Benthos monitoring

The objective of benthos monitoring is to know the state of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in rivers according, in particular, to the composition of the substrate and the type of flow. Information on benthic macroinvertebrate samples collected at benthos monitoring stations is classified according to the benthos health index: iSBG for coarse-substrate streams and iSBM for soft-substrate streams. The Benthos Health Index (ISB) is a multimetric index based on benthic macroinvertebrates that assesses the biotic integrity of shallow streams.

The benthos monitoring dataset includes a layer of sampling stations sampled between 2003 and 2023 and a layer of drainage areas for each of the types of substrate, either coarse or loose. The drainage area attribute table also provides a compilation of land use by category for the last year available at the time of data production, i.e. the year 2020.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

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Date ( RI_367 )
2018-02-19
Date ( RI_366 )
2018-02-19
RI_418
  Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Ministère de l’Environnement, Lutte contre les changements climatiques, Faune et Parcs - Équipe du suivi et de l'évaluation de l'état des cours d'eau - Direction principale de la qualité des milieux aquatiques (DPQMA) ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
Status
planned; planifié RI_597
Maintenance and update frequency
annually; annuel RI_539
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • BQMA
  • Benthique
  • Organic
  • Water
  • HackQC18
  • HackQC20
  • HackQC22
  • ISB
  • Macroinvertebrates
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution (CC-BY) licence – Quebec (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/fr/licence/)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
2003-01-01
End date
2023-12-31
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RI_418
  Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Ministère de l’Environnement, Lutte contre les changements climatiques, Faune et Parcs - Équipe du suivi et de l'évaluation de l'état des cours d'eau - Direction principale de la qualité des milieux aquatiques (DPQMA) ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
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Benthos monitoring ( HTTPS )

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Benthos monitoring ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GEOJSON;fra

OnLine resource
Benthos monitoring ( HTTPS )

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OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://www.donneesquebec.ca) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
Metadata - Benthos monitoring ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

OnLine resource
Metadata - Drainage areas of benthos monitoring stations ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

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0d59c2e9-86aa-4cc0-a62b-d26301b4ef8b XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-12-02
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_418
  Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Ministère de l’Environnement, Lutte contre les changements climatiques, Faune et Parcs - Équipe du suivi et de l'évaluation de l'état des cours d'eau - Direction principale de la qualité des milieux aquatiques (DPQMA) ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
 
 

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