Terrestrial Biological Contaminants Monitoring Colonial Waterbird Tissue

This dataset contains contaminant levels in eggs of seven species of colonial waterbirds. Data are available for sites across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories. This dataset was collected by Environment and Climate Change Canada for the Oil Sands Monitoring Program.

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Field Value
Alternate Title/Name
Creator ECCC
Contributor
Publisher
Subject Terrestrial Biology Monitoring - Contaminants
Group/Subgroup Wild Birth Health and Contaminants, Colonial Waterbird Health and Contaminants
Parameters Tissue: Egg (California Gull, Franklin’s Gull, Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, Common Tern, Forster’s Tern) Analyses: Isotopes (D15N, D13C, D202Hg, D199Hg, D201Hg), mercury, PCDDs, PCDFs, PAHs
Data Type sample
Frequency Annual
Temporal Coverage Begins 1977-01-01
Temporal Coverage Ends 2019-12-31
Spatial Coverage
Spatial Projection
Usage Considerations or Constraints
Source/Citation
Relation Terrestrial Biological Contaminants Monitoring Colonial Waterbird Habitat
Extent
Format csv
Resouce Type spreadsheet
Language English, French
OSM Asset? Partial
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