Guidance for the Collection and Sampling of Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) in Northern Canadian Lakes for Environmental Effects Monitoring (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2010)
This technical report provides comprehensive guidance on using slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus) as a sentinel species for environmental effects monitoring in northern Canadian lakes, including collection methods, sampling design, data analysis, and life history considerations specific to cold northern aquatic systems.
- Date
- 2010
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Tim Arciszewski, Michelle Gray, Kelly Munkittrick, Christopher Baron, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.
- Locations
- northern Canadian lakes, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Yukon Territory, New Brunswick, Lake Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Toolik Lake, Alaska, Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, Saskatchewan, Northern Saskatchewan
- Parameters
- slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus), environmental effects monitoring (EEM), fish sampling methods, electrofishing, trapping, trawling, fish growth, fish reproduction, fish survival, gonad size, liver size, condition factor, fish parasites, cestoid parasites, water temperature, water conductivity, metal concentrations, metallothionein, young-of-year (YOY) fish, catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE)
- Pages
- 29
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