Resources

The Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) is the national biomonitoring program developed by Environment Canada that provides a standardized sampling protocol and a recommended assessment approach called the Reference Condition Approach (RCA) for assessing aquatic ecosystem condition. CABIN provides the tools necessary to conduct consistent, comparable, and scientifically credible biological assessments of streams.

Manuals

• CABIN Wadeable Streams Field Manual
• CABIN Laboratory Methods: Processing, Taxonomy, and Quality Control of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Samples 

Field Sheets

• CABIN Wadeable Streams [download PDF (180 kb)]

Lab Forms

• Benthic Ecology Laboratory Bench Sheets [download PDF (50 kb)]

Sampling Equipment

• Field Equipment

Reports

• National CABIN Science Forum Proceedings, November 17-18, 2010 - Vancouver, British Columbia
• Comparative study of protocols used by Réseau de suivi du benthos of Quebec Government and by Canadian aquatic biomonitoring of Government of Canada