Monitoring results from select estuaries in the four Atlantic provinces

The purpose of this project was to create an assessment and reporting methodology for estuary health in Atlantic Canada. Project partners were based in the Outer Bay of Fundy, Inner Bay of Fundy, southern shore of Nova Scotia, northwestern Northumberland Strait, eastern Northumberland Strait and western Newfoundland, addressing estuary health in a uniform manner throughout the Atlantic region.
The water quality data collected in the estuaries included nitrates and chlorophyll a. Sediments were analyzed for contaminants including pesticides; and a series of samples were taken and analyzed for fecal coliform bacteria. Secchi depths were measured at all monitoring sites and a depth profile of dissolved oxygen and salinity was completed each season to establish water quality stratification.

本项目旨在建立加拿大大西洋地区河口健康的评估与报告方法学。项目合作方分布于芬迪外湾、芬迪内湾、新斯科舍省南岸、诺森伯兰海峡西北部、诺森伯兰海峡东部及纽芬兰岛西部，以统一方式应对整个大西洋区域的河口健康问题。

河口采集的水质数据包括硝酸盐与叶绿素a。沉积物分析针对含农药在内的污染物；此外还采集并分析了一系列样本中的粪大肠菌群。所有监测点均测量了塞克盘深度（Secchi depth），且每个季节均完成溶解氧与盐度的深度剖面分析，以确定水质分层特征。