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Chlorophyll a is a photosynthetic pigment common to aquatic algae, and its measurement can provide an estimate of free-floating algae abundance in an aquatic system. For more than 40 years, the Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (DFO-GLLFAS) office in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario has collected water samples for chlorophyll a spectrophotometric analysis, producing data in the form of mg/m3. The collection of chlorophyll a data was generally conducted to assist in characterizing the aquatic systems level of primary productivity, since that can influence fish abundance. This was a supplementary measure of the quality of fish habitat in these systems for a variety of fish-related projects of relevance to DFO’s mandate. Consistency of data collection was dependent on the duration of each project and funding available.
            

DESCRIPTION:
The initial study collected chlorophyll a data from the five lakes in the Turkey Lakes Watershed (TLW – Upper and Lower Batchawana Lakes, Wishart Lake, Little Turkey Lake and Turkey Lake) as well as Quinn Lake which is located outside of the TLW (see Smokorowski et al. 2006) in partnership with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN), as part of Canada’s Acid Rain Initiative. The TLW study was established in 1979 to evaluate the impacts of acid rain on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. This dataset encompasses chlorophyll a data collected from five lakes in the TLW and Quinn Lake (data also collected by the Canadian Wildlife Service and Environment and Climate Change Canada) from 1983 - 2010 with some gaps of varying duration (Webster et al., 2021). Note that an experimental habitat removal took place in some TLW lakes and Quinn Lake in 1999 and 2000. Specifically, in autumn of 1999, 50% of the coarse woody material was removed from the shorelines of Little Turkey Lake and Quinn Lake, and in autumn of 2000, 50% of the course woody material was removed from Wishart Lake shoreline (details available in Smokorowski et al., 2006). 

Methods Summary: 
	Sampling was only conducted during the open water season and the frequency and extent of sampling frequency in each waterbody varied and was project- and funding-dependent. There are no chlorophyll a data for the years 1986, 1989 – 1990, 1996 – 1997, 2006-2007 and 2009.

Sampling was accomplished by rinsing on site an appropriately-cleaned 1 L, brown-opaque polyethylene bottles at least three times. For hand draw samples, the bottle was immersed sub-surface (less than 0.5 meters) to collect the sample. Composite tube samples were collected using an integrated water sampling tube that collected epilimnion water from the entire water column to a depth of 5 meters. Up to five - 1 L (1000 mL) samples were collected per station and returned to the lab on ice. Each 1 L sample was filtered using glass fiber filters (Whatman GF/C, 42.5 mm) within one day of sampling, and then frozen prior to standard chlorophyll a analysis (American Public Health Association [APHA] 1985). From 1983-1998, Chlorophyll a concentrations (mg/L) was calculated based on APHA 1985; from 1998 to present the calculation was based on APHA (1998). 

The sample dataset information includes the georeferenced sampling locations, the raw data for chlorophyll a calculations, and the calculated chlorophyll a concentrations using both the APHA (1985) and APHA (1998) methods. 

This dataset was published in partnership with the Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution - Living Data Project, which was funded by a CREATE grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. We would like to recognize Caroline Dallstream for her effort in publishing this dataset.
            

SAMPLING METHODS:
Methods Summary: 
	Sampling was only conducted during the open water season and the frequency and extent of sampling frequency in each waterbody varied and was project- and funding-dependent. There are no chlorophyll a data for the years 1986, 1989 – 1990, 1996 – 1997, 2006-2007 and 2009. See 

Sampling was accomplished by rinsing on site an appropriately-cleaned 1 L, brown-opaque polyethylene bottles at least three times. For hand draw samples, the bottle was immersed sub-surface (less than 0.5 meters) to collect the sample. Composite tube samples were collected using an integrated water sampling tube that collected epilimnion water from the entire water column to a depth of 5 meters. Up to five - 1 L (1000 mL) samples were collected per station and returned to the lab on ice. Each 1 L sample was filtered using glass fiber filters (Whatman GF/C, 42.5 mm) within one day of sampling, and then frozen prior to standard chlorophyll a analysis (American Public Health Association [APHA] 1985). From 1983-1998, Chlorophyll a concentrations (mg/L) was calculated based on APHA 1985; from 1998 to present the calculation was based on APHA (1998). 

The sample dataset information includes the georeferenced sampling locations, the raw data for chlorophyll a calculations, and the calculated chlorophyll a concentrations using both the APHA (1985) and APHA (1998) methods.

USE LIMITATION:
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                  <gmd:LocalisedCharacterString locale="#fra">OBJECTIF :
La chlorophylle a est un pigment photosynthétique commun aux algues aquatiques, et sa mesure peut fournir une estimation de l’abondance des algues flottant librement dans un système aquatique. Depuis plus de 40 ans, le bureau de Pêches et Océans Canada – Laboratoire des Grands Lacs pour les pêches et les sciences aquatiques (MPO-LGLPSA) à Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario) recueille des échantillons d’eau afin d’effectuer une analyse spectrophotométrique de la chlorophylle a, produisant des données sous forme de mg/m3. La collecte de données sur la chlorophylle a a généralement été effectuée pour aider à caractériser le niveau de productivité primaire des systèmes aquatiques, car cela peut influer sur l’abondance des poissons. Il s’agissait d’une mesure supplémentaire de la qualité de l’habitat du poisson dans ces systèmes qui servira à divers projets liés au poisson pertinents au mandat du MPO. L’uniformité de la collecte des données dépendait de la durée de chaque projet et du financement disponible.
            

DESCRIPTION :
L’étude initiale a permis de recueillir des données sur la chlorophylle a des cinq lacs du bassin des lacs Turkey (BLT – nord et sud des lacs Batchawana, lac Wishart, lac Little Turkey et lac Turkey) ainsi que du lac Quinn, qui est situé à l’extérieur du BLT (voir Smokorowski et coll., 2006) en partenariat avec Environnement et Changement climatique Canada (ECCC) et Ressources naturelles Canada (RNCan) dans le cadre de l’Initiative canadienne sur les pluies acides. On a entrepris l’étude du bassin du BLT en 1979 pour évaluer les répercussions des pluies acides sur les écosystèmes terrestres et aquatiques. Cet ensemble de données comprend des données sur la chlorophylle a recueillies dans cinq lacs du BLT et le lac Quinn (données également recueillies par le Service canadien de la faune et ECCC) de 1983 à 2010, y compris quelques lacunes de durée variable (Webster et coll., 2021). Il convient de souligner qu’une destruction expérimentale de l’habitat a eu lieu dans certains lacs du BLT et dans le lac Quinn en 1999 et 2000. Plus précisément, à l’automne 1999, 50 % des matériaux ligneux grossiers ont été enlevés des rives des lacs Little Turkey et Quinn, et à l’automne 2000, 50 % des matériaux ligneux grossiers ont été enlevés des rives du lac Wishart (détails dans Smokorowski et coll. 2006). 

Sommaire des méthodes :
	L’échantillonnage n’a été effectué que pendant la saison des eaux libres, et la fréquence et l’étendue de la fréquence d’échantillonnage dans chaque plan d’eau varient en fonction du projet et du financement. Il n’y a pas de données sur la chlorophylle a pour les années 1986, 1989-1990, 1996-1997, 2006-2007 et 2009.

L’échantillonnage a été réalisé en rinçant sur place, au moins trois fois, des bouteilles en polyéthylène brun opaque de 1 L nettoyées. Pour les échantillons prélevés à la main, la bouteille a été immergée sous la surface (moins de 0,5 mètre) pour prélever l’échantillon. Des échantillons dans des tubes composites ont été prélevés à l’aide d’un tube d’échantillonnage d’eau intégré recueillant de l’eau de l’épilimnion de toute la colonne d’eau jusqu’à une profondeur de cinq mètres. Jusqu’à cinq échantillons de 1 L (1 000 ml) ont été prélevés par station et envoyés au laboratoire sur glace. Chaque échantillon de 1 litre a été filtré au moyen de filtres en fibre de verre (Whatman GF/C de 42,5 mm) dans le jour suivant l’échantillonnage, puis congelé avant l’analyse standard de la chlorophylle a (American Public Health Association [APHA] 1985). De 1983 à 1998, les concentrations de chlorophylle a (mg/L) ont été calculées sur la base de la méthode de l’APHA de 1985; de 1998 à aujourd’hui, le calcul est basé sur la méthode de l’APHA de 1998. 

Les renseignements de l’ensemble de données d’échantillonnage comprennent les géoréférences des emplacements d’échantillonnage, les données brutes pour les calculs de chlorophylle a et les concentrations de chlorophylle a calculées à l’aide des méthodes APHA (1985) et APHA (1998). 

Cet ensemble de données a été publié en partenariat avec le Projet Living Data de l'institut canadian d'écologie et d'évolution, qui a été financée par un subvention de financement du Programme FONCER du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada.  Nous tenons à remercier Caroline Dallstream pour ses efforts dans la publication de cet ensemble de données.
            

MÉTHODES D'ÉCHANTILLONNAGE :
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	L’échantillonnage n’a été effectué que pendant la saison des eaux libres, et la fréquence et l’étendue de la fréquence d’échantillonnage dans chaque plan d’eau varient en fonction du projet et du financement. Il n’y a pas de données sur la chlorophylle a pour les années 1986, 1989-1990, 1996-1997, 2006-2007 et 2009.

L’échantillonnage a été réalisé en rinçant sur place, au moins trois fois, des bouteilles en polyéthylène brun opaque de 1 L nettoyées. Pour les échantillons prélevés à la main, la bouteille a été immergée sous la surface (moins de 0,5 mètre) pour prélever l’échantillon. Des échantillons dans des tubes composites ont été prélevés à l’aide d’un tube d’échantillonnage d’eau intégré recueillant de l’eau de l’épilimnion de toute la colonne d’eau jusqu’à une profondeur de cinq mètres. Jusqu’à cinq échantillons de 1 L (1 000 ml) ont été prélevés par station et envoyés au laboratoire sur glace. Chaque échantillon de 1 litre a été filtré au moyen de filtres en fibre de verre (Whatman GF/C de 42,5 mm) dans le jour suivant l’échantillonnage, puis congelé avant l’analyse standard de la chlorophylle a (American Public Health Association [APHA] 1985). De 1983 à 1998, les concentrations de chlorophylle a (mg/L) ont été calculées sur la base de la méthode de l’APHA de 1985; de 1998 à aujourd’hui, le calcul est basé sur la méthode de l’APHA de 1998. 

Les renseignements de l’ensemble de données d’échantillonnage comprennent les géoréférences des emplacements d’échantillonnage, les données brutes pour les calculs de chlorophylle a et les concentrations de chlorophylle a calculées à l’aide des méthodes APHA (1985) et APHA (1998).

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