A Comparison of Two Laboratory Methods for Determining Sediment Organic Carbon Content in PEI Harbours January, 1999.
Kendall R. Shaw, PEI Department of Technology and Environment Charlottetown, PEI
10 Points to Purity - what we'll do and when we'll do it
Observers of the Mill River Estuary (MRE) in Western PEI have noted deterioration in the health of the ecosystem during the last several decades.
This report is intended to provide an overview of the current state of the Province's groundwater, fresh surface water and estuarine resources, as well as highlight any notable changes in water quality over the available period of record.
Flowing freshwaters support a rich diversity of life that includes fishes, insects, and plants, as well as other animals such as bats and birds that can depend on the food resources generated by freshwaters.
Estuaries are highly productive systems and typically contain a large biomass of algae,
sea grasses and phytoplankton (McComb 1995). The estuaries of Prince Edward Island
The project initiated studies of fish and benthic macroinvertebrate responses to surface water abstraction for agriculture purposes in streams of PEI.
The Environment (CCME) Water Quality Index (WQI) was developed for communication of water quality data using a simple metric of water quality.
Tidal surveys were carried out in the Rustico Bay area in 2009 and 2011 using Hobo
level loggers to monitor tide heights.
Eutrophication caused by nutrient enrichment is one of the leading causes of water quality impairment within coastal marine environments (NRC, 2000).