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CABIN Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network

The Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) is an aquatic biomonitoring program for assessing the health of fresh water ecosystems in Canada. Benthic macroinvertebrates are collected at a site location and their counts are used as an indicator of the health of that water body.

CABIN is based on the network of networks approach that promotes inter-agency collaboration and data-sharing to achieve consistent and comparable reporting on fresh water quality and aquatic ecosystem conditions in Canada. The program is maintained by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to support the collection, assessment, reporting and distribution of biological monitoring information. A set of nationally standardized CABIN protocols are used for field collection, laboratory work, and analysis of biological monitoring data. A training program is available to certify participants in the standard protocols.

There are two types of sites in the CABIN database (reference and test). Reference sites represent habitats that are closest to “natural” before any human impact. The data from reference sites are used to create reference models that CABIN partners use to evaluate their test sites in an approach known as the Reference Condition Approach (RCA). Using the RCA models, CABIN partners match their test sites to groups of reference sites on similar habitats and compare the observed macroinvertebrate communities. The extent of the differences between the test site communities and the reference site communities allows CABIN partners to estimate the severity of the impacts at those locations. CABIN samples have been collected since 1987 and are organized in the database by study (partner project).

The data is delineated by the 11 major drainage areas (MDA) found in Canada and each one has a corresponding study, habitat and benthic invertebrate data file. Links to auxiliary water quality data are provided when available. Visits may be conducted at the same location over time with repeat site visits being identified by identical study name / site code with different dates. All data collected by the federal government is available on Open Data and more partners are adding their data continually. The csv files are updated monthly. Contact the CABIN study authority to request permission to access non open data.

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Date ( RI_366 )
1987-01-01
Date ( RI_367 )
2018-01-01
RI_419
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - MSQE Information / WQMS Information ( National Coordination )
Canada
http://ec.gc.ca
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
monthly; mensuel RI_536
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • water quality, CABIN biomonitoring, benthic invertebrates
local.theme.EC_Information_Category local.theme.EC_Information_Category ( RI_528 )
  • Water - Quality
local.theme.EC_Waf local.theme.EC_Waf ( RI_528 )
  • Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste
  • Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
local.place.EC_Geographic_Scope local.place.EC_Geographic_Scope ( RI_525 )
  • National (CA)
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Water quality
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
fra
Metadata language
eng
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Inland waters
Begin date
1987-01-01
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Supplemental Information

More data pertaining to water quality can be found at:

National Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data (http://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/67b44816-9764-4609-ace1-68dc1764e9ea?_ga=2.39535968.214379749.1517238659-1750068034.1481721934)

Reference system identifier
EPSG / 4326 /
Distribution format
  • WMS ( unknown )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Inquiry Centre )
10 Wellington, 23rd Floor , Gatineau , K1A 0H3 ,
819-997-2800
819-994-1412
http://ec.gc.ca
OnLine resource
   CABIN ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
   CABIN ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Maritime Provinces Drainage Area - CABIN study data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
St. Lawrence Drainage Area - CABIN study data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Northern Québec and Labrador Drainage Area - CABIN study data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Southwestern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN study data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Nelson River Drainage Area - CABIN study data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Western and Northern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN study data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Great Slave Lake Drainage Area - CABIN study data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Pacific Drainage Area - CABIN study data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Yukon River Drainage Area - CABIN study data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Arctic Drainage Area - CABIN study data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Mississippi River Drainage Area - CABIN study data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
aire_drainage_basins_cabin_rcba.jpg ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Supporting Document;JPG;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network / Réseau canadien de biosurveillance aquatique ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
National Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data / Données nationales de monitoring de la qualité de l'eau à long terme ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Maritime Provinces Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
St. Lawrence Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Northern Québec and Labrador Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Southwestern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Nelson River Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Western and Northern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Great Slave Lake Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Pacific Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Yukon River Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Arctic Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Mississippi River Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Maritime Provinces Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
St. Lawrence Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Northern Québec and Labrador Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Southwestern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Nelson River Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Western and Northern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Great Slave Lake Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Pacific Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Yukon River Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Arctic Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Mississippi River Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (English) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Web Service;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (French) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Web Service;HTML;fra

File identifier
13564ca4-e330-40a5-9521-bfb1be767147 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
series; série RI_623
Date stamp
2019-07-03T13:54:03
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_418
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Inquiry Centre )
10 Wellington, 23rd Floor , Gatineau , K1A 0H3 ,
819-997-2800
819-994-1412
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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