Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for sites in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Parks Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and with NL Environment and Conservation through the Canada-NL Water Quality Monitoring Agreement to assess water quality status and long-term trends, detect emerging issues, establish water quality guidelines and track the effectiveness of remedial measures and regulatory decisions. Data for additional sites are available from NL Environment and Conservation.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), in partnership with other government organizations, indigenous groups, and community stakeholders, monitor the migratory return of Atlantic salmon to rivers each season. In Newfoundland and Labrador, there are 15 management areas, known as Salmon Fishing Areas (SFAs), with over 400 rivers containing populations of spawning salmon. Each year, salmon populations are enumerated at monitoring facilities (counting fences or fishways) on several rivers throughout the province. Monitoring begins in April or May for the downstream smolt run and in June or July for the upstream adult run and varies in timing by year and river. Not all rivers are monitored annually and years with incomplete data are often attributable to environmental factors that delay or stop monitoring during a season (e.g. fence washout due to elevated water levels). Days with zero counts can be attributable to no fish and/or closures to the monitoring facility. While monitoring facilities are used primarily to count Atlantic salmon, other freshwater fish may also be enumerated if encountered. The counts from these monitoring facilities, in addition to angling information and other monitoring activities, provide information for estimating returns for the annual stock assessment, which is an important part of conservation and management of Atlantic salmon populations in Newfoundland and Labrador. This data contains information for Atlantic salmon only.

Long-term freshwater quality monitoring data for over 10 sites in the Arctic Coast - Islands Basin for the past 15 years or longer for nutrients, metals, major ions, and other physical-chemical variables are included in this dataset. Monitoring is conducted by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and in collaboration with Parks Canada to assess water quality status and long-term trends, detect emerging issues, establish water quality guidelines and track the effectiveness of remedial measures and regulatory decisions. Supplemental Information. http://www.ec.gc.ca/eaudouce-freshwater/default.asp?lang=En&n=50947E1B-1

Fish diet data for predators in the coastal lagoons of northwestern Alaska. Methods are described in the monitoring protocol: Jones T, Apsens S, Miller S, Robards M. 2018. Coastal lagoons vital signs monitoring protocol for the Arctic Network: Volume 1, report narrative, version 1.0. Natural Resource Report. NPS/ARCN/NRR—2018/1824. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2257596 and standard operating procedures: Jones T. 2017. Coastal Lagoon Vital Signs Monitoring Protocol for the Arctic Network: Standard Operating Procedures Version 1.0. National Park Service https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2310242 Column ColumnDescription Comments Comments Date Observation date. FDID Primary key. Initials Observer initials. IsPreyLengthApproximate Is prey length estimated? Boolean. Lagoon Lagoon. PredatorCommonName Predator common name PredatorFamily Predator family PredatorGenus Predator genus PredatorSpecies Predator species PredatorTaxonCode Predator species code. PreyCommonName Prey common name PreyFamily Prey family PreyGenus Prey genus PreyLength_mm Prey length (mm) PreyLifeStage Prey life stage. PreyQuantity Prey quantity PreySpecies Prey species PreyTaxonCode Prey species code. PreyWeight_g Prey weight (g) ProcessDate Date the sample was processed. RecordInsertedBy Username of person who inserted the record RecordInsertedDate Datetime the record was inserted SampleID Sample identifier. Site Site. VialNo Vial number.

This dataset represents preliminary outputs from the pilot project to develop long term aquatic health and climate change monitoring program at Refuges that was implemented in 2014. These are archive copies of the data from the pilot project. See the IR9: Aquatic Health and Climate Change: Long-term Monitoring Project (ServCat reference ID:132454) for data from ongoing long-term monitoring starting in 2022. The long-term dataset incorporated all continuous measures from the pilot project. The long-term dataset has data from 2014-last compilation (2018).

This dataset represents preliminary outputs from the pilot project to develop long term aquatic health and climate change monitoring program at Refuges that was implemented in 2014. These are archive copies of the data from the pilot project. See the IR9: Aquatic Health and Climate Change: Long-term Monitoring Project (ServCat reference ID:132454) for data from ongoing long-term monitoring starting in 2022. The long-term dataset incorporated all continuous measures from the pilot project. The long-term dataset has data from 2014-last compilation (2018).

Field data deliverables L10 (Water quality data) and L11 (Fish data)

Tabular dataset containing environmental measures taken at the Gisasa weir by the US Fish and Wildlife Service between 1995 and 2023. Environmental measures include air temperature, water temperature, and water level.

Fish metals sampling data collected in the coastal lagoons of Alaska in 2015 for the National Park Service. Methods are described in the monitoring protocol: Jones T, Apsens S, Miller S, Robards M. 2018. Coastal lagoons vital signs monitoring protocol for the Arctic Network: Volume 1, report narrative, version 1.0. Natural Resource Report. NPS/ARCN/NRR—2018/1824. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2257596 and standard operating procedures: Jones T. 2017. Coastal Lagoon Vital Signs Monitoring Protocol for the Arctic Network: Standard Operating Procedures Version 1.0. National Park Service https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2310242