Presentation Abstract

The Pacific Region Contaminants Atlas (PRCA) is an online resource created to explore environmental contaminants topics in British Columbia, Canada. The industrialized and urbanized Georgia Basin, situated in the southwestern corner of British Columbia, is one of the key areas of concern and is the current focus of this Atlas.

Information sharing is crucial to effective decision-making by stakeholders. This web atlas provides access to scientific and technical information to support such decision-making and presents information on successes, future needs, and continuing concerns with respect to contaminants in the Georgia Basin.

In addition, the Atlas includes a Kids’ Page, an engaging and entertaining tool, which provides educational information on environmental contaminants for school-age children.

PRCA (http://pacifictoxics.ca) has two searchable databases of relevant reports and an interactive web map of many relevant layers:

Continental Oceanographic Information System (CODIS),

Contaminants Database Search Engine (2400 + publications),

Pacific Region Contaminants Atlas (http://cmnmaps.ca/CONTAMINANTS_gomap/)

Session Title

Sediments as a sink: Tracking pollutants over space and time in the Salish Sea

Conference Track

Fate and Effects of Pollutants

Conference Name

Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2016 : Vancouver, B.C.)

Document Type

Event

Start Date

2016 12:00 AM

End Date

2016 12:00 AM

Location

2016SSEC

Type of Presentation

Oral

Genre/Form

conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)

Contributing Repository

Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Subjects – Topical (LCSH)

Pollutants--British Columbia--Maps

Geographic Coverage

British Columbia; Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)

Rights

This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103, USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference Records, University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

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Language

English

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Pacific Region Contaminants Atlas

2016SSEC

The Pacific Region Contaminants Atlas (PRCA) is an online resource created to explore environmental contaminants topics in British Columbia, Canada. The industrialized and urbanized Georgia Basin, situated in the southwestern corner of British Columbia, is one of the key areas of concern and is the current focus of this Atlas.

Information sharing is crucial to effective decision-making by stakeholders. This web atlas provides access to scientific and technical information to support such decision-making and presents information on successes, future needs, and continuing concerns with respect to contaminants in the Georgia Basin.

In addition, the Atlas includes a Kids’ Page, an engaging and entertaining tool, which provides educational information on environmental contaminants for school-age children.

PRCA (http://pacifictoxics.ca) has two searchable databases of relevant reports and an interactive web map of many relevant layers:

Continental Oceanographic Information System (CODIS),

Contaminants Database Search Engine (2400 + publications),

Pacific Region Contaminants Atlas (http://cmnmaps.ca/CONTAMINANTS_gomap/)