Monitoring Summary by Component

The following table shows the waterbodies where monitoring by RAMP is conducted.

Location	Waterbody	RAMP Monitoring Component
		Water	Benthos3	Sediment	Fish populations	Hydrology
Athabasca River Delta	Fletcher Channel		√	√	√
	Goose Island Channel		√	√	√
	Big Point Channel		√	√	√
	Embarras River		√	√	√
Athabasca River	Athabasca River	√	√	√	√	√
Eastern Athabasca Tributaries	McLean Creek	√
	Steepbank River	√	√		√	√
	North Steepbank River	√
	Mills Creek	√				√
	Muskeg River	√	√	√	√	√
	Muskeg River Tributaries:
	Jackpine Creek	√	√	√	√	√
	Wapasu Creek	√				√
	Muskeg Creek	√				√
	Shelley Creek	√
	Stanley Creek	√
	Iynimin Creek	√				√
	Fort Creek	√	√	√	√	√
	Firebag River	√	√	√	√	√
Western Athabasca Tributaries	MacKay River	√	√		√	√
	Tar River	√	√	√	√	√
	Ells River	√	√	√	√	√
	Beaver River	√	√	√	√	√
	Poplar Creek	√	√	√	√	√
	Red Clay Creek	√				√
	Big Creek	√				√
	Eymundson Creek	√				√
	Pierre River	√				√
	Calumet River	√	√	√	√	√
	Dunkirk River	√	√		√
Southern Athabasca Tributaries	Clearwater River	√	√	√	√	√
	Christina River	√	√	√	√	√
	Hangingstone River	√	√			√
	High Hills River	√	√		√
	Surmont Creek					√
	Horse River	√	√		√
Wetlands	Johnson Lake	√	√	√
	McClelland Lake	√	√	√		√
	Kearl Lake	√	√	√		√
	Isadore's Lake	√	√	√		√
	Shipyard Lake	√	√	√
	Susan Lake					√
Regional Lakes		√1			√2

¹ 50 regional lakes monitored for Acid Sensitive Lakes Component.

² Select lakes monitored for fish tissue (Gregoire Lake, Lake, Claire, Christina Lake, Winefred Lake, Namur Lake, Gardiner Lake, Big Island Lake, Jackson Lake, Keith Lake, Net Lake, Brutus Lake).

³ Benthos includes benthic macroinvertebrate organisms that live in or on sediment.

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