Record Info:
- Extended Citation
- Ecosystem Indicator Partnership (ESIP), Gulf of Maine Council on the Environment. (2017). Bay of Fundy Water and Sediment Monitoring Report, Years: 2013-2016.
- Reference Abbreviation
- Ecosystem Indicator Partnership (ESIP), 2017
- Date Communicated
- 2017
- Region
- Inner Harbour
- Location Details
- Saint John Harbour (Tin Can Beach)
- Group
- Physical
- Category
- Sediment Properties
- Preliminary Ecosystems Component
- Sediment Quality/ Chemistry
- Attribute/Species (e.g.)
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- Metric/Detail
- SUM mg/kg (dry sediment)
- Primary Objective
- Identify potential eutrophication signals in the Bay of Fundy
- Key Findings/Monitoring Red Flags
- Data Collection Start
- 2013
- Data Collection Finish
- 2016
- Physical collection of data/samples
- Yes
- Referenced Data Source (if data not physically collected or not available in text)
- Stakeholder Group
- Provincial/State Governments (Canada and US)
- Stakeholder Name
- Ecosystem Indicator Partnership (ESIP)
- Type of Reference
- Report - Government
- Source Details
- Monitoring Report
- Monitoring Tool
- Utlilizes random hexagon selection of sampling sites
- Monitoring/Management Recommendations
- Suggests monitoring programs follow the random hexagon method for selection of sampling sites used in this study, and to focus on potential sources of Phosphorous loading within the BoF. During Gulf Watch, sample mussels when possible (to detect changes
- Notes
- (Patterns in PAH concentration did not match that of PCB patterns, SJH 6th out of 16 sites)
- File/Paper Location
- PDF Available
- link