AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Inventory of the Marine Mammal Observation Network - Observer Members Data

The Marine Mammal Observation Network (ROMM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and conservation of cetaceans and seals of the St. Lawrence, and their habitats. 
This database is developed by the Marine Mammal Observation Network (ROMM) within the framework of the environmental observation project and includes the data gathered by member observers of the ROMM. Each summer, observations of marine mammals in the estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence are inventoried by member observers. These data are collected by naturalists, officers or captains of cruise ships or ferries. For more information, please see the [**data context**](https://ogsl.ca/en/biodiversity-marine-mammals-romm-about/).

View data in the *Outil de visualisation des observations de mammifères marin de Vigie marine* [**visualization tool**](https://visualisation.navigationbaleines.ca/)

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Clean-up of Clandestine Dumps Located Along the Coast in the Haute-Côte-Nord and the Manicougan MRC (2001-2003)

The project “Cleaning illegal garbage dumps located along the coastline of the MRC de la Haute-Côte-Nord” aims to clean the region (from Tadoussac to Colombier) of existing illegal dumps, as well as to raise awareness among the local population (“young people” in particular, but also all people in municipalities as well as in the indigenous community of Essipit) to the problem of illegal dumps in order to avoid refill them after cleaning. 

The main objectives include organizing a campaign to clean up sites where clandestine waste deposits are found; organizing a campaign to raise awareness among the population adapted for each municipality to environmental damage and the risks of this type of pollution on human health; applying approaches to directing people to official landfill sites; and taking care of cleaned sites.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Saint John Harbour Macroalgal & Phytoplankton Monitoring Project (2020-2023)

This project provides a baseline survey of the macroalgae (seaweed) and phytoplankton of the Saint John Harbour and the microbiome of the nearby Musquash Estuary. Surveys were performed in Spring and Fall of 2020 and 2023 and encompassed 6 intertidal sites, 14 subtidal sites, 6 phytoplankton sites and 6 estuary sites. The provided data include: (1) quantitative intertidal counts of macroalgae based on morphological identification, (2) qualitative surveys of macroalgae present at each site based on molecular data (rbcL 3P), (3) eDNA of phytoplankton tows and (4) eDNA of estuarine mud scrapes. Quantitative macroalgal data were collected across a horizontal transect with 8 quadrats at each site in each of four sampling periods. Traditional molecular methods were used to generate the 3P end of the rbcL gene (for more details, see Saunders & Moore, 2013, https://doi.org/10.4490/algae.2013.28.1.031) and all eDNA data were generated by the Integrated Microbiome Resource at Dalhousie University.

This project was funded by Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Coastal Environmental Baseline Program under the Oceans Protection Plan.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
GPS locations of Northern Gannets season 2015

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 2015. 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
Characterization of the Banks of the Fluvial Part of the St. Lawrence and Analysis of the Evolution of Hydro-Climatic Factors Influencing the Hazards of Erosion and Flooding

As part of measure 2.6 of the 2013-2020 Action Plan on climate change, the MELCC funded two projects specific to the fluvial section of the St. Lawrence and aimed at supporting municipalities facing erosion and flooding hazards. 

The team of the Laboratory of Marine Geosciences of the Department of Geography of Laval University has set up an essential geospatial information base for the assessment of the risks linked to the erosion of the banks of the Saint Lawrence river section. The user will be able to find there (i) the mapping of the classification of the shore (types of bank and their artificialization), (ii) the conditions of degradation of the artificial structures and (iii) the state of erosion of the natural segments or artificialized. The sectors most vulnerable to erosion have also been mapped and documented by pictorial quality sheets. These sheets show the characteristics of the shore and the main geomorphological natural (currents, ice, etc.) and human processes (beating, management of water levels) associated with bank erosion for these sensitive areas, in order to better represent local dynamics. Geospatial data associated with riverbank mapping, qualitative sheets and the project report, which includes a description of the methodology and results, are available for download. 

The second project is led by Ouranos and aims to reduce the vulnerability to floods and erosion associated with climate change for communities bordering the fluvial section of the St. Lawrence. The user will be able to consult two reports arising from this project : 

a.      Technical report on the future trends of the main hydro-climatic factors that influence the natural risks of flooding and bank erosion processes along the fluvial section of the St. Lawrence. The objectives of this report are to paint a portrait of these hazards, covering both the recent past and future projections (2050 and 2080). These factors range from large-scale phenomena, such as the spring flood of the St. Lawrence River or sea level enhancement, to local phenomena such as freeze-thaw processes that affect cliffs and clay micro-cliff. 

b.      Summary of the needs mentioned by the stakeholders responsible for regional consultation (TCR) in order to adapt local communities to the risks of bank erosion and flooding. This report presents a portrait of the participants of the four workshops organized in the fall of 2018, the approach used for the consultation and a summary of the needs expressed. The lists of participants and the detailed reports of each workshop are also attached to this document. The TCRs consulted during these workshops are those of Haut-Saint-Laurent - Grand-Montréal, Lac Saint-Pierre, the river estuary and the TCR of Quebec.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Biogeochemical Data From the Odyssée Saint-Laurent Oceanographic Campaign (August 2021) in the Lower Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Biogeochemical data were collected from August 7 to 18 2021, on board the research vessel Coriolis II in the Lower Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 
This data set includes biogeochemical parameters analyzed in the laboratory from water samples, including chlorophyll a concentration, pigment concentrations, cell abundance, as well as total particulate and non-algal particulate absorption values. For the majority of the stations visited, water samples were collected at the surface and at a second depth in the water column, most often corresponding to the depth of the chlorophyll a maximum. 

The vertical CTD data profiles (conductivity, temperature, depth) associated with this mission are available via the following data set:
*[RQM - CTD Data From the Coriolis Concerted Mission (MAC2021): Odyssée Saint-Laurent 2021](https://doi.org/10.26071/ogsl-77f6fbb0-5a60)*

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Arctic Expedition Aboard the CCGS Amundsen (2008)

This dataset contains the complete report, the expedition map as well as a list of stations and sampling types. The 2008 Expedition Report describes the scientific expedition carried out in the Canadian Arctic between September 04 and October 05, 2008. 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 2008 CCGS Amundsen Expedition. The 2008 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 2008. 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 2008 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
Water chemistry characteristics of two tributaries of Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, in 2019

This dataset includes surface water characteristics such as: dissolved organic carbon, total dissolved nitrogen, ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, urea, silica, dissolved iron, dissolved aluminum, CDOM spectral slope, chlorophyll, particulate carbon, nitrogen particulate, delta 13C. These analyzes follow the estuarine gradient of two tributaries of Placentia Bay in Newfoundland, Canada. Samples were collected monthly from February to October 2019. The objective of this work is to provide critical baseline data for the Placentia Bay region.

This project was funded by Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Coastal Environmental Baseline Program under the Oceans Protection Plan.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Seasonal Seaweed Diversity in the Intertidal Zone of Greater Vancouver

This dataset is derived from transect surveys performed in the intertidal zone of four sites in the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia: Brockton Point, Vancouver; Lighthouse Park, West Vancouver; Crescent Beach, Surrey; and Cates Park, North Vancouver. Each site was surveyed in July 2022, November 2022, and February 2023. 
For each survey four vertical transect lines were laid out from the high intertidal to the tideline during low tide, and quadrats were laid down every 5 m. Tidal height for each quadrat was determined with a surveyor’s level and substrate type within each quadrat was recorded. Percent cover of each visually distinct macroalgal or seagrass species was estimated within each quadrat; for species that could not be identified in the field, representative vouchers were collected and analysed in the lab using a dichotomous key or DNA barcoding. Pressed vouchers were assigned a collection number and deposited at the University of British Columbia Herbarium. Unique species that were not otherwise observed within quadrats were also recorded as present "out of quadrat". A combination of tidal height, landmarks, and extensive site/quadrat pictures was used to ensure that quadrats were placed in the same spot during each of the three surveys at a given site. 
The goal of this project is to establish a baseline in the seasonality of different macroalgal/seagrass species at different sites with respect to both abundance and distribution on the shore, in anticipation of potential shifts in community structure related to future changes in climate and land use. It was funded via the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Coastal Environmental Baseline Program under the Oceans Protection Plan, as well as a grant from Langara College's Applied Research Centre.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Arctic Expedition aboard the CCGS Amundsen (2017)

This dataset contains the complete expedition report, the expedition map as well as a list of stations and sampling types. The 2017 Expedition Report describes the scientific expedition carried out in the Canadian Arctic between May 31 and October 12, 2017. 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, LEG 3 and LEG 4 of the 2017 CCGS Amundsen summer expedition . The 2017 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 four 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 2017. 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 atmospheric, surface ocean and sea ice components first, followed by water column properties, which include the mooring and buoy program, CTD-Rosette operations and physical properties, as well as a suite of chemical and biological parameters. Contaminants cycling in seawater are treated. Subsequent sections cover benthos sampling, seabed mapping, sediments sampling and ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) operations.

The four Appendices provide information about the location, date, time and type of sampling performed at each station visited by the ship, as well as a list of science participants onboard during each LEG.

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
Biological Characterization of the Mediolittoral and Infralittoral Zones of the West Coast of Anticosti Island (2021-2024)

This dataset includes measurements of abundance, density, biomass and length of macroalgae from the Algae-WISE project and data on landscape description, macroalgae cover and biomass as well as the abundance and length of benthic macrofauna from the project for the optical and biophysical characterization of the mediolittoral and infralittoral zones of the southwest coast of Anticosti Island.

The objective of the Algae-Wise project is to demonstrate the potential of hyperspectral and multispectral imaging for the detection and quantification of three types of marine algal biomass, which are the basis for the productivity and vitality of the ecosystem: phytoplankton, fixed macroalgae and drifting macroalgae. The objective of the optical and biophysical characterization of the mediolittoral and infralittoral areas of the southwest coast of Anticosti Island is to characterize and map shallow coastal ecosystems in order to offer a description of a reference state.

In the context of the Algae-WISE project, intensive field campaigns were carried out on the southwest coast of Anticosti Island during the summer period (between June and September) in the summers of 2021, 2022 and 2023. As part of the characterization project, an intensive campaign in July 2024 was carried out on the southwest coast of Anticosti Island.

It is also possible to consult the other related datasets linked to the same projects:

- Biogeochemical data (in preparation)
- Data from the Joliet Bay eelgrass bed (also called Gamache Bay) from the Comité ZIP Côte-Nord du Golfe (in preparation)

The Algae-Wise project is funded mainly by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) through the Flights and Fieldwork for the Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST 2019), as well as by Réseau Québec maritime (RQM) for ship-time. 

The optical and biophysical characterization project of the mediolittoral and infralittoral areas of the southwest coast of Anticosti Island is financed by:
- The Coastal Environmental Baseline Program as part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Oceans Protection Plan;
- The “Satellite-based assessment of coastal ocean productivity” research grants (RGPIN-2019-06070) and “Blue carbon and climate change mitigation through macrophytic coastal ecosystems” (RGPIN-2020-07065, 2020-2026) research grants from the Discovery Grants Program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC);
- The research grant “Detection and valorization of stranded and coastal algae: a promising resource for the Quebec blue economy” (WRACK project) from the Maritime Sector Partnership Research Program (2023-2024 competition; # 338154) from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec — Nature and Technologies and the Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Conservation and Enhancement of Lac Salé, Baie-Johan-Beetz, Minganie: Wildlife Inventories (2009)

This dataset contains various inventory reports carried out in 2009 at Lac Salé of Baie-Johan-Beetz (MRC Minganie, Québec) as part of a conservation and development project. The main objective was to acquire knowledge about sensitive areas and to identify species with a precarious status. 

Inventories of avian, ichthyological, benthic, and entomological fauna are thus available in pdf formats. These inventories are preliminary to the drafting of conservation and development plan and to the delimitation of the areas to be protected.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Sea Bottom Temperature Anomalies, Driver of Environmental Change: eDrivers Project for the St.Lawrence System

The data used to characterize bottom-water temperature anomalies come from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program.

Bottom-water temperatures are interpolated in the Gulf using conductivity-temperature depth (CTD) sampling performed annually through DFO’s multispecies surveys for the northern Gulf in August and for the Magdalen Shallows in September. Using this sampling survey, temperatures are horizontally interpolated at each 1 m depth layer on a 2 km resolution grid. Bottom-water temperatures are then extracted by using a bathymetry layer from the Canadian Hydrographic Survey and selecting the interpolated temperature from the layer corresponding to the bottom depth at each grid point.

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).

**REFERENCE:**

- [Physical Oceanographic Conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during 2017](https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/mpo-dfo/fs70-5/Fs70-5-2018-050-eng.pdf)

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Restoration of an Eelgrass Bed in the Cove of Pointe-au-Père (2017-2018)

The eelgrass beds in Pointe-au-Père cove have been affected for decades by human activities, which hampers its natural regeneration. Therefore, eelgrass plant transplantation has been proposed to give it a boost and ensure its rehabilitation. The first phase of work was carried out at the end of May 2017, when nearly 15,000 eelgrass plants were transplanted from a donor eelgrass bed in Rimouski Bay, which is known to be in excellent health. A second phase of work is planned for 2018 when the same quantity of eelgrass plants will be transplanted. 

Eelgrass beds are home to a rich biodiversity, serving as a nursery, hiding place, larder, and spawning grounds for many fish species, crustaceans, and molluscs. Restoring this habitat also means sustainably ensuring the return of a diversified fauna.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Restoration of Coastal Habitats in L'Isle-aux-Grues

During the summer of 2019, the biological and geomorphological characterization of coastal habitats in L'Isle-aux-Grue was carried out in order to determine a potential site for the restoration of fish habitat as part of a project funded by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. In order to limit erosion phenomena and improve the resilience of the environment, a project to vegetate native shrubs (shrub willows) in the upper marsh schorre, associated with the control of a colony of common reeds, was carried out during the summer of 2020. The monitoring of these developments took place until September 2021 and revealed very positive results: significant growth rate of willow cuttings and a great diversity of fish caught.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Restoring Coastal Habitats in Anse-aux-Iroquois, Rivière-Ouelle (2019-2021)

The Comité ZIP du Sud-de-l'Estuaire team, in collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, carried out the characterization and a restoration project in Anse-aux-Iroquois as part of a project (Coastal Restoration Fund: CRF) for the restoration of fish habitat.

In order to limit the phenomenon of erosion and to improve the environmental resilience, a project was carried out to transplant alterniflora to the marsh of Spartan alterniflora, to reprofile the bank and to plant native plants on the shore in order to stabilize it, which represents an area of 2,066 m² of restored fish habitats.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Safeguarding the Floristic Heritage by the Sea in the Bic National Park (2019-2021)

Coastal restoration project in Bic National Park, from 2019 to 2021. The project includes coastal characterization as well as the planting of 29,000 seaside plants (Élymes des Sables, Inermes rosebushes, Scottish lovage, etc.) on the top of the beach. The closure and marking of 22 improvised trails along the Chemin-du-Nord in order to reduce the trampling of coastal vegetation. Production of a short guide to seaside plants in order to make the public aware of the trampling of these plants.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory