Citation
Relation	http://www.ramp-alberta.org/data/Fisheries/default.aspx
Extent
Format	XLS
Resouce Type	Spreadsheet
Language
OSM Asset?	Yes
Contact Email	Keegan.Hicks@gov.ab.ca