AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Arctic Expedition Aboard the CCGS Amundsen (2009)

This dataset contains the complete report, the expedition map as well as a list of stations and sampling types. The 2009 Expedition Report describes the scientific expedition carried out in the Canadian Arctic between June 04 and November 18, 2009. 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 2009 CCGS Amundsen Expedition. The 2009 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 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 2009. 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 2009 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
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons data in sediments from the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (eastern Canada)

The St. Lawrence Estuarine System is a major seaway connecting eastern Canada with the Atlantic Ocean. Approximately 4000 vessels travel along this seaway every year that contribute, in addition to industrial activities, to anthropogenic stress in regard to many pollutants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In this study, the concentrations of 23 PAHs (16 parent PAHs and 7 alkyl-PAHs), total organic carbon (TOC) as well as grain-size distributions were determined in 45 surface sediment and 7 basal sediment box core samples retrieved from the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence in eastern Canada. All samples were retrieved during the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Odyssée St-Laurent winter expeditions (referred to as AMD18-OSL, AMD19-OSL, and AMD20-OSL, respectively) onboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship icebreaker Amundsen and the 2020 Québec Maritime Network (Réseau Québec Maritime or RQM)-Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) expedition onboard the research vessel Coriolis II (referred to as COR2001). 


Surface sediments (uppermost 0.5 to 1 cm) were collected with a spoon and stored in plastic bags (WhirlPack) at 4°C until further analysis. Push cores were collected by pushing a plexiglass tube (10-cm diameter) into sediments. The cores were stored at 4°C until further subsampling. The data set includes: sample locations, PAHs and TOC content in every sample, PAH ratios (Fla/Fla+Py; BaA/BaA+Ch) and grain size distributions. These baseline data could be of great value for resource management of the marine areas in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Cartographic Atlas of the Uses and Resources of the 16 Municipalities and 2 Indigenous Communities Coastal Zones for the Northern Shore of the Estuary (2009)

This dataset contains cartographic atlases in pdf format of 16 municipalities and 2 Indigenous communities located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Estuary. 

The general objective is to make knowledge of maritime components available to elected officials and managers and improve, in a context of sustainable development, their decision-making on development projects and environmental issues related to the coastal zone (wharf, shoreline protection, tourism development, fisheries, etc.).

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Mariculture Monitoring in Support of Quebec Shellfish Aquaculture Industry From 2008 to 2015: Biological Data

From 2008 to 2015, a monitoring program in support of the Quebec mariculture industry was carried out by Merinov with the support of the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (French: Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation (MAPAQ)). The main objective was to compile and transmit relevant biological and environmental data to marine producers for the purpose of informed decision making during their commercial operations. Established for the three producing regions of maritime Quebec (Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Gaspésie and Côte-Nord), the mariculture monitoring program has made it possible to document in a synchronized manner some twenty mariculture sites (11 mussel farms, 7 pectin farms and 2 oyster farms). This was made possible through monitoring various biotic and abiotic parameters such as recruitment success (larvae and postlarvae) and collection performance of the cultivated species, proliferation of undesirable species (predators and epibionts) and the quality of the commercial product (meat yield).


Environmental monitoring has also been carried out as part of this programme. Temperature data were collected from the Magdalen Islands, the North Shore and the Gaspé Peninsula, see [https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_ed9525e4-4131-4f10-8ad4-c1ce82dd24ce]. 


The reports are divided by year and sector of the mariculture industry.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Characterisation of Saint John River Brackish Wetlands Around the Port of Saint John (2020)

The project collects baseline data on tidally-influenced brackish wetlands within the Saint John River system within the Port of Saint John study area, and which impact marine ecosystems by the various ecosystem services they provide; including absorbing water in storm events and reducing erosion and runoff into the marine environment, filtering chemicals and sediment out of water before it is discharged into the ocean, and providing food and habitat for wildlife. Salt water enters the Saint John River and affects river salinity as far inland as Fredericton, NB (Carter and Dadswell 1983). 

The focus of the baseline evaluation will be to follow the Wetland Ecosystem Services Protocol for Atlantic Canada (WESP-AC), developed by Dr. Paul Adamus (Oregon State University) and the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government to rapidly characterize the ecosystem services of wetlands within the study area, as well as to collect species data (including invasive species). The standardized protocol involves a desktop assessment and a field visit to each wetland. 

The dataset contains a Non-tidal WESP-AC spreadsheet (.xlsx) for each wetland, a species spreadsheet (.csv), and a geodatabase (.gdb) of wetland boundaries, a centroid, monitoring tracks, and boundary of the Port of Saint John study area. Field visits were done on the following dates: Grassy Island (Aug 28, 2020). 

This project is conducted under the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' Coastal Environmental Baseline Program; part of the national Oceans Protection Plan.

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

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

The surface-water layer is characterized using sea surface-water temperature (SST) monthly composites from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite images obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). Images used are from DFO’s Maurice Lamontagne Institute at a 1 km resolution from 1985-2013 and from DFO’s Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) Operational Remote Sensing group at a 1.5 km resolution since 2014. Monthly anomalies were constructed as the difference between monthly averages and the 1985-2010 climatological mean for each month.

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
Guide of Intervention in the Protection and Enhancement of Coastal Habitats of Interest in the Northern Shore of the Lower Estuary (2008)

The study area covers the entire coastal region of the northern shore of the Lower Estuary, between Tadoussac and Pointe-des-Monts (365 km of shoreline), and led to the creation of 20 intervention guides for the protection and enhancement of coastal habitats of interest. Each guide first presents a location of the study area including the observed land and sea boundaries for the inventories and following a division biophysical habitats. 

The methodological approach is briefly described. The information collected for the same littoral habitat studied is then presented on a descriptive sheet allowing to document both the biophysical and human aspects for a particular habitat. These sheets present the relative ecological value given to the site, a summary analysis of current and past sources of disturbance, a synthesis of potential constraints to the conservation and enhancement of the site as well as a proposal for a guideline that can lead to the sustainable development of the littoral habitat considered. The documents consulted for documentation of aspects relating to each habitat are also presented at the end of the sheet. The document and a section describing the main legislative measures at issue for the conservation and enhancement of coastal habitats.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
WISE-Man Project (WaterSat Imaging Spectrometer Experiment), Characterization of Shallow Inland and Coastal Waters: Intertidal Zone Data

Dataset include parameters related to the sampling of the intertidal zone, such as biomass and leaf area index of macroalgae, chlorophyll a concentration in sediment and bottom reflectance. It is also possible to consult the other datasets on different themes related to the WISE-man project:


 - [Biogeochemistry Data](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_dbc63b41-b1ab-46be-a1a2-388d07c70cbb)

 - [Optical Data](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_d624c859-5b72-4ee9-a832-d532582b1d3f)

 - [Bathymetry](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_65fe38af-baea-46cf-a0c6-e17145ce2f07)

The WaterSat Imaging Spectrometer Experiment (WISE) for optically shallow inland and coastal waters assessment (the WISE-Man project)’s objective was to demonstrate the potential of hyperspectral imagery for mapping bathymetry, water column quality (or inherent optical properties) and retrieve bottom properties in order to respond to the pressing needs of science (e.g. ecology, geomorphology, coastal risk), resource management and defense operation. Within the framework of WISE-Man, an intensive fieldwork campaign was conducted in the Manicouagan; Baie-Comeau region in August 2019. 

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
Inventories and Use of Habitats by Species at Risk and by the Common Eider in the Pointe-au-Père National Wildlife Area (NWAPAP)

As part of the Pointe-au-Père National Wildlife Area (NWAPAP) management plan (Environment and Climate Change Canada [ECCC], 2016), ECCC mandates the *Comité ZIP du Sud-de-l'Estuaire* (ZIPSE) to carry out field knowledge acquisition work. The task aims to know the use of habitats by wildlife species at risk, common eiders of the St. Lawrence population (Somateria mollissima dresseri) and the distribution of plant species of interest in this reserve, ECCC lands and adjacent coastal habitats. This inventory is the summary of work spread over 2 years, from 2019 to 2020.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Summaries of the Arctic Expedition Report Aboard the CCGS Amundsen (2021) - Translated in 3 Languages

The dataset contains summaries of the expeditions report carried out by the Amundsen science between July 4 and November 3, 2021. The 2021 Expedition Summary is an overview of the science activities undertaken aboard the CCGS Amundsen during the 2021 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.

It is possible to consult the full report and complementary documents in the dataset: [**Arctic Expedition aboard the CCGS Amundsen (2021)**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_b4a48b59-5fb8-416c-ae7f-3dbb885750a2).

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
The Salt Marsh of the Rivière Brochu (Gallix) - Characterization of Important Coastal Habitats on the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence

The purpose of this project is to generate ecological reference data to draw a global portrait of the state of coastal marshes in the *Côte-Nord* sector of Quebec, as part of the Coastal Environmental Reference Data Program, funded by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, funded by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The program to characterize coastal wetlands in the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence was subsidized for a period of 4 years (2023-2027). 
This dataset covers the salt marsh area from *Rivière Brochu* to Gallix. In order to acquire as much knowledge as possible about the North Shore territory, the *Comité ZIP Côte-Nord du Golfe* (ZIP CNG) carried out ichthyological and floristic inventories, and characterized the physicochemical parameters as well as the abiotic factors of the marsh in the summer of 2023.

It is also possible to consult the datasets of the other salt marshes linked to this project:

- [**The Salt Marsh of the Grande Baie (Port-Cartier)**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_3ff0420f-2915-4287-9edf-7b659d69bd2c)
- [**The Salt Marsh of the Baie Cachée (Port-Cartier)**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_e699c0a1-ee1d-4343-9eaa-41ea85333ddf)
- [**The Salt Marsh of Ti-Basse (Port-Cartier)**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_20449802-8533-4c94-92c4-b29ecd77da1b)

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Voir la Mer: Underwater Archaeological Inventory in the Parc du Bic (2020)

This underwater archaeological inventory was carried out in the Parc du Bic in the fall of 2020. It is part of a multidisciplinary approach undertaken with the Voir la Mer project, funded by the Odyssée program of the Réseau du Québec Maritime.  In 2020, a team of divers visited the Scotsman wreck to document its state of preservation and to provide photo and video coverage of the site.

This document is the archaeological mission report as presented to the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications of Québec.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Arctic Expedition Aboard the CCGS Amundsen (2005)

This dataset contains the complete report, the expedition map as well as a list of stations and sampling types. The 2005 Expedition Report describes the scientific expedition carried out in the Canadian Arctic between August 05 and October 26, 2005. 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 2005 CCGS Amundsen Expedition. The 2005 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 2005. 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 2005 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
CHONe II project (Canadian Healthy Oceans Network): baseline bio-optical data in the Bay of Sept-Îles, biogeochemistry data

This dataset includes biogeochemical parameters analyzed in the laboratory from water samples, including water temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a, dissolved organic carbon, total organic carbon, nutrients, suspended particulate matter, phytoplankton, CDOM absorption, and more. Optical data are available via the following dataset:

- https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_eb97522c-01fe-4216-b9fa-8578b6a6d73a

CHONe II’s research explores the characteristics that define how Canada’s oceans will respond to management strategies such as networks of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), spatial closures, and restoration efforts. Our research also addresses how ocean stressors such as pollution, climate change, and fishing - individually and collectively - alter ocean life and how ocean environments work, including intensively used environments that provide food and other resources.

Under this research program, 10 field campaigns were conducted in the Bay of Sept-Îles area from 2016 to 2019 in order to establish baseline bio-optical information to promote and develop optical remote sensing tools for monitoring purposes.

The NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Canadian Healthy Oceans Network II (CHONe II), strategic partnership of Canadian university researchers and government scientists, brings together 39 researchers from universities and federal research labs from coast to coast in Canada. The Network trains many interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers. CHONe II partners with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and INREST (Institut nordique de recherche en environnement et en santé au travail; representing the Port of Sept-Îles and the City of Sept-Îles).

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Coastal Biodiversity of the Benthic Epifauna of the St. Lawrence Estuary (2018-2019)

The North Shore of the Lower Estuary (Upper North Shore, Quebec) is a productive coastal system where many commercial species of benthic invertebrates are fished in the infralittoral (10-20 m) and circalittoral (20-50 m) zone. However, little data exist on the biodiversity of non-commercial species and the environmental characteristics of the benthic habitat in this area. Two scientific surveys were conducted in 2018 and 2019 to address this knowledge gap by developing a framework of biodiversity and environmental (water column and seafloor) data taking that will be used to determine the baseline state of the benthic ecosystem in this region.


Surveys were conducted in 2018 (August 11-14) and 2019 (July 30-August 5) in the Upper North Shore region (between the towns of Forestville and Godbout). Surveys followed a fixed sampling design of eight transects perpendicular to bathymetry with stations at 10 m depth intervals in a bathymetry range of 10-50 m for a total of approximately 40 stations per survey. Specimens were collected with a beam trawl with an opening of 2.8 m. The sets were made at a target speed of 2 knots and a target duration of 7 minutes. The start and end positions were recorded to calculate the distance traveled on each tow using the geosphere library of R. The average tow distance was approximately 425 m. The area covered at each tow was the product of the trawl opening and the distance traveled. 


The files provided (DarwinCore format) are complementary and are linked by the "eventID" key. The "event_information" file includes generic event information, including date and location, sample size, sampling protocol and sampling effort, among others. The "taxon_occurrence" file includes the taxonomy of the species observed, identified to the species or lowest possible taxonomic level. For abundance and biomass estimates, contact Virginie Roy (virginie.roy@dfo-mpo.gc.ca).


For quality controls, all taxonomic names were checked against the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) to match recognized standards. The WoRMS match was placed in the "scientificNameID" field of the occurrence file. Special cases were noted in "identificationRemarks" and selected specimens were confirmed using field photos. Data quality checks were performed using the R obistools and worms libraries. All sampling locations were spatially validated.


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. Consult the dataset also available on the [**Open Data Canada**](https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/47f10264-1b59-4034-9679-3cb74f7527c7) portal.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Preserving Coastal Habitats in Nitassinan, Region of the Village of Ekuanitshit

This action-study project (2019) aims, first of all, to gather the information necessary to specify how the community of Ekuanitshit wishes to implement the adaptation measures proposed as part of its adaptation plan. Thus, the University of Quebec in Rimouski (UQÀR) and the *Comité ZIP Côte-Nord du Golfe* (ZIP CNG) have drawn up a list of eroding sites that can be restored by vegetation. These sites were then presented to the community so that members could choose, according to their criteria, the site they wanted to protect as a priority. In a second step, the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute (FNQLSDI) and the *Comité ZIP CNG* will support the community of Ekuanitshit in the restoration of a natural habitat threatened by erosion as well as in the development of good practices in coastal environments through the publication of a guide.
The present project therefore consists in a characterization of potential sites for restoration on the territory of the community.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory