AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Strategic Environmental Briefs and Assessments Written by the Comité ZIP CNG

The *Comité ZIP Côte-Nord du Golfe (ZIP CNG)* produced briefs as part of various public consultation processes:

- Public consultation on off-road vehicles (2005);
- Strategic environmental assessment on the development of hydrocarbons in the Anticosti, Madeleine and Chaleur Bay basins (2012);
- Update of the strategic environmental assessment of the offshore area of western Newfoundland and Labrador (2013);
- Brief on the environmental impact study of the Mine Arnaud project (2013);
- Public consultations on environmental assessments and oil and gas transportation in Quebec (jointly with the *Conseil régional de l'environnement de la Côte-Nord*; 2016).

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Survey of the Marine Mammal Observation Network - Scientific Data

This database is developed by the Marine Mammal Observation Network (ROMM) as part of their environmental observation project and consists of data collected systematically by the ROMM team. Observations of marine mammals are carried out during the summer period by qualified observers, aboard observation vessel boats, in a systematic manner and according to pre-established protocols. 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
Geomorphological Survey of the Salt Marsh and the Sandspit of Portneuf-sur-Mer (2018)

As part of a characterization carried out by the Comité ZIP de la Rive nord de l'estuaire and in collaboration with Maxime Boivin (geomorphologist), Gabriel Joyal (geomorphologist) and Antoine Morissette (geomorphologist), a geomorphological survey was carried out on the marsh and sandspit of Portneuf-sur-Mer. This database includes the methodology and results of the survey as of October 27, 2018.

You can access the biophysical characterization of the Portneuf-sur-Mer marsh by consulting the dataset: [**The Portneuf-sur-Mer salt marsh - Characterization of important coastal habitats on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Estuary**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_5374b582-43aa-4ffa-8361-4a0d9f1f6b8e)

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Restoration and Management of Access to the Beaches of Rimouski Bay (2014-2015)

This project was made possible thanks to a financial contribution of $ 38,800 from the Hydro-Québec Foundation for the Environment and with the collaboration of the City of Rimouski.

During this project, boardwalks were installed on the shoreline to limit the trampling of seaside plants in the Saint-Germain Est, Pointe-à-Pouliot, and Sentier du Littoral parks. Restoration of the beaches damaged by trampling will also be carried out by plantations of American wild Lyme grass and rose bushes. 

In addition, to make coastal users aware of the fragility of beaches in urban areas, awareness-raising activities will also be carried out, with particular emphasis on the role of natural beaches as a means of protection against erosion and coastal flooding.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Portrait of the anadromous rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in the Saguenay River

This dataset presents a portrait of the current status of the anadromous rainbow smelt (*Osmerus mordax*) in the Saguenay. Several reports produced since the early 2000s are available, they allow us to see the evolution of the rainbow smelt situation in the Saguenay River sector (identification of spawning sites, concentration areas and threats to the Saguenay River population). There are also shapefiles (vector data) that can be visualized in a Geographic Information System (GIS). This is the distribution area of smelt and also its spawning grounds in various sectors of the Saguenay River.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Spawning observations of Capelin Observers Network (CON)

The Capelin Observers Network (CON) was established to gather more information about the beaches and other spawning sites in the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence in order to foster reproduction of this species. The information gathered through the Capelin Observer’s Network could eventually contribute to an understanding of the impacts of climate change, shoreline erosion and beach alteration on capelin habits, which will indirectly improve our knowledge of the general functioning of the St. Lawrence ecosystem. For more information, please see the [data context](https://ogsl.ca/en/biodiversity-fishes-dfo-capelin-about/).

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

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Monthly Freshwater Runoffs of the St. Lawrence at the Height of Quebec City

**METHODOLOGY**

The monthly mean run off is estimated using an empirical relationship between the St. Lawrence River discharge and the water-level at Neuville with the Bourgault and Koutitonsky (1999) method. The uncertainty is +/- 2100 m3/s at 95%.

Access the data on OGSL's application [FRESHWATER RUNOFFS - Quebec City](https://ogsl.ca/en/freshwater-runoffs-quebec-city-application/).

**DATA SOURCE**

Pelagic and Ecosystem Sciences Directorate  - Quebec Region, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

**REFERENCE**

Bourgault, D., and V.G. Koutitonsky, 1999. Real-Time Monitoring of the Freshwater Discharge at the Head of the St. Lawrence Estuary. ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN, 37, 203-220.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Citizen Forum 2007 on Shoreline Erosion and Occupation in the Côte-Nord

The objective of the event was to encourage the concerted emergence of solutions for adapting communities to the processes of bank erosion. Initially, it was a question of proposing a better knowledge and a shared understanding of the ins and outs of the problem. Cross-cutting conferences have enlightened us on this point. It was then a question of encouraging reflection on a common vision of the management of our territory with regard to the problem of bank erosion. Exchange workshops provided a time and place to reflect on these issues.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Wildlife Habitat Conservation Plan for Carignan Island and Valdor Island - Champlain (2012)

The Les Deux Rives ZIP Committee has drawn up a wildlife habitat conservation plan for the areas of Carignan Island and Valdor Island. Located in the municipality of Champlain, this area is a major wildlife refuge since the islands are occupied by wetlands composed of different plant sequences, offering a wide variety of habitats. Although it is endowed with essential wildlife habitats, this site is nevertheless subject to pressures that are likely to compromise its ecological integrity.

This conservation plan is intended for managers and environmental actors and proposes guidelines and recommendations to ensure the sustainability and improvement of the natural resources present on Carignan Island and Valdor Island.

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

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
Characterization of the Coastal Marsh of Anse Saint-Étienne, Saguenay Fjord

As part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Fund (FRÉA), the team from the Comité ZIP Saguenay-Charlevoix (ZIPSC) carried out the characterization of the coastal marsh of Anse Saint-Étienne, located in the Saguenay Fjord, during the summer of 2024. This data collection is part of the project to characterize and restore coastal marshes and seagrass beds in the Saguenay-Saint-Laurent Marine Park (PMSSL) in the context of climate change, a project lasting four years.

This data set therefore includes ornithological, ichthyological, benthic and floristic inventory data as well as physicochemical parameters including water temperature, salinity, water height and light intensity on the ground and in the water column.

To consult the characterization projects for other marshes:

- [**Characterization of the Coastal Marsh of Anse Saint-Jean, Saguenay Fjord**](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/dataset/ca-cioos_eca89710-41ff-4e09-98c0-052ed09d19ea)

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
Ship-Based Meteorological Data, 2017

During the ArcticNet annual cruises of the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, characteristics of the near-surface atmosphere (basic meteorological elements, incident radiation) are monitored.  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 05106-10) - 16m height; wind direction (RM Young Wind Monitor 05106-10) -16m height; air temperature (Vaisala HMP45C) - 15m height; relative humidity (Vaisala HMP45C) -15m height; and, surface temperature (Apogee IR Transducer SI-111) - 8m height, atmospheric pressure.

All instruments were mounted on a meteorological tower on the bow of the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, except for the IR transducer SI-111, which was mounted on top of the gunwale at the ship's bow, overlooking the water surface.

Organization: Amundsen Science
Implementation of Community-Based Management of Shellfish (2004)

This project, which is a Fisheries and Oceans Canada initiative for the Gaspésie/Bas Saint-Laurent sector, aims to develop a community shellfish management model with the aim of conserving and managing the resource, maintaining orderly fishing between users, and developing a new approach that takes into account community expectations. 

Convinced of the benefits of implementing shellfish management measures, DFO wishes to develop a community management model in consultation with local stakeholders. In the fall of 2003, an agreement between the Comité ZIP Baie des Chaleurs and Fisheries and Oceans Canada made it possible to carry out a project to develop a Quebec model for community shellfish management.

Organization: St. Lawrence Global Observatory
CFL 0707 - Beaufort Sea CTD data

The CTD data was obtained during the 2007-2008 scientific cruise #0707 within the framework of the Circumpolar Flaw Lead Study (CFL). This program included a year round sampling expedition to study the air-sea interactions occurring in the ice-free sections of the southern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf.

The data were collected from November 10 to December 18, 2007, aboard the CCGS Amundsen. There were 105 casts, associated to 16 oceanographic stations, in the Beaufort Sea area.

The following parameters were measured: temperature, conductivity and pressure (with a Sea-Bird SBE-9plus), dissolved oxygen (Sea-Bird SBE-43), pH (Sea-Bird SBE-18-I), fluorescence (Seapoint chlorophyll fluorometer), nitrate concentration (Satlantic MBARI-ISUS 5T), transmittance (Wetlabs C-Star transmissometer), light intensity (PAR; Biospherical Instruments QCP2300) and surface light intensity (sPAR; Biospherical Instruments QCP2200). Quality control procedures were applied to the data. Data are available on the Polar Data Catalogue and at the Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Organization: Amundsen Science
2015 ROV video survey in a deep-water environment at Cape Dyer, Nunavut, aboard CCGS Amundsen

A video-survey using a Super Mohawk remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was conducted in October 2015 in a site near Cape Dyer, Nunavut. The benthic environment was video-recorded and opportunistically photographed using a high-definition camera (1Cam Alpha, Sub C Imaging, 24.1 megapixels), at a depth of ~750 m along a transect line 935 m long.

Organization: Amundsen Science
CCGS Amundsen Underway Dissolved Gas Measurements: O2/Ar, O2, N2 and Total Dissolved Gas Pressure

A Membrane inlet mass spectrometer (MIMS) and a flow-through optode / gas tension device (GTD) system were deployed on the CCGS Amundsen to obtain measurements of dissolved gases from the ship's underway seawater supply line (nominal intake ~7.5 m). These autonomous sensors provided measurements of dissolved O2/Ar ratios, O2 saturation and concentration and total dissolved gas pressure (TDGP) at approximately 10-20 s intervals. Nitrogen (N2) saturation data were derived from O2 and TDGP observations. This dataset provides calibrated O2/Ar, O2 and TDGP data, and uncalibrated N2 data. The underway gas data are complemented by hydrographic observations of surface seawater temperature and salinity (obtained by the Amundsen Science research group) collected via underway thermosalinograph (TSG), and information on the ship's sampling time and location.

Organization: Amundsen Science
CFL 0802 - Amundsen Gulf CTD data

The CTD data was obtained during the 2007-2008 scientific cruise #0802 within the framework of the Circumpolar Flaw Lead Study (CFL). This program included a year round sampling expedition to study the air-sea interactions occurring in the ice-free sections of the southern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf.

The data were collected from March 15 to April 23, 2008, aboard the CCGS Amundsen. There were 132 CTD casts, associated to 10 ice-drift stations, located in the Amundsen Gulf area.

The following parameters were measured: temperature, conductivity and pressure (with a Sea-Bird SBE-9plus), dissolved oxygen (Sea-Bird SBE-43), pH (Sea-Bird SBE-18-I), fluorescence (Seapoint chlorophyll fluorometer), nitrate concentration (Satlantic MBARI-ISUS 5T), transmittance (Wetlabs C-Star transmissometer), light intensity (PAR; Biospherical Instruments QCP2300) and surface light intensity (sPAR; Biospherical Instruments QCP2200). Quality control procedures were applied to the data. Data are available on the Polar Data Catalogue and at the Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Organization: Amundsen Science
Multibeam Sonar Data from the CCGS Amundsen for the Greenlandic Exclusive Economic zone from 2003 to 2014

Acoustic data was generated from the multibeam Kongsberg Simrad EM300 and EM302 multibeam sonar system on the CCGS Amundsen. This bathymetric data subset covers the Greenlandic Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ), i.e. outside of the 12 nm territorial sea extent and within the 200 nm EZZ, from 2003 to 2014. The datasets consist of high-resolution bathymetry and acoustic backscatter imagery collected 24 hours a day, whenever the ship was in transit or had dedicated survey time. Standard collection settings used dual-ping, FM pulse, auto depth mode, angular coverage of +/- 60 degrees and high density equidistant beamforming. The SIS software was used to collect the data, while near real-time cleaning of data outliers was done using the Caris HIPS&SIPS software after conversion to Generic Sensor Format (GSF) for input into MB-System database manager. Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) data was parsed by SIS from a POSMv 320 v.4. RTG GPS data from the CNav 3050 GPS was used to correct and improve the position output from the POSMv with RTCM correction. Soundspeed information was either from CTD Rosette casts, MVP300 data or simulated from the World Ocean Atlas 2009 database. The resolution of data is 10 metres. Available tiles are in ESRI grid format (.asc). The OMG of University of New Brunswick were responsible for 2003-2013 data (http://www.omg.unb.ca/Projects). From 2014, responsibility switched to the Marine Geomorphology Laboratory of Laval University.

Organization: Amundsen Science
Regional Assessment of Deep Water Seabed Geohazards for Oil Spill Prevention

A deep water (100 to 1500 m), continental slope-focused field program was carried out over four years, covering the eastern, central and finally, the western Beaufort Sea regions during survey expeditions in 2011, the western Beaufort in 2012, and  2014. This was supported through the BREA program (Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment) with funds from AANDC (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development). Research activities were conducted in collaboration with ArcticNet, the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), Imperial Oil, and British Petroleum and Chevron Canada. The primary survey platform was CCGS Amundsen. Supplementary datasets from these collaborators contributed to survey concepts and specific targets but are not part of the BREA dataset. An amalgamation of all the continental slope-related data (from and including  2009) are included in the dataset. Data generated through these activities included multibeam (ca. 9500 square km at 50 m resolution) and sub-bottom profiler sonars (nearly 41 000 km) and seabed sediment cores to investigate deep water geohazards through geotechnical, stratigraphic, age-dating, and interpretations of geo-features and processes related to sediment instability. These data continue to be a primary dataset for GSC (Geological Survey of Canada) scientists to enable their present focus on assessment of seabed instability.

Organization: Amundsen Science
All-sky camera imagery - ArcticNet Cruise 2010 - Southern Beaufort Sea

The all-sky camera system consists of a Nikkon D-90 camera, with a wide-angle fisheye lens, a homemade enclosure with clear acrylic dome end-cap, and a small heater on a thermostat.  The system is mounted on a small 'crows nest' above the wheelhouse on the CCGS Amundsen.  Maintenance checks were performed daily.

Organization: Amundsen Science
Acoustic data in the Beaufort Sea: 2005-2011

The data set is composed of raw files recorded with a SIMRAD EK60 three-frequency split-beam echosounder that was operated continuously during the annual ArcticNet (2005-2010) and the 15 months IPY-CFL (2007-2008) sampling expeditions aboard the CCGS Amundsen. Three 7° transducers were hull-mounted, two in oil-filled arctic wells protected by a 2.5 cm thick acoustically transparent polycarbonate plate (38 and 120 kHz) and one in a Traveocean piston well in direct contact with water (200 kHz). The acoustic signal was recorded continuously on a PC using ER60 software version 2.0.0. Ping interval was set at 2 or 3 s and the pulse length was set at 1.024 ms.

Organization: Amundsen Science
Ship-Based Incoming Solar and Longwave Radiation, 2007 ArcticNet, Amundsen Gulf

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.  As part of this integrated dataset, the following radiation variables were recorded at 1 minute intervals (instrument used to collect each variable is in parentheses):

-Incoming shortwave radiation (Eppley pyranometer, model PSP)
-Incoming longwave radiation (Eppley pyrgeometer, model PIR) 
-Incoming photosynthetically active radiation (Kipp & Zonen, PAR-Lite)

All instruments were mounted on a platform above the wheelhouse of the CCGS Amundsen

Organization: Amundsen Science
Benthic data from the environment and marine resources assessment of Imperial Oil/BP Exploration License Areas 446, 449, 451 and 453 (Beaufort Sea), in the summers of 2009, 2010 and 2011

A first survey was conducted in and around EL446 onboard the CCGS Amundsen from 16 July to 30 July, 2009. A total of 21 biophysical stations were sampled, involving 25 box core deployments and 18 Agassiz trawl tows. In addition, the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) was deployed once (station 10) for epibenthos observation. A second survey was conducted in EL449 and EL451 onboard the CCGS Amundsen from 12 August to 26 August, 2010. A total of 18 biophysical stations were sampled, comprising 25 box core deployments and 18 Agassiz trawl tows. A third survey was conducted in EL451 and EL453 onboard the CCGS Amundsen from 7
September to 22 September 2011. A total of 13 biophysical stations were sampled, comprising
18 box core deployments and 13 Agassiz trawl tows.

The box core was deployed to quantitatively sample diversity and abundance of endobenthic organisms. After retrieval of the box core, a subsample of about 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. The volume of sediments sieved from each box core was measured (depth × width × length) to the nearest 1 cm to estimate endobenthic fauna density in each sample.

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 about 3 to 5 minutes to survey epibenthic species diversity and abundance. Retrieved samples were washed with seawater in a sieve (0.5 mm mesh), and organisms were counted and identified to the lowest taxonomical level possible.

Organization: Amundsen Science
Organic Contaminants in Canadian Archipelago: Central and Eastern, 2010

To understand the role oceans play in transporting chemicals, water at several depths was sampled near Resolute Bay in May-June 2010 to quantify the contaminant concentrations. These measurement will be used to confirm changes in water concentrations observed in the Archipelago between 1992 and 2008 for some organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and to set baseline concentrations for other compounds not previously reported in the Arctic marine environment, including perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), currently used pesticides (CUPs) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). These measurements will include particulate and dissolved phases. To compliment and help understand contaminant processes, measurements of oceanographic data, air samples and zooplankton will also be collected.
The second part of this project is to collect coupled air and water samples on board the Amundsen focusing on Hudson Bay, the western Archipelago and transects between. Working on the Amundsen provides access to standard oceanographic and meteorological parameters. We intend to examine and quantify, where possible, the magnitude of air-water exchange in ice-free and partially ice-free surface waters along an east to west transect of the southern Canadian Archipelago. This region is selected because shallow water that drains west to east, receives freshwater runoff from icemelt and islands, is important to wildlife and builds on previous studies.

Organization: Amundsen Science