AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Mistassini River Estuary – Characterization of Significant Shoreline Habitats on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence Maritime Estuary

A project to characterize important littoral habitats on the north shore of the St. Lawrence maritime estuary has been funded for a 4-year period (2023-2027). The aim of the project is to generate baseline ecological data to provide an overall picture of the state of littoral habitats along the north shore of the maritime estuary.

The dataset covers the estuary of the Mistassini River (municipality of Franquelin). To improve knowledge of this ecosystem, an ichthyological inventory was carried out and the various abiotic factors characterized.

It is possible to consult the four other datasets of important littoral habitats that were characterized as part of the project to characterize important littoral habitats:

- [**The Maison de la Faune Coastal Marsh**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_348e654e-f1a4-4a94-8c3a-986a76718d9f)
- [**Great Saint-Nicolas Bay**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_b35efc0a-6d56-4fe5-aeca-a0677f90de3d)
- [**Henri-Grenier Bay Coastal Marsh**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_d73679ed-80f5-457a-9dfd-2aa4ebae7e1a)
- [**Ragueneau Islands Archipelago Coastal Marshes**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_de8f22ad-1bbe-4247-9cac-d903b31140a4)

This project is part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program Initiative under the Oceans Protection Plan of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Protection and Development of the Magdalen Islands’ Natural Coastal Areas by Uprading and Improving Public Recreational Infrastructure (2016-2017)

This large-scale project, carried out by Attention FragÎles, aimed to protect and develop the Magdalen Islands’ natural coastal areas by upgrading and improving public recreational infrastructure. Work was done on 16 sites throughout the archipelago, all giving access to the coast or inland bodies of water. The project focused on various types of infrastructure: landscaping to provide public access to the beach (bridges, stairs, marked trails, and parking spaces); boat launches for small vessels that let the public access inland bodies of water (bays and lagoons); hybrid bicycle and pedestrian trails that encourage people to access and explore coastal environments.

The project was done in collaboration with the Comité ZIP des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, the Société de conservation des Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the Municipality of the Magdalen Islands. It has received financial support from Economic Development Canada, the Hydro-Québec Foundation for the Environment, the Caisses populaires Desjardins des Îles, and the Communauté maritime des Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
GPS locations of Northern Gannets season 2012

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 2012. 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
Let's Protect the St. Lawrence River Before It Gets Hot!

The *Comité ZIP Côte-Nord du Golfe (ZIP CNG)* wanted to raise awareness among 1st and 2nd year high school students on the North Shore of the problem of climate change. In 2011, a classroom educational activity was offered to teachers in the Science and Technology program of French-speaking high schools in the Middle North Shore and Lower North Shore in the form of a board game about the impacts of climate change in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: "Let's protect the St. Lawrence before it gets hot!" For this purpose, an educational kit, including the board game, the student notebook, the teacher's notebook and the questionnaire, was produced for each of the schools and delivered when the classroom activity was carried out.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Characterization of Maritime Ringlet (Coenonympha nipisiquit) and Maritime Copper (Lycaena dospassosi) Habitat in the Southern Part of the Gaspé Peninsula (2010)

Butterflies, which are both sensitive and vulnerable to changes in environmental quality, play an important role as a tool for assessing ecosystem health. In Canada, there are only five endemic butterfly species. Among these, the Maritime Ringlet (Coenonympha nipisiquit), recognized as endangered by COSEWIC and threatened under Quebec's Endangered or Vulnerable Species Act, as well as the Maritime copper (Lycaena dospassosi), a species likely to be designated threatened or vulnerable at the provincial level, are among the national heritage with a precarious status.

During the 2010 summer season, inventories were carried out within 16 potential habitat sites for the Maritime Ringlet and the Maritime copper, located in the southern sector of the Gaspesian Peninsula. No new population of Maritime Ringlet was discovered, while the presence of the species was confirmed in the barachois of Saint-Omer and in the barachois of Rivière-Nouvelle. With regard to Maritime copper, eight new populations were discovered. The presence of the species was also confirmed at three sites.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Access to the Shores of the St. Lawrence

The Comité ZIP CNG was invited by the managers of the Comité de coordination accessibilité aux rives du Saint-Laurent to validate a database of public accesses to the St. Lawrence. This is information associated with the identification of access (name, name of the site manager, site status, etc.), the type of access (e.g. dock, beach, park, etc.), the uses that are practiced there (e.g. boating, harvesting shellfish, observation, etc.) and other complementary elements (ecological interest of the site, infrastructures and reception services).

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Dinoflagellate Communities in the Ports of Churchill (MB), Deception Bay (QC), Iqaluit (NU) and Milne Inlet (NU)

The data were collected during two research projects: 


- Development of community-based monitoring for aquatic invasive species in the Canadian Arctic - preparing for increased shipping related to resource development and climate change; 

- Diversity of pelagic primary producers in coastal habitats and the potential for harmful blooms in Eastern Canadian Arctic, with a focus near Iqaluit, Nunavut. 


These data are the abundance, richness and diversity of dinoflagellate communities in Canadian Arctic seaports to provide baseline data and to verify the presence of potential non-indigenous species and harmful taxa. These data can be used as a reference source for monitoring the introduction of potentially non-native species introduced into Arctic ports where shipping activities are high.


**SAMPLING**


Dinoflagellate samples were collected using a 20 μm (30 cm diameter) Nitex® plankton net during August in Churchill (MB) (2007 and 2015), in Deception Bay (QC ) (2016), in Iqaluit (NU) (2015 and 2019) and in Milne Inlet (2017). Samples were collected from 1 m of the surface to 1 m above the bottom.


*PREPARATION :* Samples were stored in 4% formaldehyde. Sample preparation and counting were performed using the Utermöhl method.


*OBSERVATION :* Samples were observed using an inverted microscope (NIKON Eclipse TE-2000-U) under a magnification of 200x.


*ABUNDANCE :* The calculation of the abundance of dinoflagellates (cell / liter) was carried out as follows: Number of cells X Volume of the bottle / Volume of the Utermöhl chamber / (pi X Radius^2 X Depth) X 1000


** ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES **


Environmental data were measured using a CTD and a Secchi disk. The time between sea ice melt and sampling was calculated by subtracting the sampling day from the breakup dates (ice concentration <1/10) which were extracted from the Canadian Ice Service records.


For further information, please consult the following paper: Dhifallah F, Rochon A, Simard N, McKindsey CW, Gosselin M, Howland KL. 2022. Dinoflagellate communities in high-risk Canadian Arctic ports. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 266:107731


This project is part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program Initiative under the Oceans Protection Plan of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Strategic Plan for the Protection of Checkley Plain

The purpose of the strategic plan for the protection of Checkley Plain, located in the municipality of Sept-Îles, is to provide a solid basis for including the peatland and the surrounding wooded areas, with a total area of 552 ha, in the register of protected areas in Quebec. To do this, wildlife (birds and amphibians) and floristic inventories as well as consultation activities with local stakeholders were carried out in 2020.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Taxonomic List of Marine Species and Associated Coding Used by the Science Branch at Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

This report presents a list of marine vertebrates, invertebrates and plants along with their respective data base codes used by the science branch at Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The coded list of species was adopted from the Newfoundland Region of DFO in the 1980's, called the STRAP code. With the addition of several new codes over time, the two series are now sufficiently different that a description of the IML codes is necessary. In recent years the scientific names in the list have been standardized with ITIS and WoRMS.

The master file associated with the report complements it by listing plants, invertebrates, fishes, birds and marine mammals used at the Maurice Lamontagne Institute. Most of the taxonomic units mentioned in the list have a 3 to 4 digit code, called the IML code, used during DFO operations in the Quebec region. Other codes are also provided. First, the codes used in the Maritimes region of DFO are included, because these codes are used in the Quebec Region’s commercial sampling database and the Observer programs. Some of the Maritimes’ taxa do not have an IML code because they have not yet been found in in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization) and STACAC (Statistical Coordinating Committee for the Atlantic Coast) codes are also included to facilitate conversion between these coding systems. The master file also provides the classification code for the specimen collection at MLI, and the specimens may be considered as voucher specimens for the presence of taxa in a particular area of the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Also included are columns for Phylum, Class, Order and Family for all taxa, which facilitate sorting and grouping of taxa. The classification is generally based on WoRMS but in certain cases of discrepancy, ITIS classification was used, generally because it corresponded better with the conventional taxonomic guides used in the laboratory. Two other worksheets in the master Excel file provide a list of codes to describe details about specimens, such as ontogenic stage (egg, larval stage, juvenile, adult), sex, or animal part (shell, carapace, beak, otolith), and a list of references consulted during the validation of the species list.

For more information, you can consult the [data context](https://ogsl.ca/en/species-identification-guide-marine-fish/). It is possible to access the data in the [SPECIES IDENTIFICATION GUIDE](https://ogsl.ca/en/marine-species-identification-guide-for-the-st-lawrence-application/).

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Directory of Private Protected Areas in Southern Quebec (1924-2013)

As part of the St. Lawrence Action Plan (SLAP) 2011-2026, the Canadian Wildlife Service and Environment and Climate Change Canada (CWS-ECCC) and the ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques (MDDELCC) launched an initiative to improve the existing inventory of complementary conservation measures on private land in Quebec. The main objective is to visualize better and understand the extent and scope of all private land conservation measures, which will help support the development of a future integrated plan for the conservation of the SLAP territory. Eventually, the plan will serve as a tool to identify priorities for funding programs such as the Community Interaction Program (CIP), the Habitat Stewardship Program (HSP) for species at risk, and the national fund for the wetlands conservation or to update regional municipalities' land-use. For more information, please see the [**data context**](https://ogsl.ca/en/coastal-uses/environmental-references/protected-areas/private-lands/summary).

View data in the [**ENVIRONMENTAL REFERENCES**](https://slgo.ca/references/) application.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Turtle Observation Network of Québec (2006-2015)

Since 2001, Éco-Nature has been involved in species at risk restoration in the Rivière des Mille Îles. Its main concern is for two species that are considered endangered by the Government of Canada, namely, the Northern Map Turtle and the Common Snapping Turtle. Between 2010 and 2014, over 200 turtle sightings have been put forward by citizens who care about turtle survival in Quebec. For more information, please see the [**data context**](https://ogsl.ca/en/biodiversity/reptiles/network-turtles/about).

Access the data in the [**BIODIVERSITY**](https://ogsl.ca/bio/?lg=en) application.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Abundance Inventory and Estimate of the Area of Suitable Habitat for Channel Darter in the Saint-François River, Lower Sector (2015-2016)

The present study was carried out with the aim of finding Channel Darter populations not detected in areas of high probability and presenting suitable habitat. Thus seine fishing was carried out in different sectors of the Saint-François river covered by 74 stations between 2014 and 2016.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Arctic Expedition aboard the CCGS Amundsen (2006)

This dataset contains the complete report, the expedition map as well as a list of stations and sampling types. The 2006 Expedition Report describes the scientific expedition carried out in the Canadian Arctic between August 22 and November 09, 2006. The report is a collection of all the participating research teams’ Cruise Reports provided to the Chief Scientists at the end of each LEGs of the 2006 CCGS Amundsen Expedition. The 2006 Expedition Report is divided into two parts:

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

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 2006. The data presented in this 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 or the data coordinator at Amundsen Science (amundsen.data@as.ulaval.ca). 

The 2006 Expedition Report includes four appendices: 1) the list of stations sampled, 2) the scientific log of activities conducted, 3) a copy of the CTD logbook and 4) the list of participants on board during each LEG.

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
Time-Series Biogenic Matter Export Fluxes Offshore Pointe-des-Monts and Baie-Comeau

This dataset includes measured fluxes of phytoplankton cells, total particulate matter, chloropigments, particulate organic carbon, and particulate nitrogen, as well as carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures on samples from moored sediment traps deployed offshore Pointe-des-Monts and Baie-Comeau. The sediment trap cups were programmed to rotate approximately every two weeks from November 2020 to September 2021. Offshore Pointe-des-Monts, sinking particles were collected at depths of 154 and 224 m while offshore Baie-Comeau, sinking particles were collected at a depth of 133 m. The objective of this work is to understand the influence of an active submarine canyon system on biogenic matter export fluxes. This project was funded by Réseau Québec Maritime (RQM) and Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction, and Response Network (MEOPAR).

For further information, please consult the following paper: [Sharpe, H., Gosselin, M., Lalande, C., Normandeau, A., Montero-Serrano, J.-C., Baccara, K., Bourgault, D., Sherwood, O., and Limoges, A.: Influence of a small submarine canyon on biogenic matter export flux in the lower St. Lawrence Estuary, eastern Canada, Biogeosciences, 20, 4981–5001, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4981-2023, 2023](https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4981-2023).

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Ice Forecasts for the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

Ocean forecasts for the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence are produced by the Operational Oceanography scientific team of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, Québec. The forecasts of sea-ice thickness and concentration are available for the next 48 hours to come. For more information, please see the [data context](https://ogsl.ca/en/ocean-forecasts-context/).

To obtain data, contact partner using responsible parties in the Contact section below.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Henri-Grenier Bay Coastal Marsh - Characterization of Important Shoreline Habitats on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence Maritime Estuary

A project to characterize important littoral habitats on the north shore of the St. Lawrence maritime estuary has been funded for a 4-year period (2023-2027). The aim of this project is to generate baseline ecological data to provide an overall picture of the state of littoral habitats along the north shore of the maritime estuary.

The dataset covers the salt marsh of Baie Henri-Grenier (municipality of Pointe-Lebel). To improve knowledge of this ecosystem, floristic and faunal (ichthyological) inventories were carried out and the various abiotic factors characterized. Orthomosaics of the coastal marsh in this area have been generated, but are not included in this dataset. Please contact the Rive Nord de l'Estuaire (RNE) ZIP Committee directly for access. 

It is possible to consult the four other datasets of important littoral habitats that have been characterized as part of the project to characterize important littoral habitats:

- [**Mistassini River Estuary**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_599476c2-ab8a-4029-967c-5d6dd80b6a56)
- [**The Maison de la Faune Coastal Marsh**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_348e654e-f1a4-4a94-8c3a-986a76718d9f)
- [**Great Saint-Nicolas Bay**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_b35efc0a-6d56-4fe5-aeca-a0677f90de3d)
- [**Ragueneau Islands Archipelago Coastal Marshes**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_de8f22ad-1bbe-4247-9cac-d903b31140a4)

This project is part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program Initiative under the Oceans Protection Plan of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
GPS locations of Northern Gannets season 2016

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 2016. 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
Multibeam Bathymetry, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, and Sediment Core Data from the Pointe-des-Monts Underwater Canyon System, St. Lawrence Estuary

This dataset includes multibeam bathymetric maps, time-evolution bathymetric profiles of submarine canyon slopes calculated from 3 different bathymetric maps (2015, 2020 and, 2022), downward Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and CTD time series from October 2020 to Oct 2022, CTD profiles around Pointe-des-Monts, high resolution photography, radiography and laminography of short sediment cores, and magnetic susceptibility, D50 and sorting along each sediment core sampled offshore Pointe-des-Monts. The objective of this work is to determine the recurrence of turbidites observed in the short sediment cores in order to determine if they reflect turbidity current activity within the Pointe-des-Monts submarine canyon system. The second objective is to determine the influence of bottom currents on the sedimentary deposits record. This project was originally funded by Réseau Québec maritime (RQM) and Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction, and Response Network (MEOPAR).

### ***The ADCP dataset is currently undergoing standardization. An ERDDAP version will be available soon.***

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory