Belchers Marsh Water Quality Monitoring

10.25976/khw8-0c86

The Halifax Northwest Trails Association has been collecting water quality data from Belchers Marsh since 2006, with the goal of establishing a water quality baseline and comparing data over the long-term. YSI probes are used complete chemical sampling, with the implementation of field test strips to measure nitrate/nitrite and phosphorous in 2019.

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Licence: Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence 1.0

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Metadata Reference Date(s) April 30, 2022 (Creation)
April 30, 2022 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) November 13, 2019 (Publication)
April 30, 2022 (Revision)
Frequency of Update Unknown

Responsible Party 1
Affiliation
Halifax Northwest Trails Association
Role
  • Author
  • Contributor
Responsible Party 2
Email
hnwta.communications@gmail.com
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Field Value
Ocean Variables Other
Scope Dataset
Status On Going
Spatial Extent { "coordinates": [ [ [ -63.67783, 44.66632 ], [ -63.67196, 44.66632 ], [ -63.67196, 44.6789 ], [ -63.67783, 44.6789 ], [ -63.67783, 44.66632 ] ] ], "type": "Polygon" }
North Bounding Latitude 44.6789
South Bounding Latitude 44.66632
East Bounding Longitude -63.67196
West Bounding Longitude -63.67783
Temporal Extent
Begin
2006-08-17
End
2019-08-30
Default Locale English
Citation identifier
Code
https://doi.org/10.25976/khw8-0c86
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Included in Data Catalogue 1
Name
DataStream
Description
DataStream is an open access platform for water quality data
URL
https://datastream.org
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Name
CIOOS Pacific
Description
Home of Canada's Pacific Ocean Data
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https://catalogue.pac-dev1.cioos.org