Prairie Water Wetland Survey - Pesticides and biological data

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The Prairie Water Wetland Survey (PWWS) is a prairie–wide survey of pothole wetlands. It contributes to the Prairie Water’s Wetland theme informing on the level of pesticide concentrations in wetlands and potential risks in biological communities. All data were collected by field sampling in >300 wetlands. Monitoring campaigns were conducted during the spring and summer of 2018 and 2019. The dataset consists of a series of related spreadsheets that describe: (i) concentration of 178 pesticides (ii) concentration of nutrients, macro and microelements (iii) aquatic invertebrate abundance (for a subset of wetlands) (iv) waterfowl abundance (for a subset of wetlands) (v) physiochemical water parameters (vi) site locations (vii) site observations of surrounding wetland habitat and crops (viii) toxicity data for detected pesticides These datasets can be connected with a series of unique identifiers and will be connected with the “Water Chemistry” part of the Prairie Water Wetland Survey.

Prairie Water is an interdisciplinary project that prioritizes research to address pressing water security challenges and knowledge gaps in order to enhance the resilience of prairie communities. The project’s objectives and research plans are informed by working with partners from governments, communities, non-profit organisations, and industry groups. The dataset contributes to work package 3.2, B(iii) under Phase II of Prairie Water, and contributes to the objective of identifying the geographical distribution of pesticide contamination in wetlands, key drivers of contamination and transport, and priority areas based on highest proposed risk of exposure.

The Prairie Water Wetland Survey (PWWS) is a prairie–wide survey of pothole wetlands across the Canadian Prairies. The dataset contains two years of data (2018 and 2019) and spring and summer sample campaigns for each year in >300 wetlands. The dataset for these periods contains concentrations of 170 pesticides in wetlands, water chemistry data, and biological data such as and the abundance of aquatic invertebrates and waterfowl.

Study sites include wetlands distributed across the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba for >300 wetlands