Recovered historic catch and weight-length data of nearshore fish populations on Sturgeon and Roberts Banks, Fraser River Estuary, British Columbia / by Herb Edward Herunter, Megan Francisco, Tolulope...: Fs97-6/3626E-PDF
"A goal of the Government of Canada's Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (CEBP) is to amalgamate historic environmental data from high vessel traffic areas. An extensive DFO biological sampling program was conducted from 1980 to 1981 on Sturgeon and Roberts banks located on the outer Fraser River estuary, BC, Canada. This report collates and simplifies three data sets: water quality and nearshore fish catch previously published as DFO Data Report 340 (Conlin et al.1982), and un-published weight-length (W-L) data for two locations on Sturgeon Bank (Iona and Steveston) and near Westshore Terminals (Coal Port) on Roberts Bank. W-L data were reconstructed from archived computer printouts using Optical Character Recognition methods. Analyses of water quality data indicate that the two banks provided different fish habitats with Sturgeon Bank having a greater freshwater influence. Although Iona area water quality was exposed to sewage outfall from a nearby sewage treatment plant, it appears that fish communities were not different from the other Sturgeon Bank area (Steveston). The fish communities were found to be different between the two banks with Roberts Bank having greater overall abundance and diversity. Interestingly, of the seven fish species used for condition factor analyses, five were found to have lower Relative Condition Factors in the Roberts Bank sampling area"--Abstract, page vi.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body. |
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| Title | Recovered historic catch and weight-length data of nearshore fish populations on Sturgeon and Roberts Banks, Fraser River Estuary, British Columbia / by Herb Edward Herunter, Megan Francisco, Tolulope Amuwo, and John Steveson Macdonald. |
| Series title | Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 1488-5379 ; 3626 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Chiefly tables. Includes bibliographical references (pages 10-12). Includes abstracts in English and French. |
| Publishing information | West Vancouver, British Columbia : Science Branch, Pacific Region, Ocean Science Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Science Enterprise Center, 2024. ©2024 |
| Author / Contributor | Herunter, H. E., author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (vii, 333 pages) : colour illustrations, map. |
| ISBN | 9780660726670 |
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| Subject terms | Fishes -- British Columbia -- Fraser River Estuary. Fish surveys -- British Columbia -- Fraser River Estuary. Water quality -- British Columbia -- Fraser River Estuary. Poissons -- Colombie-Britannique -- Fraser, Estuaire du. Inventaires ichtyologiques -- Colombie-Britannique -- Fraser, Estuaire du. Eau -- Qualité -- Colombie-Britannique -- Fraser, Estuaire du. |
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