Description

The Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) is an aquatic biomonitoring program for assessing the health of fresh water ecosystems in Canada. Benthic macroinvertebrates are collected at a site location and their counts are used as an indicator of the health of that water body. CABIN is based on the network of networks approach that promotes inter-agency collaboration and data-sharing to achieve consistent and comparable reporting on fresh water quality and aquatic ecosystem conditions in Canada. The program is maintained by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to support the collection, assessment, reporting and distribution of biological monitoring information. A set of nationally standardized CABIN protocols are used for field collection, laboratory work, and analysis of biological monitoring data. A training program is available to certify participants in the standard protocols. There are two types of sites in the CABIN database (reference and test). Reference sites represent habitats that are closest to “natural” before any human impact. The data from reference sites are used to create reference models that CABIN partners use to evaluate their test sites in an approach known as the Reference Condition Approach (RCA). Using the RCA models, CABIN partners match their test sites to groups of reference sites on similar habitats and compare the observed macroinvertebrate communities. The extent of the differences between the test site communities and the reference site communities allows CABIN partners to estimate the severity of the impacts at those locations. CABIN samples have been collected since 1987 and are organized in the database by study (partner project). The data is delineated by the 11 major drainage areas (MDA) found in Canada and each one has a corresponding study, habitat and benthic invertebrate data file. Links to auxiliary water quality data are provided when available. Visits may be conducted at the same location over time with repeat site visits being identified by identical study name / site code with different dates. All data collected by the federal government is available on Open Data and more partners are adding their data continually. The csv files are updated monthly. Contact the CABIN study authority to request permission to access non open data.

Resources

Name	Format	Description	Link
Maritime Provinces Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_benthic_data_mda01_1987-present.csv
St. Lawrence Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_benthic_data_mda02_1987-present.csv
Northern Québec and Labrador Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_benthic_data_mda03_1987-present.csv
Southwestern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_benthic_data_mda04_1987-present.csv
Nelson River Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_benthic_data_mda05_1987-present.csv
Western and Northern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_benthic_data_mda06_1987-present.csv
Great Slave Lake Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_benthic_data_mda07_1987-present.csv
Pacific Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_benthic_data_mda08_1987-present.csv
Yukon River Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_benthic_data_mda09_1987-present.csv
Arctic Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_benthic_data_mda10_1987-present.csv
Mississippi River Drainage Area - CABIN benthic data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_benthic_data_mda11_1987-present.csv
Maritime Provinces Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_habitat_data_mda01_1987-present.csv
St. Lawrence Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_habitat_data_mda02_1987-present.csv
Northern Québec and Labrador Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_habitat_data_mda03_1987-present.csv
Southwestern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_habitat_data_mda04_1987-present.csv
Nelson River Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_habitat_data_mda05_1987-present.csv
Western and Northern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_habitat_data_mda06_1987-present.csv
Great Slave Lake Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_habitat_data_mda07_1987-present.csv
Pacific Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_habitat_data_mda08_1987-present.csv
Yukon River Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_habitat_data_mda09_1987-present.csv
Arctic Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_habitat_data_mda10_1987-present.csv
Mississippi River Drainage Area - CABIN habitat data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_habitat_data_mda11_1987-present.csv
Maritime Provinces Drainage Area - CABIN study data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_study_data_mda01_1987-present.csv
St. Lawrence Drainage Area - CABIN study data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_study_data_mda02_1987-present.csv
Northern Québec and Labrador Drainage Area - CABIN study data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_study_data_mda03_1987-present.csv
Southwestern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN study data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_study_data_mda04_1987-present.csv
Nelson River Drainage Area - CABIN study data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_study_data_mda05_1987-present.csv
Western and Northern Hudson Bay Drainage Area - CABIN study data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_study_data_mda06_1987-present.csv
Great Slave Lake Drainage Area - CABIN study data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_study_data_mda07_1987-present.csv
Pacific Drainage Area - CABIN study data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_study_data_mda08_1987-present.csv
Yukon River Drainage Area - CABIN study data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_study_data_mda09_1987-present.csv
Arctic Drainage Area - CABIN study data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_study_data_mda10_1987-present.csv
Mississippi River Drainage Area - CABIN study data	CSV		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/Cabin/opendata/cabin_study_data_mda11_1987-present.csv
CABIN (Layer)	WMS		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/cabin_ows.asp?VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=wms&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html&layers=CABIN
CABIN (Layer)	WMS		https://cabin-rcba.ec.gc.ca/cabin_ows.asp?VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=wms&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html&layers=CABIN
View ECCC Data Mart (English)	HTML		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/cabin-canadian-aquatic-biomonitoring-network/
aire_drainage_basins_cabin_rcba.jpg	JPG		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/cabin-canadian-aquatic-biomonitoring-network/aire_drainage_basins_cabin_rcba.jpg
View ECCC Data Mart (French)	HTML		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/cabin-canadian-aquatic-biomonitoring-network/?lang=fr
National Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data / Données nationales de monitoring de la qualité de l'eau à long terme	HTML		https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/67b44816-9764-4609-ace1-68dc1764e9ea?_ga=2.39535968.214379749.1517238659-1750068034.1481721934
Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network / Réseau canadien de biosurveillance aquatique	HTML		https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/canadian-aquatic-biomonitoring-network.html

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