Sentinel Species Monitoring Saint John Harbour Estuary

The overall objective is to develop sensitive environmental monitoring programs that identify important impacts, the mechanisms of impact, and the stressors responsible for the impacts. The long term research objectives are to develop a better understanding of the influence of environmental factors on the growth and reproduction of fish, the influence of life history characteristics of fish on their sensitivity to stress, and how species differences in life history characteristics can be utilized to design more cost-efficient, sensitive monitoring programs. Type: Estuary Waterbody or Watershed Names: St. John Harbour - Estuary