Chemicals Management Plan: Wildlife Monitoring and Surveillance Program, aquatic

The Wildlife Contaminants Monitoring and Surveillance Program assesses contaminant exposure in aquatic-associated wildlife across Canada. Biological samples, including eggs and tissues, are collected from gull sentinel species, (such as California gulls, herring gulls, and glaucous-winged gulls) and serve as integrators of contaminant exposure across aquatic food webs. This monitoring focuses on large aquatic systems nationwide, including the Great Lakes and coastal environments, to evaluate spatial and temporal trends in contaminant levels.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2026-05-05
Date ( RI_366 )
2008-04-01
RI_415
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Environmental Research and Modelling Directorate / Environmental Effects Research Division - Shane de Solla ( Ecotoxicologist )
867 Lakeshore Rd. , Burlington , Ontario , L7S 1A1 , Canada
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
RI_415
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Environmental Research and Modelling Directorate / Environmental Effects Research Division - Shane de Solla ( Ecotoxicologist )
867 Lakeshore Rd. , Burlington , Ontario , L7S 1A1 , Canada
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Environmental Research and Modelling Directorate / Environmental Effects Research Division - Office of director / Bureau du directeur ( Director, EERD )
105 McGill St. , Montreal , Quebec , H2Y 2E7 , Canada
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • American herring gull (Larus argentatus)
  • glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens)
  • California gull (Larus californicus)
  • double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
  • egg
  • trace metal
  • polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)
  • per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
  • other halogenated flame retardants (HFRs)
  • toxicity
  • contaminants
  • spatial and temporal trends
  • Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA)
  • Chemicals Management Plan (CMP)
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Coastal waters
  • Animal health
  • Environment
  • Aquatic birds
  • Lakes
  • Birds
Business Functions Fonctions de l'entreprise ( 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
Countries Pays ( RI_528 )
  • Canada
ECCC Information Category EN ECCC Information Category FR ( RI_528 )
  • Nature and Biodiversity - Contaminants
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
textTable; texteTable RI_637
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
Begin date
2008-04-01
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https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 /
Distribution format
  • CSV ( unknown )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Public inquiries centre
Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (French) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
CMP_Wildlife_Aquatic_BDE_BFR_2008-2025_EN-FR ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (English) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;HTML;eng

File identifier
914c3cf5-af79-4c9b-a3dd-44bed6d51920 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
Chemicals Management Plan: Wildlife Monitoring and Surveillance Program 6dda1fa7-171e-4b2c-b43b-18bbe976f2b2
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-06-22T18:30:30.198835Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Environmental Research and Modelling Directorate / Environmental Effects Research Division - EERD Data Management Team
867 Lakeshore Rd. , Burlington , Ontario , L7S 1A1 , Canada
 
 

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