Replication Data for: Washburn and Gillis, Saint John Harbour, New Brunswick (1993) (CC BY 4.0)

The study is split into two components: Component A – A Study of the Saint John Harbour Environmental Quality, and Component B - A Study of Wastewater Treatment for the City of Saint John. The data published by COINAtlantic on Dataverse is from Component A. The first phase of Component A sought to characterize the environmental profile of the SJH, including hydrographic and sedimentological conditions, fisheries, and land use, as well as municipal and industrial effluent outfall.

Additionally, tributary water quality sampling was undertaken at four stations during high and low flow periods for numerous inorganic, organic, and heavy metal parameters. Lastly, an effluent sampling program sampled effluent discharge across nine industrial sites for numerous inorganic, organic, and heavy metal parameters. The second phase of Component A included a Harbor Sampling Program that looked at sediment contaminant (heavy metals, PCBs, PAHs, organo-chlorinated pesticides, extractable organic chlorine, grain size, oil and grease, carbon content), and biota contaminant burdens of two trophic level species as well as their biotic response to contaminants.