Development and evaluation of benthic algal bioassessment methods for use in northern Canada

北方河流和湖泊受到环境压力的压力越来越大，但其有效管理，包括预测生态系统适应能力和确定适当干预措施的能力，继续受到描述当前生态条件的不足和基础知识的阻碍。将制定底栖藻类生物评估议定书，用于加拿大北部的河流和湖泊，以监测受人类影响和气候变化影响的水质和生态完整性的变化，并将为加拿大水生生物监测网络（CABIN）做出贡献，该网络将于2008年开始在选定的北部国家公园实施。与加拿大公园合作，位于纳汉尼国家公园及其附近的河流和Vuntut国家公园的湖泊以及邻近的老乌鸦平原特别管理区将作为试点研究，因为目前这些生态系统的健康状况可能会影响

Northern rivers and lakes are under increasing pressures from environmental stressors but their effective management, including the ability to predict adaptive capacity of ecosystems and to identify appropriate interventions, continues to be hampered by inadequate and yet fundamental knowledge to characterize current ecological conditions. Benthic Algal Bioassessment Protocols will be developed for use in rivers and lakes of Canada's North to monitor changes in water quality and ecological integrity affected by human impacts and climate change, and will contribute to the Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) to be implemented in selected northern National Parks beginning in 2008. In partnership with Parks Canada, rivers located in and adjacent to Nahanni National Park and lakes in Vuntut National Park and the adjacent Old Crow Flats Special Management Area will serve as pilot studies because the current health of these ecosystems may