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Aquatic ecosystem classification for Ontario (AEC)

​The aquatic ecosystem classification (AEC) is a science-based tool that groups and classifies Ontario’s rivers and streams based on their: * physical attributes, such as water temperature * watershed characteristics, such as upstream drainage area The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) is responsible for sustainably managing and deriving economic benefit from the fisheries and water resources in the 490,000 km of Ontario’s rivers and streams. The AEC reduces the complexity of these vast aquatic networks using consistent and quantitative methods to build a standardized data foundation that helps MNRF staff with landscape level planning and policy development.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2022-03-17
Date ( RI_366 )
2022-03-17
RI_414
  Government of Ontario; Government of Ontario; Natural Resources and Forestry - ( )
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • aquatic
  • ecosystem
  • classification
  • AEC
  • lotic
  • river
  • stream
  • ecology
  • segment
  • Environment and Natural Resources
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence – Ontario (https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario)
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
  • Economy
Begin date
0001-01-01
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Distribution format
  • HTML ( unknown )

RI_414
  Government of Ontario; Government of Ontario; Natural Resources and Forestry - ( )
OnLine resource
Aquatic ecosystem classification for Ontario (AEC) ( HTTPS )

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OnLine resource
Aquatic ecosystem classification for Ontario (AEC) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

File identifier
e2a115d5-433d-4660-9eb6-651c36c65106 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-04-22
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of Ontario; Government of Ontario; Natural Resources and Forestry - ( )
 
 

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