AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Endeavour South Conductivity Temperature Depth Deployed 2024-06-16

The Sea-Bird Microcat SBE37SMP-ODO 16834 was deployed on 2024-06-16 at Endeavour South. This south section of the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents includes two moorings to monitor the regional circulation. This device is a Conductivity Temperature Depth. Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) is an instrument package that contains sensors for measuring the conductivity, temperature, and pressure of seawater. Salinity, sound velocity, depth and density are variables that can be derived from sensor measurements. CTDs can carry additional instruments and sensors such as oxygen sensors, turbidity sensors and fluorometers. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Raising Awareness and Promoting the Precarious Avian Fauna of The Bay of Sept Îles Important Bird Area (IBA)

The IBA phase II project aimed to promote, in a more concrete way, the richness and importance of the Sept-Îles Important Bird Area (IBA), and to promote the conservation of essential habitats for avian fauna. The method chosen to achieve these goals is to develop activities and tools aimed at raising the awareness of decision makers, the local population and visitors. 
The project consisted of two components, an awareness-raising component and an enhancement component. These components were divided into two main activities: I- the Decision-makers Day and II- the Bird Route. The first activity aimed to raise awareness among local political and economic actors, while the second consisted in promoting the Sept-Îles IBA for the general population. The project was completed in June 2013.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Oceanographic Mission Datasets From the Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski

In 2009 Québec-Océan (QO) and ISMER with help from the Maurice-Lamontagne Institute (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) launched an Oceanographic Data Management System (ODMS) inspired by thelatter's in house database. The ODMS then evolved into the Environmental Data Management System (EDMS) so as to extend perennity and security to all types of environmental scientific data collections. In parallel, data management policies were defined by QO and ISMER to better support data archiving and dissemination. A user friendly web portal was also developed in collaboration with the MLI and the St. Lawrence Global Observatory (SLGO) in order to provide easy data access to the scientific community, government officials, non-governmental organizations and to the general public.

Access the SGDO database on [**this page**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/fr/dataset/ca-cioos_d8371738-9960-4488-81f9-3ff678579c5f)

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan of Bonaventure (2006)

This dataset contains an integrated coastal zone management plan and a cartographic compendium for the Bonaventure area. The integrated management plan was prepared by the Bonaventure Coastal Consultation Table in collaboration with various partners.

This document first provides a portrait of the territory with a description of the physical environments, ecological components, the historical portrait, the socio-economic components and then, the occupation of the territory. It also contains an action plan containing the main issues related to the coastal zone, as well as the actions to be implemented for the integrated management of Bonaventure. It is the product of a coastal committee, active from 2001 to 2006, and made up of representatives from various sectors of activity: municipal, environmental, economic, etc.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Saanich Inlet Sill Oxygen Sensor Deployed 2019-05-19

The SeaBird 43 Oxygen (S/N 2584) was deployed on 2019-05-19 at Saanich Inlet Sill. Saanich Inlet Sill is a shallow bottom feature in the Saanich Inlet. The sill influences flow of oxygenated water and seasonal cycles. This device is a Oxygen Sensor. Oxygen sensors measure dissolved oxygen concentration in seawater. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Baynes Sound Carbon Dioxide Sensor Deployed 2025-07-30

The Pro-Oceanus CO2-Pro CV (SN 39-598-75) was deployed on 2025-07-30 at Baynes Sound. Baynes Sound is located between Denman Island and Vancouver Island. This device is a Carbon Dioxide Sensor. Carbon Dioxide sensors monitor CO2 levels in the ocean. CO2 sensors measure the partial pressure, or the concentration of dissolved CO2 in seawater by a variety of techniques. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Salmon Blood Analyses from the 2019 Gulf of Alaska International Year of the Salmon Expedition

Salmon blood analyses from salmon collected in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. These data were collected as part of the International Year of the Salmon (IYS) Gulf of Alaska High Seas Expedition conducted in February and March 2019, to further improve the understanding of factors impacting salmon early marine winter survival. Blood was collected for assessment of IGF-1 (growth), stress indices (cortisol, glucose, lactate), ionoregulation (osmolality, ions).

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Boundary Pass Oxygen Sensor Deployed 2015-10-08

The Sea-Bird SBE 63 Dissolved Oxygen Sensor 630192 was deployed on 2015-10-08 at Boundary Pass. Boundary Pass is a strait located along the boundary between Washington State and British Columbia. It connects Haro Strait with the Strait of Georgia. This device is a Oxygen Sensor. Oxygen sensors measure dissolved oxygen concentration in seawater. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Patricia Bay Conductivity Temperature Depth Deployed 2016-10-06

The Sea-Bird SeaCAT SBE19plus V2 6536 was deployed on 2016-10-06 at Patricia Bay. Patricia Bay is located in the Saanich Inlet, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. This device is a Conductivity Temperature Depth. Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) is an instrument package that contains sensors for measuring the conductivity, temperature, and pressure of seawater. Salinity, sound velocity, depth and density are variables that can be derived from sensor measurements. CTDs can carry additional instruments and sensors such as oxygen sensors, turbidity sensors and fluorometers. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Restoration and Enhancement of Essential Floristic Habitats in Cap Ferré

This project aims to protect and enhance Cap Ferré, a coastal site of great ecological interest in the Middle North Shore. To achieve this, in 2011, the Comité ZIP Côte-Nord du Golfe (ZIP CNG) undertook consultations with local and regional experts and users of the sector. The goal was to discuss the protection of the site and explore options for improving and developing the existing hiking trail. Educational activities were conducted in classrooms and a site cleanup event with young people from the region.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Harmful algae in the Strait of Georgia, 2015-2023

Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) dataset on marine microalgae (20-200 µm) that are known or suspected to have a negative effect on aquaculture (finfish, shellfish) based on ~bi-monthly sampling (up to 20 times a year) from ~55 sampling sites in the Strait of Georgia, Canada. Samples were analyzed on a Sedgewick-Rafter slide; the identification of specimens was done to the lowest taxonomic level possible and the enumeration (as cells mL-1) by a taxonomist certified by Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in Proficiency in Identification of Harmful Algae.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Patricia Bay Conductivity Temperature Depth Deployed 2009-02-15

The Sea-Bird SeaCAT SBE16plus 4996 was deployed on 2009-02-15 at Patricia Bay. Patricia Bay is located in the Saanich Inlet, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. This device is a Conductivity Temperature Depth. Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) is an instrument package that contains sensors for measuring the conductivity, temperature, and pressure of seawater. Salinity, sound velocity, depth and density are variables that can be derived from sensor measurements. CTDs can carry additional instruments and sensors such as oxygen sensors, turbidity sensors and fluorometers. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Boundary Pass Oxygen Sensor Deployed 2012-10-14

The Sea-Bird SBE 63 Dissolved Oxygen Sensor 630157 was deployed on 2012-10-14 at Boundary Pass. Boundary Pass is a strait located along the boundary between Washington State and British Columbia. It connects Haro Strait with the Strait of Georgia. This device is a Oxygen Sensor. Oxygen sensors measure dissolved oxygen concentration in seawater. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Weather Buoys Network

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) participates in the observation and data collection of freshwater, marine and ocean. With the support of the Canadian Coast Guard and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, it maintains a network of moored buoys in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, along the coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and also has a buoy program in the Great Lakes. The buoys collect and transmit hourly weather and sea state data 24 hours a day, seven days a week. On the SLGO portal, data are available in real time and archived format since April 2014. For more information, please see the [data context](https://ogsl.ca/en/navigation/marine-conditions-buoys/ec/summary).

Parameters: wind speed, wind direction, gusts, wave height and periods, water temperature, air temperature, atmospheric pressure.

View data in the [**MARINE CONDITIONS**](https://ogsl.ca/conditions/?lg=en) application.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Strait of Georgia Central Conductivity Temperature Depth Deployed 2015-08-30

The Sea-Bird SeaCAT SBE19plus V2 5047 was deployed on 2015-08-30 at Strait of Georgia Central. Strait of Georgia Central is a central area in the Strait of Georgia. This device is a Conductivity Temperature Depth. Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) is an instrument package that contains sensors for measuring the conductivity, temperature, and pressure of seawater. Salinity, sound velocity, depth and density are variables that can be derived from sensor measurements. CTDs can carry additional instruments and sensors such as oxygen sensors, turbidity sensors and fluorometers. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Douglas Channel Fluorometer Deployed 2018-10-24

The WET Labs ECO FLRT 3902 was deployed on 2018-10-24 at Douglas Channel. Douglas Channel is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia coast. This device is a Fluorometer. Fluorometers measure the amount of stimulated electromagnetic radiation (fluorescence) produced by pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted into the water column. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Endeavour North Bottom Pressure Recorder Deployed 2019-05-14

The RBR Quartz3 BPR SN 201419 was deployed on 2019-05-14 at Endeavour North. This north section of the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents includes two moorings to monitor the regional circulation. This device is a Bottom Pressure Recorder. Bottom Pressure Recorders (BPR) are instruments that can detect small changes in pressure on the seafloor. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Organization: CIOOS-Pacific
Some Health Parameters in Two Populations of Ringed Seals in Eastern Nunavut (2016-2018)

The ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is a very important wildlife resource for many Inuit communities in Canada. Through funding from Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Coastal Environmental Baseline Program and from the Nunavut Research Institute in partnership with Irving Shipbuilding Inc., information on various parameters of animal health was gathered between 2016 and 2018 in two populations of ringed seals (Eclipse Sound and Frobisher Bay) in eastern Nunavut. In collaboration with local Inuit hunters, tissue samples were collected to determine the concentrations of some essential and non-essential trace elements (including cadmium and mercury). Blood samples were also collected to determine the presence of antibodies against some pathogenic microorganisms of potential public health significance. This information will contribute to ensuring the continuous and safe use of ringed seals as a highly nutritious source of food for Inuit communities.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Benthic Diversity across the Canadian Arctic

Data were mainly collected from the CCGS Amundsen (2015 to 2019) and from the William-Kennedy (2019).

An Agassiz trawl (1.5 m width × 0.7 m height, cod end of 0.5 cm mesh size) was towed on the seabed at a speed of 1.5-2 knots for 3 to 5 minutes to survey epibenthic species diversity, abundance, and biomass. Retrieved samples were washed with seawater in a sieve (2 mm mesh), and organisms were sorted and identified to the lowest taxonomical level possible. Each taxon was counted, and biomass was measured.

A box corer was deployed to quantitatively sample diversity, abundance, and biomass of endobenthic organisms (macrobenthos > 0.5 mm). After retrieval of the box corer, a subsample of 0.125 m2 area and 12-15 cm depth was collected and passed through a 0.5 mm mesh sieve to separate sediment from endofauna. Organisms were immediately preserved in a 4% buffered formaldehyde solution for further taxonomical identification in the laboratory.

Organization: Amundsen Science
Ship-Based Sea Surface Dissolved CO2 (pCO2), 2010 ArcticNet, Northwest Passage (Aug)

During the ArcticNet annual cruises of the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, characteristics of the surface sea water (temperature, salinity, dissolved CO2 and O2) are monitored in conjunction with properties of the near-surface atmosphere (basic meteorological elements, incident radiation, CO2 concentration) to observe the relationship between the surface microclimate and the air-sea exchange, with particular interest in CO2.  Central to this integrated dataset is an under-way sea water pCO2 system (General Oceanics 8050) attached to the ship's clean water intake.  The following variables were measured continuously and logged at 1 minute intervals:

-pCO2sw (LI7000 gas analyzer)
-Equilibrator water temperature
-conductivity
-pH
-dissolved O2

Organization: Amundsen Science
Restoration of Coastal Habitats in the Grèves Sector, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (2018-2021)

The Comité ZIP du Sud-de-l'Estuaire team, in collaboration with the municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Coastal Restoration Fund: CRF), carried out coastal characterization and restoration work in the hydrosedimentary cell of the Grèves sector in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges.

The characterization of the territory made it possible to obtain a global and current portrait of the study area in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges. The areas of the marine marsh and the eelgrass beds have been mapped. Inventories of fauna and flora provided an idea of the species present in this sector. In order to limit the phenomenon of erosion and to improve the resilience of the environment, a project to transplant spartine and eelgrass meadows was carried out. In addition, sedimentary recharge and the planting of native species (Elymes, roses) have made it possible to stabilize the coast.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Ship-Based Meteorological Data, 2010 ArcticNet, Northwest Passage (Aug)

During the ArcticNet annual cruises of the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, characteristics of the near-surface atmosphere (basic meteorological elements, incident radiation, CO2 concentration) are monitored in conjunction with surface sea water properties (temperature, salinity, dissolved CO2 and O2) to observe the relationship between the surface micro-climate and the air-sea exchange, with particular interest in CO2.  Central to this integrated dataset, the following meteorological variables were recorded at 1 minute intervals (instrument used to collect each variable is in parentheses, and approximate instrument height above surface is indicated):

-Wind speed (RM Young Wind Monitor 05103) - 16m height
-Wind direction (RM Young Wind Monitor 05103) -16m height
-Air Temperature (Vaisala HMP45C212) - 15m height
-Relative Humidity (Vaisala HMP45C212) -15m height
-Surface temperature (Apogee SI-111 Precision Infrared radiometer) - 8m height

All instruments were mounted on a meteorological tower on the bow of the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen.

Organization: Amundsen Science
Precipitations in the Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf, Canadian Arctic, estimated by laser precipitation gauge

Raw and post-processed precipitations were collected using a Thies Clima laser precipitation gauge.  The instrument was mounted on the railing of the deck atop the bridge of the CCGS Amundsen.  It should be noted that there was no good location to install the instrument, and wind eddies may have influenced the data.

Organization: Amundsen Science
ThermoSalinoGraph (TSG) data collected by the CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian Arctic

The Canadian research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen is equipped with an underway ThermoSalinoGraph (TSG) system, which continuously records surface seawater temperature, salinity, fluorescence and sound velocity along the transit route. Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QAQC) data are available for the summer periods between 2005 and 2021, except in 2007, 2008 and 2012 where the system was faulty or the ship was in maintenance. 

The TSG data were corrected and controlled by comparing them to CTD-Rosette data and in situ measures when available. Outliers and suspicious measurements were removed from the dataset. Variables are provided every 7 minutes.

Research programs participating in the Amundsen expeditions between 2005 and 2021 include, ArcticNet, CFL, Geotraces, Malina, IOL and BP, BREA, Weston, Netcare, JAMSTEC, Statoil and iBO, GreenEdge, BAYSYS, Sentinel Nord (BriGHT, BOND), DFO ROV vulnerable marine ecosystem, and the Kitikmeot marine Ecosystem.

Organization: Amundsen Science
Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence Marine Macroalgae Data Base (1933-2012)

This database gathers available and accessible information on the composition and distribution of marine macroalgae beds in the intertidal and infralittoral levels along Québec coasts. The current database includes information about the seaweed biomass and its presence or absence for the period from 1933 to 2012. The marine macroalgae database was built by Dr. Anissa Merzouk as an activity associated with the NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in the Conversion of Marine Macroalgae from the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles (Merzouk, 2016) in close collaboration with Merinov and the Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation (MAPAQ). For more information, please see the [**data context**](https://ogsl.ca/en/biodiversity/algae/cric-merinov/about).

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

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Evaluation of Groundfish and Shrimp Annual Multidisciplinary Survey in the Estuary and Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (CCGS Alfred Needler 1990 - 2005)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada Quebec Region (DFO-Qc) conducts a multidisciplinary scientific bottom trawl survey in the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (NAFO areas 4RST) every year since 1978. Survey data are collected following a stratified random sampling with a bottom trawl. The main objectives are to examine spatial and temporal changes in the distribution and relative abundance of fish and their assemblages and biological parameters of commercial species. Over the years, this survey has been conducted aboard five vessels: the MV Gadus Atlantica (1978-1994), the MV Lady Hammond (1984-1990), the CCGS Alfred Needler (1990-2005), the CCGS Teleost (2004-2022) and since 2022 the CCGS John Cabot. The objectives, the protocols, the identification of species as well as the trawl used during the various surveys changed over time. The data are therefore not directly comparable between these surveys. Comparative analyzes were carried between vessels and conversion factors are available for a number of species. Contact the team for more information.

Survey description

Annual summer bottom trawl surveys are conducted in the Estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence in August. Approximately 200 sampling stations are randomly attributed in depth-based strata, ranging from around 40 m near the shores to close to 500 m in the deep channels. This data constitutes a DarwinCore version of the data collected from 1990 to 2005 onboard the CCGS Alfred Needler. At each sampling station, a URI shrimp trawl (81'/114') is towed for 25 minutes on the bottom at each sampling station. Physical oceanographic data are also collected at most stations using CTDs attached to the back of the trawl, a rosette and a zooplankton net. This dataset includes presence and biomass information for fish and invertebrates species at the survey station locations.
Data collected onboard the CCGS Teleost (2004-2005) are also available on [**SLGO**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_df614cf9-bdc6-4632-bb9c-e204a105d3d6)

Taxonomic coverage

Principally demersal fishes and benthic epifaunal invertebrates, with captures of pelagic taxa also presented, and excluding seaweed (algae)

The data can also be found on [**OBIS**](https://obis.org/dataset/57f47b43-dcf8-4c23-a56b-719cec84f8f3)

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Petroleum hydrocarbons in invertebrates at the base of marine food webs in Baffin Bay (NGMP ID EC13)

The research will consist of collecting samples of pelagic and benthic invertebrates at ten sites across Baffin Bay as part of ArcticNet's 2013 Amundsen research expedition, taxonomically identify the organisms, and analyze 12 samples per site for petroleum hydrocarbons.  At each site, three benthic species and three pelagic species will be analyzed in replicate. Samples will be analyzed for hydrocarbons in the laboratory after the expedition using a modified US EPA 8279 methodology.

Organization: Amundsen Science