AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Maritimes Region Glider Delayed Mode Data Skye-SEA021 Halifax Line 20240220

The Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) was implemented in year 1998 by the four Atlantic regions of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to collect and analyze the biological, chemical, and physical oceanographic field data to characterize and understand the causes of oceanic variability at various time scales, provide multidisciplinary datasets to establish relationships among variables, and provide adequate data to support the development of ocean activities. Ocean gliders were first acquired by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in year 2017 and 2018 for both the West and East coasts. On the East coast, they have been used to monitor hydrographic sections associated with the AZMP. Here, the AZMP Halifax line is occupied from outside the mouth of Halifax harbor, Nova Scotia Canada at (44.267N, 63.317W) in the off-shelf direction approximately 135 nautical miles to deep waters off the continental slope at (42.475N, 61.433W).

Organization: CIOOS-Atlantic
Maritimes Region Glider Delayed Mode Data LaHave-SEA032 Bonavista Bay 20220915

The Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) was implemented in year 1998 by the four Atlantic regions of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to collect and analyze the biological, chemical, and physical oceanographic field data to characterize and understand the causes of oceanic variability at various time scales, provide multidisciplinary datasets to establish relationships among variables, and provide adequate data to support the development of ocean activities. Ocean gliders were first acquired by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in year 2017 and 2018 for both the West and East coasts. On the East coast, they have been used to monitor hydrographic sections associated with the AZMP. Here, the AZMP Bonavista Bay transect is occupied from outside the mouth of Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland Canada at (48.733N, 52.967W) in the off-shelf direction approximately 150 nautical miles to the continental slope at (49.85N, 49.5W).

Organization: CIOOS-Atlantic
Subset of Currents Data from the Operational Hydrodynamic Prediction System (OHPS)

**Extract of the [Meteorological Service of Canada Datamart](https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/msc-data/nwp_ohps/readme_ohps_en/):** *The Operational Hydrodynamic Prediction System (OHPS) is a 2D hydrodynamic prediction system for the St. Lawrence River and fluvial estuary. It helps to better understand flows impacting the St. Lawrence ecosystem and serves as a decision-making tool for the integrated management of the St-Lawrence. Three components are integrated in OHPS system. The first one "steadysol" conducts daily steady-state flow analyses, 4 times per day at 00Z, 06Z, 12Z and 18Z, respectively, over a simulation domain extending from Montreal to Trois-Rivières. The second and third components, i.e. "analysis" and "forecast", provide continuous analyses and 48-hrs forecasts, respectively, for unsteady flows over an extended St. Lawrence domain of which the upstream boundaries locate in Carillon and Beauharnois while the downstream tidal boundary is near Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, respectively, 4 times a day at 00Z, 06Z, 12Z and 18Z. The system provides high-resolution outcomes for various parameters such as water levels, depth-averaged velocities and derived attributes, over the simulated domains.*

The data available in the SLGO catalog provide the vector **components of the current in x and y** directly from the model's “analysis” and “forecast” modules, as well as the calculated **magnitude** and **direction** of the currents. The dataset provides hourly data for the last three days and includes 48-hour forecasts derived from the latest model run. Spatially, the dataset covers the St. Lawrence River from the *Lac Saint-Louis* upstream of Montreal (Qc, Canada) to *Île aux Coudres* (Qc, Canada). The data in the catalog has been converted by SLGO from its original polar stereographic grid to a regular grid in the WGS84 system.

An interactive visualization of this dataset is available via the SLGO's **[Nautilo app](https://nautilo.ca/)**

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Petitcodiac Watershed Water Quality Monitoring

Since 1999, the Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance (PWA) has been sampling water to monitor various water quality parameters throughout the Petitcodiac Watershed to gauge the health of our local ecosystem. The objective of our long-term water quality monitoring remains to identify sources of water pollution to help us and our stakeholders improve water quality within the Petitcodiac and Memramcook River watersheds. To fulfill this objective, we collect annual data at 20 long-term monitoring sites once a month from May to October on the following parameters: dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, water temperature, turbidity, total coliforms, Escherichia coli (E.coli), nitrates and phosphates. Results are compared to relevant water quality guidelines and past data to infer trends in water quality measurements, which allows us to speculate on the potential causes for each parameter’s fluctuations and relationships, and prepare remedial plans when necessary. The PWA engages with community members to improve riparian buffer zones in urban and rural areas and promote best management practices related to watershed management. This program would not be possible without our key funder, the New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund, and other important funders such as the Government of Canada and RBC.

Organization: DataStream
Municipality of Val-des-Monts: Lac Lachaine

Following the adoption of the Water Master Plan on May 5, 2020, the Municipality of Val des Monts began monitoring water quality in May 2021. The selection of water bodies was made according to the human forces to which they are subject. The bodies of water most likely to be subject to anthropogenic forces, for example, housing development, the presence of roads, and the proximity of agricultural land, were selected.

Organization: DataStream
Municipality of Val-des-Monts: Lac Maskinongé

Following the adoption of the Water Master Plan on May 5, 2020, the Municipality of Val des Monts began monitoring water quality in May 2021. The selection of water bodies was made according to the human forces to which they are subject. The bodies of water most likely to be subject to anthropogenic forces, for example, housing development, the presence of roads, and the proximity of agricultural land, were selected.

Organization: DataStream
McKellar Lakes

Data includes E. coli data collected since 2000 under the guidance of various volunteer Lake Stewards and analyzed by laboratories accredited in Ontario. E. coli samples are collected by volunteers who are trained to follow a specific collection procedure. Phosphorus, calcium and chloride testing results have been posted by the Lake Partner program since 2000. In 2021 phosphorus samples were collected in research supervised by Carl Mitchell (U of T). The Manitouwabing Lake Community Association began collection of samples for Phosphorus and Calcium in August of 2022. Sample analysis funding is provided by the Township of McKellar.

Organization: DataStream
Petite Riviere Lakes and Headwaters Dataset

The Petite Riviere Water Quality Program has added this secondary complementary program to monitor water quality within the headwaters of Millipsigate Lake, Hebb Lake, and Minamkeak Lake, and within each of the lakes, to assess and mitigate harm to the environment and aquatic organisms within the watershed. This program is funded by the Habitat Stewardship Program.

Organization: DataStream
Municipality of Val-des-Monts: Lac Corrigan

Following the adoption of the Water Master Plan on May 5, 2020, the Municipality of Val des Monts began monitoring water quality in May 2021. The selection of water bodies was made according to the human forces to which they are subject. The bodies of water most likely to be subject to anthropogenic forces, for example, housing development, the presence of roads, and the proximity of agricultural land, were selected.

Organization: DataStream
Restoration Through Overhead Refugia Exploration

Over the 4 years, this project will identify and enhance important spawning habitat and refuge areas for the conservation and protection of the culturally-significant Atlantic salmon for the endangered iBoF population. Using a thermal and LiDAR imaging drone, surveys will be conducted to identify areas that are cold water refuges and therefore critical to the needs of iBoF salmon when water temperatures can exceed 20°C. Similarly, drone surveys will support the identification of waters that would benefit from added cold water refuges which could support the persistence of iBoF salmon as climate change influences will likely impact overall water characteristics. Given the capabilities of thermal and LiDAR imaging, we anticipate this will support the identification of areas where industrial runoff (primarily agriculture and/or forestry) may negatively impact water quality where iBoF salmon are present, but also for American eel for which chemical contamination is not fully understood.

Organization: DataStream
Dehcho Region Water Quality Data

Mercury is a global contaminant that accumulates in organisms, including humans, and can result in many health problems. Eating fish is the primary route by which humans are exposed to mercury, and mercury levels tend to be high in northern regions due to global atmospheric circulation patterns and atmospheric deposition of mercury. Our aim is to understand what the key drivers of fish mercury concentrations are in traditional fishing lakes in the Dehcho region, and how/if these drivers vary predictably among lakes.  Furthermore, the water quality, sediment quality, fish tissue and fish health results have informed consumption guidelines of the fish in the waterbodies being studied, as fish are a valuable traditional food resource to First Nations.  

During a study conducted over the last three years funded by CIMP (#00154), Northern Contaminants Program, Health Canada, and NSERC, we found that some Dehcho lakes have high mercury concentrations in top predator food fish species, such as Northern Pike (exceed Health Canada consumption guidelines), whereas other lakes have relatively low mercury concentrations in these species.  Our results found that among-lake variability in fish mercury concentrations are not fully explained by any of the variety of variables we investigated, including fish growth rates, fish trophic position, fish age, and fish size. We also found an interesting decoupling between mercury concentrations in water and mercury concentrations in fish, and that lakes with high fish mercury concentrations do not necessarily have high rates of mercury biomagnification through the food web.  The water quality and fish data also establish reference conditions for the area relative to future development and a changing climate.

Organization: DataStream
Municipality of Val-des-Monts: Lac Dodds

Following the adoption of the Water Master Plan on May 5, 2020, the Municipality of Val des Monts began monitoring water quality in May 2021. The selection of water bodies was made according to the human forces to which they are subject. The bodies of water most likely to be subject to anthropogenic forces, for example, housing development, the presence of roads, and the proximity of agricultural land, were selected.

Organization: DataStream
Oathill Lake Conservation Society Water Monitoring

The Oathill Lake Conservation Society is a group of concerned neighbours of Oathill Lake, a small urban lake in Dartmouth Nova Scotia.  It started when changes were noticed in the lake ecosystems, including increased fish stocking and fishing activities, loss of amphibian populations, and erosion of the lake shore.  A measurement program was started to provide baseline depth profiles of oxygen, temperature, salinity/conductivity and pH, and was followed by by-weekly (during open water periods) sampling to track the effects of a number of changes in the lake environment intended to correct the problems noted, as well as the impacts of natural and other man-made events and activities on the lake habitat.  Depth profiles are collected at 3 fixed locations in the lake, and, on a less-regular basis, at four of the more significant storm sewer drains into the lake.  Other data are collected from long-duration data loggers (e.g., temperature-depth profiles at the deepest part of the lake, and winter temperature and conductivity in the main in-flow channel) and physical samples collected for laboratory analysis of nutrients and minerals.

Organization: DataStream
Municipality of Val-des-Monts: Lac Vert

Following the adoption of the Water Master Plan on May 5, 2020, the Municipality of Val des Monts began monitoring water quality in May 2021. The selection of water bodies was made according to the human forces to which they are subject. The bodies of water most likely to be subject to anthropogenic forces, for example, housing development, the presence of roads, and the proximity of agricultural land, were selected.

Organization: DataStream
RivTemp--CBJC_INRS

"RivTemp is a partnership between universities, federal and provincial agencies, watershed organizations and Atlantic salmon conservation organizations.
RivTemp aims to bring together organizations concerned with water temperature issues in Atlantic salmon rivers; to centralize temperature data collected by different organizations on a variety of rivers in Eastern Canada (RivTemp database) and to develop thermal metrics relevant to the development of salmon protection tools and protocols. 
The establishment of the RivTemp network and its database was made possible by the financial contribution of the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation (ASCF) and the participation of numerous partners active in the salmon river thermal monitoring program.
For more information visit http://rivtemp.ca/"

Organization: DataStream
Athabasca Basin: Tailing Ponds and Impacts on Aquifers

GW Solutions’ team is supporting Keepers of the Athabasca to learn more about the connection between surface water and groundwater and the water quality around tailing ponds in Northern Alberta. The team has been gathering, cleaning, standardizing and integrating groundwater and surface water quality and quantity data from different sources of information. We have interpreted the data and developed a visualization tool and digital platform detailing groundwater and surface water quality and their potential interaction. The outcome of this project could improve the knowledge of communities, industry, and the public to understand, manage, and protect water.
The two main sources of surface water quality that GW Solutions used for its study are Alberta Environment and Parks dataset and Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program (RAMP) database.   

The funders of the project are Keepers of the Athabasca and The Alberta Ecotrust Foundation with in- kind contribution of GW Solutions team

Organization: DataStream
Municipality of Val-des-Monts: Lac Saint-Antoine

Following the adoption of the Water Master Plan on May 5, 2020, the Municipality of Val des Monts began monitoring water quality in May 2021. The selection of water bodies was made according to the human forces to which they are subject. The bodies of water most likely to be subject to anthropogenic forces, for example, housing development, the presence of roads, and the proximity of agricultural land, were selected.

Organization: DataStream
RSMA-RUISSO annual data

The RUISSO program of the RSMA (Network for Monitoring the Aquatic Environment) aims to document the water quality of streams and inland water bodies in the Montreal metropolitan area, according to bacteriological and physicochemical analyses.
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The RUISSO program of the RSMA (Aquatic Environment Monitoring Network) aims to document the water quality of streams and inland water bodies in the Montreal agglomeration, based on bacteriological and physicochemical analyses.

Organization: DataStream
Swim Drink Fish Kingston Monitoring Hub

The Kingston Monitoring Hub continues Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s work in Kingston by helping people access the Kingston waterfront with up to date water quality data.

Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFL&A Public Health) monitors 7 beaches in the City of Kingston. The rest of the shoreline is not monitored, but many people use these waters to swim, boat, paddle, surf, and fish.

Kingston Monitoring Hub began collecting water samples and testing for E. coli in 2020. E. coli is an indicator for sewage—the more E. coli present in a sample, the greater the risk to public health and the environment.

Staff along with a group of trained citizen scientists sample the water every Wednesday during the summer months. We sample three main locations: Hospital Beach, Olympic Harbour Beach, and Doug Fluhrer Park. We have added these locations to Swim Guide, and we update them weekly.

Organization: DataStream
Eastern Charlotte Waterways Inc.: Eutrophication Indicators for the Upper Bay of Fundy Watersheds

Agriculture is the primary land use in the areas surrounding many of the rivers of the upper Bay of Fundy. The purpose of this data collection was to better understand nutrient loading and to determine major sources of nutrient pollution within rivers in the upper Bay of Fundy. Data was collected by Eastern Charlotte Waterways Inc. and the Clean Annapolis River Project (CARP).

Organization: DataStream
RSMA — special COURDO data

As part of the COURDO program, the RSMA (Network for Monitoring the Aquatic Environment) aims to document the general quality of the waterways surrounding the territory of Montreal. This data set contains special data collected in addition to the regular COURDO program.
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As part of the COURDO program, the RSMA (Aquatic Environment Monitoring Network) aims to document the general quality of the waterways surrounding the territory of Montreal. This data set contains special data collected in addition to the regular COURDO program.

Organization: DataStream
Cornwallis River Watershed Water Quality by Mikmaw Communities and Mikmaw Conservtion Group

The purpose of the Atlantic Ecosystems Initiative: Clean Water, Healthy Food: Ecosystem Monitoring by Mi’kmaw Communities in Heavily Agricultural Watersheds in Mi’kma’ki (Atlantic Region) project is to bring together Aboriginal organizations, Mi’kmaw communities and academic researchers to assess the impacts of heavy agricultural land use on local ecosystems that are relied on by our communities.

Organization: DataStream
Peninsula Streams Society Central Saanich Water Quality Monitoring - KENNES

The Central Saanich Water Quality project aims to build community partnerships, and develop and implement sampling protocols for long term, community-based monitoring of the KENNES (Hagan-Graham) and Tetayut Watersheds. Water quality data is collected through portable water quality sensors and grab samples sent for laboratory analysis. This information is analyzed with historical data to determine water quality status and trends in the watershed. Water quality monitoring has been conducted in KENNES watershed since 2005, and since 2011 in Tetayut Watershed.

Organization: DataStream
CIMP 215: Aquatic ecosystems in the Fort Good Hope area as indicators of environmental change

Global warming is causing large-scale transformations of the northern landscape. In particular, permafrost thaw has wide implications for northern ecosystems and the communities living in this transitioning landscape. As climate continues to warm, previously frozen soils may release carbon and nutrients to aquatic ecosystems. These environmental changes may push aquatic ecosystems beyond tipping points, so that the functions and services they provide to communities are at risk. This project is directly addressing concerns about changes in water quality expressed by community members in Fort Good Hope in the Sahtú Settlement Area. We used a YSI multiparametric sonde and 2L polycarbonate bottles for water sampling. Ultimately, the results from the project will help anticipate cumulative effects of climate warming and anthropogenic disturbances such as land-use on aquatic health.

Organization: DataStream
Keswick River Water Quality Monitoring

The Keswick River Society conducts monthly water quality sampling at 10 locations throughout the watershed. • KRS field staff carry a GPS and take samples at the same location each time; • Field indicators (weather, bank stability, etc.) are recorded; • Physical parameters of the water including temperature, TDS, conductivity, and pH were are measured using a YSI meter. • Grab samples of the water are taken while wading; • Samples are sent to RPC and analysed for a full suite of metals, anions, nutrients, bacteria, physical parameters, etc.; • The data is shared with the provincial government for inclusion on the water quality data portal.

Organization: DataStream
Lac La Biche County Lake Water Quality Monitoring Program

Lac La Biche County’s lake water quality monitoring program is done every year at major publicly accessible lakes within the County. Lakes are chosen to be sampled based on their amounts of shoreline development and their status as major recreational attractions. Each lake’s water is sampled annually to monitor the quality of the water and to determine any trends. Lakes are sampled for various parameters using different techniques. Vertical profiles are taken using a multi-probe, composite samples are taken from 10 different locations in the lake, and discrete depth sampling is done with a Kemmerer sampling device. The composite samples and discrete depth samples are sent for laboratory analysis. This information is analyzed along with historical data to determine any trends in the water quality.

Organization: DataStream
Cape Tormentine Peninsula Watershed Water Quality Monitoring

EOS Eco-Energy is a small charitable organization based in Sackville, New Brunswick. In 2017, EOS established the Chignecto Watersheds Monitoring Program. This programs aims to maintain the long-term sustainability of our local watersheds by promoting watershed awareness through citizen science & public education, conducting long-term water quality monitoring, and performing subsequent restoration and protection activities. Water quality data is collected using a Hanna Multiparameter Meter (HI9828) for in-situ measurements, and grab samples are sent to RPC Moncton for laboratory analysis. This project would not be possible without our main funder, the New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund.

Organization: DataStream