AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Summaries of the Arctic Expedition Report Aboard the CCGS Amundsen (2022) - Translated in 3 Languages

The dataset contains summaries of the expeditions report carried out by the Amundsen science between september 9 and october 19, 2022. The 2022 Expedition Summary is an overview of the science activities undertaken aboard the CCGS Amundsen during the 2022 field season. This document is available in English, French and Inuktitut and targets anyone who wishes to get a general idea of expeditions’ objectives and activities, including partners and local communities.

The core oceanographic data generated by the CTD-Rosette operations, as well as meteorological information (*AVOS : Automated Voluntary Observing Ship*; Environnement Canada) and data collected using the Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP), the ship-mounted current meter (SM-ADCP) and the thermosalinograph (TSG) are available in the [**Polar Data Catalogue (PDC)**](https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=12713).

You can consult an [**interactive map**](https://data.amundsen.ulaval.ca/) including all the years of expeditions and the different trajectories (LEG) associated with them.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
RQM - CTD Data From the Lampsilis Concerted Mission (MAL2019): Odyssée Saint-Laurent 2019

The concerted Lampsilis mission in August to September 2019, funded by the St. Lawrence Odyssey program of the Réseau Québec maritime (RQM), aimed to gather strategic scientific knowledge for the understanding and management of the St. Lawrence River and Gulf. This mission enabled a wide-ranging acquisition of multidisciplinary data for 7 projects centred around two major research areas: water quality, and the monitoring of biological communities in the St. Lawrence, in the context of interactions between fresh and salt water.

Vertical profiles of CTD data (conductivity, temperature, depth) were made in the water column at 34 stations in the St. Lawrence River (from the town of Sorel-Tracy) and its Upper Estuary (at the town of Cacouna). These profiles were taken from the surface to an average distance of around 1 m from the seabed. They include measurements of temperature, salinity, density, dissolved oxygen, light transmission, vertical stratification and sound velocity in seawater. Discrete water samples were taken at various stations and depths to compare CTD's direct measurements with laboratory analyses of chlorophyll-a concentrations (63 samples, 37 stations). These comparisons were used to adjust the calibration of fluorescence data from the CTD.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Surface Current Data of the St. Lawrence River and Estuary

This dataset presents forecasts of the intensity and direction of surface currents in the St. Lawrence Estuary, between Cap de Bon-Désir and Trois-Rivières, an area where tides have a significant and predictable influence on surface water circulation.

These surface current data for the St. Lawrence River and Estuary were produced using a model by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, using a grid 400 m of resolution. The ocean model integrates bottom topography, average river flows, tide predictions, and average vertical stratification conditions (water layers of different densities).The model excludes the effect of winds, the forecasts should be used with caution in intense or extreme wind conditions.

For more information: [F.-J. Saucier, J. Chassé, M. Couture, A. D’Astous, R. Dorais, D. Lefaivre et A. Gosselin, 1999. The making of a surface current atlas of the St. Lawrence. Brebbia, C.A., P. Anagnostopoulos (Eds), Transactions on the Built Environment, vol. 43. 1999 WIT Press, www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3509, 87-97.](https://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-the-built-environment/43/5681)

View the data in the [**NAVIGATION**](https://navigation.ogsl.ca/) app.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Network of Observation Sites Along the Whale Route

From Tadoussac/Sacré-Coeur to Baie-Trinité, follow the Whale Route to discover the best sites to observe marine mammals from the shore. You will then have the chance to follow the movement of whales and see seals basking on the rocks.

Each site promises a unique experience and the network offers you a great diversity of activities. Access is often free or inexpensive and everywhere you will be amazed by the beauty of the North Shore's landscapes. It will certainly take your breath away!

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Action Plan for the Enhancement and Protection of the Betsiamites River Estuary (2009-2010)

Since the Betsiamites River estuary has ecological characteristics that are essential to maintain the integrity of the St. Lawrence ecosystem, it is important to ensure that current and future anthropogenic activities do not compromise natural resources in the short and long term. It is in this context that the Comité ZIP, in close collaboration with the community of Pessamit, supervised from May 2009 to March 2010 the implementation of an action plan for the enhancement and conservation of the Betsiamites river estuary. 

The objectives of the plan are to improve and protect the quality of the environment, habitats and natural resources;  to perpetuate sustainable land-use planning and public access to the coast; to promote safe coastal use, and finally, promote traditional and contemporary Innu culture.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Sea Level Rise, Driver of Environmental Change: eDrivers Project for the St.Lawrence SystemSea Level Rise

The data used to characterize sea-level rise risk come from the global cumulative impacts assessment on habitats and available on the NCEAS online data repository.  For more details, refer to [Halpern et al. (2015)]( Sea-level rise was characterized by Nicholls and Cazenave (2010) using NASA’s satellite altimetry data (Topex/Poseidon, Jason-1&2, GFO, ERS-1&2, and Envisat missions)

The rate of sea-level rise (mm/year) was measured between 1992 and 2012 and transformed as a net change value (mm) by multiplying by the number of years considered. Only positive values were selected under the assumption that only positive sea-level rise is likely to cause environmental stress.

It is possible to consult the scientific report of the **eDrivers** project: [Characterizing Exposure to and Sharing Knowledge of Drivers of Environmental Change in the St. Lawrence System in Canada](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00383/full) and the [additional data](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00383/full#supplementary-material). It is possible to consult the application [eDrivers](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/dataset/ca-cioos_7c51ad5f-c2a9-4f4a-a78c-0b652e630825).

**REFERENCES:**

- [Halpern, B. S., Frazier, M., Potapenko, J., Casey, K. S., Koenig, K., Longo, C., et al. (2015b). Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean. Nature Communications 6 doi.org/10.1038%2Fncomms8615](https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fncomms8615)

- [Halpern, B. S., Frazier, M., Potapenko, J., Casey, K. S., Koenig, K., Longo, C., et al. (2015a). Cumulative human impacts: Raw stressor data (2008 and 2013). Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/f1s180fs.](https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/view/doi:10.5063/F1S180FS)

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Rehabilitation of the Salt Marsh in the Bay of Sept-Îles: Longue-Épée Sector (2008)

The Salt Marsh Rehabilitation Project for the Bay of Sept-Îles – Longue-Épée Sector (2008) aims to find so-called “soft” solutions against salt marsh erosion in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where ice dynamics are a major factor in erosion. The *Comité ZIP Côte-Nord du Golfe (ZIP CNG)* wanted to achieve the following goals: 

- Restoration of the Longue-Épee salt marsh; 
- Alleviation of the erosion effect that acts on the Spartina population; 
- Rehabilitation of the salt marsh in Baie des Sept-Îles — Longue-Épee sector;
- Increase in the area of habitats suitable for species living in salt marshes.

More specifically, the *Comité ZIP CNG* wanted to: 

- Transplant Spartina alterniflora into a disturbed environment; 
- Develop a so-called “soft” protection system against erosion acting in the marsh on the Spartina; 
- Raise awareness among local people about the importance of wetlands and their colonizing plants.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Coastal Water Mixing and Effect on Productivity Potential of the Coastal Ecosystem

The objective of this project was to locate the mixing zones in the coastal environment on the north shore of the lower estuary, which are caused by the friction of the waters on the bottom and measure the effects of these mixing zones on the modification of the water bodies and the productivity potential of adjacent areas, using phytoplankton biomass and size structure as an indicator of productivity. Temperature and salinity profiles were measured using CTD and water sampling was done with a Niskin bottle to try to detect the signature of the mixture and to determine if nutrient salts and/or productivity are greater in adjacent areas.

Sampling took place in 3 outings from 3 stations organized in a 100 NN transect which were carried out at the start of the season (June 30), mid-season (August 16) and end of the season (October 9). The transects were each composed of three stations ranging from 10 m depth near the coast to 50 and 75 m, depending on the transect, moving away from the coast. Samples were collected for nutrients and phytoplankton biomass (> 0.7 µm and > 5 µm) analysis at depths of 1, 10, 25 and 50 m. The optical transparency of water was also measured by Secchi disk. 

The first file provided “donnees_profils_data” is a summary of the CTD profiles of every station. The second file “donnees_discretes_discret_data” contains the results of the water sample analysis.

This project was funded by DFO Coastal Environmental Baseline Program under Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan. This initiative aims to acquire environmental baseline data contributing to the characterization of important coastal areas and to support evidence-based assessments and management decisions for preserving marine ecosystems.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Environmental Data Management System of the Institut des sciences de la mer and Québec-Océan (EDMS-ISMER-QO)

L'Institut des sciences de la mer (ISMER) of the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) manages oceanographic data from research missions conducted through numerous collaborations in Quebec, Canada and around the world via its environmental data management system (EDMS) developed with and maintained thanks to the [Québec-Ocean](https://www.quebec-ocean.ulaval.ca/en/) strategic cluster, funded since 2002 by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec. Québec-Océan brings together oceanographic research teams from nine universities and numerous partners active in the field of oceanographic research in the province of Quebec to strengthen excellence, train highly qualified personnel and support society towards a more sustainable interaction with the marine environment. This collection contains two main types of data, CTD data and anchoring data, covering all regions of the world where ISMER and Québec-Océan are active, with a particular emphasis on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the North, and Argentina.

**CTD Data**  
This type of data refers to the measurement of physicochemical parameters of seawater along a vertical line obtained out at a given location from the sea surface to the bottom at a given time. Temperature and conductivity, which is related to salinity, are the basic parameters that are measured as a function of depth and presented in the form of a vertical profile. Other sensors are frequently added to the conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiler in order to measure other parameters such as dissolved oxygen concentration, fluorescence and transmissivity.

**ADCP Data** *(Available soon)*  
This type of data refers to the speed and direction of the current at various depths along a vertical profile by measuring the Doppler shift of the backscattered acoustic waves, hence the name ADCP for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler. When the ADCP is moored, a time series of current profiles at a given location is obtained. Some moored ADCP also measure surface waves parameters (height, period, direction). When the ADCP is attached to the hull of a moving ship, a portrait of the currents is then obtained that is both temporal and spatial.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Groundfish Data Sampled by Trawl (research vessel), Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Division 4T: September survey

Information on the traits, catches, length frequency, and biology of fish caught during the annual trawl surveys carried out by research vessels in September in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (Division 4T of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization). This dataset includes abundance indices and spatial distribution models for commercial and non-commercial groundfish.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Arctic Expedition aboard the CCGS Amundsen (2020)

This dataset contains the complete expedition report, the expedition map as well as a list of stations and sampling types. The 2020 Expedition Report describes scientific expedition carried out on the CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian Arctic between July 16 and October 27, 2020. The report is a collection of all the participating research teams’ Cruise reports assembled by the Chief Scientists at the end of LEG 1, LEG 2 (a, b and c) and LEG 3 of the CCGS Amundsen Expedition. The 2020 Expedition Report is divided into two parts:

Part I gives an overview of the expedition, shows the cruise track and the stations visited and provides a synopsis of operations conducted during each of the three LEGs.

Part II contains the reports submitted by participating science teams or researchers, with details on the specific objectives of their project, the field operations conducted and methodology used, and in some cases, preliminary results. When results are presented, they show the data as they were submitted at the end of the legs in 2020. The data presented in the report are illustrative only and have not been quality checked, thus parties interested in the results should contact the project leader or the researchers who collected the data. The sections in Part II describing each project are organized with multidisciplinary project reports. Subsequent sections cover Biological sampling, water column properties, benthos sampling from the ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) and seabed mapping.

The four Appendices provide details on the locations and type of sampling performed at each station visited by the ship, as well as a list of science participants onboard during each LEG. 

A [**summary of the 2020 expedition**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_462fdf6e-df19-441f-a511-c95db4d3d2fc) is also available in English.

The core oceanographic data generated by the CTD-Rosette operations, as well as meteorological information (AVOS : Automated Voluntary Observing Ship; Environnement Canada) and data collected using the Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP), the ship-mounted current meter (SM-ADCP) and the thermosalinograph (TSG) are available in the [**Polar Data Catalogue (PDC)**](https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=12713)

It is possible to consult an [**interactive map**](https://data.amundsen.ulaval.ca/) including all the years of expeditions and the different trajectories (LEG) associated with them.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Maritimes Region Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) Bio-Chemical Bottle Sample Data

The Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) was implemented in 1998 with the aim of detecting and tracking climate change and variability in the northwest Atlantic, evaluating changes in the physical, chemical and biological ocean properties and predator-prey dynamics of marine resources, thereby enhancing Canada's ability to understand, describe, and forecast the state of the marine ecosystem. AZMP's sampling scheme in the Maritimes Region involves oceanographic sampling at two high-frequency (biweekly to monthly) fixed coastal stations, biannual sampling at stratified-random locations during DFO-led Ecosystem Trawl Surveys, biannual sampling along fixed cross-shelf sections (Cabot Strait Line, Louisbourg Line, Halifax Line, Browns Bank Line, and the Northeast Channel); the latter of which may also include opportunistic sampling at stations in the Laurentian Channel, Gulf of Maine, and various Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in support of ancillary research programs and initiatives. 
The data collected are synthesized into two annual reports on the physical and chemical/biological changes in the Maritimes Region, and are also used to evaluate changes across the Atlantic zone.

Organization: CIOOS-Atlantic
Characterization of the Coastal Marsh of Anse Saint-Jean, Saguenay Fjord

As part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Fund (FRÉA), the team from the Comité ZIP Saguenay-Charlevoix (ZIPSC) carried out the characterization of the coastal marsh of Anse Saint-Jean, located in the Saguenay Fjord, during the summer of 2024. This data collection is part of the project to Characterize and restore coastal marshes and seagrass beds in the Saguenay-Saint-Laurent Marine Park (PMSSL) in the context of climate change, a project lasting four years.

This data set therefore includes ornithological, ichthyological, benthic and floristic inventory data, as well as physicochemical parameters including water temperature, salinity, water height and light intensity on the ground and in the water column.

To consult the characterization projects for other marshes:

- [**Characterization of the Coastal Marsh of Anse Saint-Étienne, Saguenay Fjord**] (https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/dataset/ca-cioos_634f9bb8-879e-4c64-978b-2fd59ec2a541)

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Biophysical Characterization and Wetland Restoration in the Sacré-Coeur Salt Marsh - Rimouski (2019-2021)

This project consists of restoring a Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) bed in the Sacré-Coeur salt marsh, affected by coastal erosion. Following the results obtained during the biophysical characterization of the environment, restoration actions were implemented in spring 2019 and spring 2020 in order to maintain the biodiversity and richness of the environment in the long term, i.e.:

-  A transplantation of 4,100 units of Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) in 2019 representing an estimated restoration area of 2,089 m²;
-  A transplantation of 3,300 units of Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) in 2020 representing an estimated restoration area of 1,688 m².

The biophysical characterization work and monitoring report include a biological characterization of flora and fauna species, a geomorphological characterization of the area as well as an orthophotography of the area by aerial photography. The report also contains the transplantation work of Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) carried out in 2019 and 2020.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Biophysical Characterization and Restoration of the Parc de l'Anse, Notre-Dame-du-Portage (2014-2017)

Anse-du-Portage in the Notre-Dame-du-Portage municipality has suffered from submersion and coastal erosion for several years. The municipality is currently in the process of revitalizing Anse-du-Portage. The municipality sought the expertise of the *Comité ZIP du Sud-de-l'Estuaire* (ZIPSE) with a view to a redevelopment taking into account coastal risks. 

The Comité ZIP characterized and issued recommendations for restorations using mild erosion mitigation techniques. The project aims to conserve biodiversity and meets several principles of the Sustainable Development Act. In addition, the project will offer a "schools-banks" to put forward the soft techniques. The species used for the restoration are the prairie, smooth cordgrass, sea lymegrass, and rugosa rose.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Biophysical Characterization of the Montmagny Intertidal Marsh and Restoration of Vulnerable Coastal Habitats (2016-2019)

The Comité ZIP du Sud-de-l'Estuaire carried out a biophysical characterization and completed the first phase of restoration of a part of the Montmagny upper marsh thanks to funding from the Community Interactions Program (CIP) of the City of Montmagny. 

The portrait of the state of the high coastal marsh located west of Rivière-du-Sud was completed in the summer of 2016. Erosion by the St. Lawrence is causing the retreat and disappearance of large areas of humid grasslands of great ecological value in this area. We also note the strong presence of exotic invasive species accidentally introduced such as the common reed and some anthropogenic developments that amplify the phenomenon. However, these marshes are unique, since they are composed of plants adapted to fresh to brackish water tides and to the action of winter ice. Some of these plants are exclusively found in the St. Lawrence Estuary region. This is the case of an endangered species, Victorin's gentian. 

A plantation of 1,500 square meters of high marsh was carried out using native species (sedge, prairie cordgrass, etc.) and plant engineering (cutting of shrubby willows). Nearly 20,000 plants were planted in the summer of 2017. Awareness-raising activities focused on the enhancement of the richness of coastal flora and fauna will also be offered to local citizens.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Jetski Radiometry for Remote Sensing Reflectance Uncertainty Propagation

Radiance, irradiance and attitude from the jet-ski, used to develop the uncertainty propagation methodology and characterize the platform (Mabit et al. 2026). Data acquired in Gamache Bay (Anticosti Island) the 5 of july 2022.
The *AlgaeWise* project is part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's *Coastal Environmental Baseline Program*. This project received funding from the Réseau Québec maritime (RQM)

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
ArcticNet 0602c - Northwest Passage CTD data

The CTD data was obtained during leg #0602 of the 2006 ArcticNet scientific cruise. The data were collected from September 4 to 28, 2006, aboard the CCGS Amundsen. There were 69 casts, associated to 47 oceanographic stations, in the Northwest Passage research area. The following parameters were measured: temperature, conductivity and pressure (with a Sea-Bird SBE-9plus), dissolved oxygen (Sea-Bird SBE-43), pH (Sea-Bird SBE-18-I), fluorescence (Seapoint chlorophyll fluorometer), nitrate concentration (Satlantic MBARI-ISUS 5T), transmittance (Wetlabs C-Star transmissiometer), light intensity (PAR; Biospherical Instruments QCP2300) and surface light intensity (sPAR; Biospherical Instruments QCP2200). Quality control procedures were applied to the data. Data are available on the Polar Data Catalogue and at the Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Organization: Amundsen Science
GPS locations of Northern Gannets season 2014

Since 2012, the [Laboratoire d'ornithologie marine de Rimouski (LOMR)](https://www.facebook.com/LOMRimouski) has implemented an annual monitoring program of the feeding behaviour of gannets (Morus bassanus) nesting in Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock National Park (more specifically on Bonaventure Island). The LOMR is directed by Magella Guillemette (professor at the Université du Québec à Rimouski) in collaboration with David Pelletier (professor at the Cégep de Rimouski). Several dozen college and university students (undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate) participated in collecting these data.

The data in this dataset is from 2014. On the SLGO catalogue, you will find [datasets up to 2017](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/fr/dataset/?q=fou+de+bassan+pelletier). More recent data can be requested from LOMR by contacting the authors of the data. 

The locations were recorded using GPS data loggers, programmed at a frequency of 10 minutes and attached to the bird's tails with Tesa brand marine grade white tape.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory