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Conservation Halton Acknowledgements Conservation Halton would like to extend our thanks to all the individuals who provided technical assistance, sampling equipment, data and advice in support of the monitoring efforts undertaken for the 2008 field season. Special thanks to the following volunteers, co-op students, summer students, interns and staff who provided valuable assistance in the field collecting information for use in this project. Aquatics Staff Terrestrial Staff Volunteers Volunteers Rachel Martens Lesley McDonell Kasper Kobluach Gael Morrison Sarah Hogg Brenda Van Ryswyk Matt Champion Amanda Wren Kent Rundle Nigel Finney Kelly Lucas Laura Macdonald Jennifer Wilson Dasha Martchenko Nicholas Schwetz Kristy Buck Sarah Matchett Jenn Sinasac Dan McDonell Luke Stephenson Forestry Staff Shannon Holton Holly Warren Mhat Briehl Bill Gaines Mike Robinson Quinn Cruise Jennifer Roberts Laurel Finney Tara Bonin Water Quality Staff Jinkun Wu Hemant Patel David Gale Scott Devito Contributors/Writing Team Brenda Axon ………………………… Manager Watershed Planning Services Andrea Dunn ………………………….. Monitoring Ecologist Nigel Finney …………………………… Natural Heritage Technician David Gale …………………………….. Watershed Planner Rachel Martens …....…………………… Aquatic Monitoring Technician Samantha Mason ……………………… Senior Aquatic Ecologist Lesley McDonell ……………………... Natural Heritage Ecologist Brad Rennick …………………………... GIS Specialist Jennifer Roberts………………………... Forestry Technician Meghan Tydd-Hrynyk ………………… GIS Technician Brenda Van Ryswyk ………..…………. Natural Heritage Ecologist Photo contributions are from staff from the above list of people. Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction...................................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Conservation Halton Long Term Environmental Monitoring Program ......................... 1 1.2 Monitoring Urban Creeks in 2008 .................................................................................. 2 1.3 Supplementary Monitoring............................................................................................. 3 2.0 Aquatic Monitoring.......................................................................................................................................5 2.1 Fish Community Monitoring .......................................................................................... 5 2.1.1 Watershed Focus- Urban Creeks ................................................................................ 7 2.1.2 Results for Annual Stations ...................................................................................... 11 2.2 Benthic Community Monitoring................................................................................... 17 2.2.1 Results for Urban Creeks.......................................................................................... 18 2.2.2 Results for Annual Stations ...................................................................................... 20 2.3 Channel Morphology.................................................................................................... 23 2.4 Surface Water Quality Monitoring ............................................................................... 25 2.5 Groundwater Monitoring.............................................................................................. 34 2.6 Water Temperature Monitoring .................................................................................... 36 3.0 Terrestrial Monitoring................................................................................................................................38 3.1 Ecological Land Classification ..................................................................................... 38 3.2 Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) ......................................... 41 3.3 Marsh Monitoring (Amphibians and Marsh Birds) ...................................................... 44 3.4 Forest Bird Monitoring................................................................................................. 48 3.5 Forest Pest Monitoring.................................................................................................. 51 4.0 Supplemental Monitoring...........................................................................................................................53 4.1 Bronte Creek Atlantic Salmon Program ....................................................................... 53 4.2 Check Your Watershed Day – Bronte Creek................................................................ 55 4.3 Headwater Monitoring.................................................................................................. 56 4.4 Waterdown Woods Jefferson Salamander Radio Telemetry........................................ 57 4.5 Species at Risk Monitoring for Parks Master Planning................................................ 58 5.0 Conclusion and Recommendations............................................................................................................59 6.0 Glossary of Terms .......................................................................................................................................61 7.0 References ....................................................................................................................................................63 List of Tables Table 1: Ecological indicators for the Long Term Environmental Monitoring Program............... 2 Table 2: IBI ratings and associated scores using the Modified Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI). ... 6 Table 3: Inter-year comparison of IBI scores for Sixteen Mile Creek Annual Monitoring Sites.13 Table 4: Inter-year comparison of IBI scores for Bronte Creek Annual Monitoring Sites. ........ 13 Table 5: Inter-year comparison of IBI scores for Grindstone Creek Annual Monitoring Sites. 14 Table 6: Inter-year comparison of IBI scores for Sheldon Creek Annual Monitoring Sites. ...... 14 Table 7: Distribution of IBI Scores for Stations Sampled in 2008.............................................. 15 Table 8: Benthic Invertebrate Indices and Associated Classifications. ....................................... 18 Table 9: Distribution of Water Quality Classifications at Stations Sampled in 2009 ................. 21 Table 10: Provincial Water Quality Objectives and/or desired objectives.................................. 25 List of Figures Figure 1: Conservation Halton Watersheds ................................................................................... 4 Figure 2: Frequency of Fish Species Captured in the Urban Creeks.............................................. 8 Figure 3: Fisheries Sampling Stations and Associated Biotic Integrity Classifications.............. 10 Figure 4: Annual Fisheries Sampling Stations and Associated Biotic Integrity Classifications. 16 Figure 5: Benthic Sampling Stations and Associated Water Quality Classifications.................. 19 Figure 6: Annual Benthic Sampling Stations and Associated Water Quality Classifications..... 22 Figure 7: Sample “Box Plot” Chart. ............................................................................................. 26 Figure 8: Location of Surface Water Monitoring Stations. ......................................................... 27 Figure 9: Chloride concentrations (mg/L) at Conservation Halton’s annual (PWQMN) Monitoring Stations in 2008. ................................................................................................ 28 Figure 10: Nitrate + Nitrite concentrations (mg/L) at Conservation Halton’s annual (PWQMN) Monitoring Stations in 2008 ................................................................................................. 29 Figure 11: Total Phosphorous concentrations (mg/L) at Conservation Halton’s annual (PWQMN) Monitoring Stations in 2008 .............................................................................. 30 Figure 12: Copper concentrations (µg/L) at Conservation Halton’s annual (PWQMN) Monitoring Stations in 2008 ................................................................................................. 31 Figure 13: Lead concentrations (µg/L) at Conservation Halton’s annual (PWQMN) Monitoring Stations in 2008..................................................................................................................... 32 Figure 14: Zinc concentrations (µg/L) at Conservation Halton’s annual (PWQMN) Monitoring Stations in 2008..................................................................................................................... 33 Figure 15: Groundwater Quality Monitoring Stations................................................................. 35 Figure 16: Water Temperature Sampling Stations and Associated Classifications..................... 37 Figure 17: Ecological Land Classification Sites.......................................................................... 40 Figure 18: Terrestrial Monitoring Locations ............................................................................... 47 Figure 19: Types of Barriers Assessed in Bronte Creek.............................................................. 54 List of Appendices Appendix 1: Fish Species Caught in Urban Creeks...................................................................... 67 Appendix 2: Fish found at Annual Stations.................................................................................. 68 Appendix 3: Urban Creek Benthic Invertebrates.........................................................................
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