oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Sea Level Rise, Driver of Environmental Change: eDrivers Project for the St.Lawrence SystemSea level rise

Keywords: ckan, production
Temporal coverage: 1992-01-01/2012-12-31

The data used to characterize sea-level rise risk come from the global cumulative impacts assessment on habitats and available on the NCEAS online data repository.  For more details, refer to [Halpern et al. (2015)]( Sea-level rise was characterized by Nicholls and Cazenave (2010) using NASA’s satellite altimetry data (Topex/Poseidon, Jason-1&2, GFO, ERS-1&2, and Envisat missions)

The rate of sea-level rise (mm/year) was measured between 1992 and 2012 and transformed as a net change value (mm) by multiplying by the number of years considered. Only positive values were selected under the assumption that only positive sea-level rise is likely to cause environmental stress.

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).

**REFERENCES:**

- [Halpern, B. S., Frazier, M., Potapenko, J., Casey, K. S., Koenig, K., Longo, C., et al. (2015b). Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean. Nature Communications 6 doi.org/10.1038%2Fncomms8615](https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fncomms8615)

- [Halpern, B. S., Frazier, M., Potapenko, J., Casey, K. S., Koenig, K., Longo, C., et al. (2015a). Cumulative human impacts: Raw stressor data (2008 and 2013). Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/f1s180fs.](https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/view/doi:10.5063/F1S180FS)
Real-time Surface Data from VIKING Buoys as Part of the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP)

Keywords: ckan, production
Temporal coverage: 2020-04-04T00:00:00

“Near real-time” surface data from VIKING buoys deployed as part of the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP). 

The data come from the following 10 Viking buoys: PMZA-RIKI, PMZA-VAS, AZMP-ESG, AZMP-HLX, AZMP-STA27, IML-10, IML-14, IML-7, IML-BA and NORTH-AJAX

Fisheries and Oceans Canada monitors the marine environment using automated oceanographic buoys as one of its tools, designed and developed by a scientific team from the Maurice Lamontagne Institute, in partnership with Multi-Électronique. In addition to measuring a multitude of meteorological and oceanographic parameters at the water surface, these buoys independently collect temperature and salinity profiles to a depth of 200 m without human intervention, and transmit the data in real time.

The buoys are part of the Department’s Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program’s sampling strategy, which, since 1998, has been assessing the oceanographic conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Scotian Shelf, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelf. The program aims to better understand, describe and predict the state of the marine ecosystem, as well as to quantify the changes observed in the physical, chemical and biological properties of the ocean, whether they be seasonal, yearly, or over longer periods. In fact, the buoys are floating laboratories that operate 24 hours a day. They are invaluable to the scientific community for studying climate change and monitoring the state of the ocean.

The automatically acquired profiles are used to quantify the rapid temperature and salinity changes that can occur (due to tides, for example) and to put into context the biological samples obtained by scientists on board vessels at much lower frequency. Mariners also appreciate having offshore wind and wave conditions available in real time from online services.
Characterization of Important Coastal Habitats on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence Maritime Estuary: the Hickey Marsh

Keywords: marais, habitats-important, coastal-characterization, autre, flore-cotiere, oceans, abondance-et-distribution-de-poissons, fish, production, composition-et-couverture-des-herbiers-marins, other, poisson, seagrasscoverandcomposition, caracterisation-des-habitats, fishabundanceanddistribution, marsh, caracterisation-des-rives, ckan, habitat-characterization, coastal-flora, important-habitat
Temporal coverage: 2022-07-04T00:00:00

A project to characterize important coastal habitats on the north shore of the St. Lawrence maritime Estuary has been funded for a period of 4 years (2018-2022). The aim of this project is to generate ecological reference data to draw a global portrait of the state of seven coastal marshes, namely the [Portneuf-sur-Mer marshes](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/fr/dataset/5374b582-43aa-4ffa-8361-4a0d9f1f6b8e), the [Mille-Vaches bay](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/dataset/f10f496a-acf4-4274-9c7b-7a005bcf54ed), the [Pointe des Fortin](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/dataset/3b8c6d97-6eb8-4e8d-9869-ccb2b9bab5f3), [Bays des Grandes et des Petites Bergeronnes](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/dataset/ca-cioos_a5125bd3-60e3-4c89-89b6-2d3a8728d10f), [Pointe-aux-Outardes](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/fr/dataset/46d3ba2e-2fd3-4aad-a51a-f8343fbe6a73) and the Hickey marsh.

This dataset covers the Hickey (Colombier) marsh area and associated wetlands. In order to improve knowledge of these ecosystems, a floristic and ichthyological inventory was carried out and the various abiotic factors characterized. Geomorphological data has also been collected, but it is not included in this dataset. However, they remain available by contacting directly the *Comité ZIP de la Rive Nord de l'Estuaire* (RNE) to have access to them. The ZIP RNE Committee holds orthomosaics from the site under study.

This project is part of Fisheries and Ocean Canada's Coastal Environmental Baseline Program.
Benthic Biodiversity in the Intertidal Zone on the North Shore (2009)

Keywords: production, sediment, ckan, taxonomy, habitat-characterization, marais, marsh, macrofaune-benthique, other, caracterisation-des-habitats, taxonomie, autre, oceans, benthic-macrofauna
Temporal coverage: 2009-06-15/2009-07-15

Infaunal abundance data acquired in the intertidal zone at the Baie de Milles-Vaches and the Betsiamites Bank on the North Shore from June 15 to July 15, 2009. They were acquired as part of Camille Robineau's master's project at UQAR-ISMER, focusing on the variability of benthic communities at different spatial scales and in different habitats. 

Data were collected using cores taken from 24 stations and then sieved using a 1 mm sieve. The composition of the sediments as well as the organic matter in the sediment are also available.
GPS locations of Northern Gannets season 2013

Keywords: production, ckan
Temporal coverage: 2013-07-05/2013-08-12

Since 2012, the [Laboratoire d'ornithologie marine de Rimouski (LOMR)](https://www.facebook.com/LOMRimouski) has implemented an annual monitoring program of the feeding behaviour of gannets (Morus bassanus) nesting in Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock National Park (more specifically on Bonaventure Island). The LOMR is directed by Magella Guillemette (professor at the Université du Québec à Rimouski) in collaboration with David Pelletier (professor at the Cégep de Rimouski). Several dozen college and university students (undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate) participated in collecting these data.

The data in this dataset is from 2013. On the SLGO catalogue, you will find [datasets up to 2017](https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/fr/dataset/?q=fou+de+bassan+pelletier). More recent data can be requested from LOMR by contacting the authors of the data. 

The locations were recorded using GPS data loggers, programmed at a frequency of 10 minutes and attached to the bird's tails with Tesa brand marine grade white tape.
IBA Conservation Plan: La Malbaie-Pointe-au-Pic for 2019

Keywords: habitats-important, land-use-planning, marineturtlesbirdsmammalsabundanceanddistribution, wildlife-inventory, seabirds, coastal-characterization, inventaire-faunique, autre, oceans, oiseaux-migrateurs, migrator-birds, production, amenagement-du-territoire, other, abondance-et-distribution-de-tortues-marines-oiseaux-et-mammiferes, oiseaux-marins, caracterisation-des-rives, ckan, important-habitat
Temporal coverage: 2019-03-20/2019-08-07

Development of a Conservation Plan for the La Malbaie-Pointe-au-Pic IBA (Important Bird Areas). It aims to document the history of the coastline in order to understand what could have been the coastal ecosystems that predate the riprap of the banks. The plan also identifies conservation issues and objectives specific to the territory.

The dataset includes the conservation plan report and shapefiles characterizing different elements of the territory (woodlands, wastelands, riprap, beaches, rock, roads, infrastructure). These shapefiles make it possible to follow the evolution of the territory, the data are available for the years: 1900, 1964 and 2018.
Infaunal invertebrates and contaminants in Saint John Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada

Keywords: autre, oceans, physico-chimie, benthic-macrofauna, abundance-and-biomass, macrofaune-benthique, abondance-et-biomasse, coastal-pollution, ckan, pollution-cotiere, other, physical-chemical, production, sediment
Temporal coverage: 2018-10-31T00:00:00

Drs. Heather Hunt (University of New Brunswick) and Karen Kidd (McMaster University) have been leading a long-term project sampling infaunal invertebrates, sediment contaminants, and sediment characteristics at subtidal sites in Saint John Harbour, NB, Canada. This multi-year project is establishing baseline data that can be used to assess cumulative environmental effects in Saint John Harbour.

Samples were collected yearly (2018-2020) in Fall (October or November) at 6 reference sites (3 in inner harbour and 3 in outer harbour) as well as at 5-7 potential hotspot sites. Samples were collected using a 0.1 m2 Smith McIntyre grab sampler. Infaunal invertebrates were counted from a portion of the grab with a surface area of 321 cm2 and identified to species. Concentrations of contaminants (22 metals and other elements; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [4 sites in 2018 only]) were measured in surface sediment (upper 5 cm). Percent organic content (loss on ignition (LOI) at 550 and 950oC), total organic carbon (calculated from LOI), percent moisture, and % composition by grain size Wentworth size classes of the sediment were determined. See Van Geest et al. (2015) for detailed field and laboratory methods.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Port of Saint John provided funding to collect this data. This project is part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program Initiative under the Oceans Protection Plan of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Invasive species, Driver of Environmental Change: eDrivers Project for the St. Lawrence System

Keywords: production, ckan
Temporal coverage: 2011-01-01/2011-12-31

The data used to characterize invasive species risk come from the global cumulative impacts assessment on habitats and are available on the [NCEAS online data repository](https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/view/doi:10.5063/F1S180FS).

Cargo volume was used as a proxy of invasion risk under the assumption that risk of invasion is proportional to tonnes of goods transferred through ports. Cargo throughput in metric tonnes for the year 2011 was accessed through a variety of sources and cross-matched with entries in the World Port Index database (WPI).

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:**

- [Halpern, B. S., Walbridge, S., Selkoe, K. A., Kappel, C. V., Micheli, F., D’Agrosa, C., et al. (2008). A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems. Science 319, 948–952. doi:10.1126/science.1149345.](https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/a-global-map-of-human-impact-on-marine-ecosystems)

- [Halpern, B., Frazier, M., Potapenko, J. et al. Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean. Nat Commun 6, 7615 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8615](https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8615)
Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Maritimes), Port of Saint John region: Conductivity, Temperature, Turbidity and Depth Data (2019-2021)

Keywords: production, ckan
Temporal coverage: 2019-07-24/2021-06-09

The Coastal Environmental Baseline Program is a multi-year Fisheries and Oceans Canada initiative designed to work with Indigenous and local communities and other key parties to collect coastal environmental data at six pilot sites across Canada (Port of Vancouver, Port of Prince Rupert, Lower St. Lawrence Estuary, Port of Saint John, Placentia Bay, and Iqaluit). The goal of the Program is to gather local information in these areas in effort to build a better understanding of marine ecological conditions. The Maritimes region has developed a physical oceanography program to align with the oceanographic interests and data needs of local communities and stakeholders, with the goal of sharing this information via open data. 


Starting in 2019, oceanographic parameters including temperature, salinity, depth, turbidity and currents have been continuously monitored at a series of locations covering a broad range of environments in the Port of Saint John and approaches vicinity, including the lower Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers, coastal fringe marshes and embayments, as well as the Musquash estuary Marine Protected Area (MPA). This dataset includes CTD data from August 2019 to July 2020 and CTD and turbidity data from August 2020 to June 2021. 


Data collection methods range from bottom-mounted instruments in water depths of 10-50 meters, buoyant surface moorings, and hard-mounted instruments in intertidal zones. Intertidal data is interrupted during some low tide events, where the water level drops below the sensor, resulting in loss of functionality for periods up to 1-2 hours. Overall this dataset captures a dynamic balance between salt and fresh water on the highly tidal lower Saint John river, coastal seasonal dynamics in near-shore marine environments in the Musquash MPA, and the constant fluctuations of intertidal creeks and marshes.
Multiparametric Decision Support Tool for the Opening Date of the Lobster Fishery in LFA 22 : Monitoring Lobster Eggs Development

Keywords: production, peches-experimentales, developpement-durable, knowledge-improvement, experimental-fisheries, ckan, crustacean, sites-de-peches, suivi-annuel, species-tracking, temperature-sous-la-surface, invertebrateabundanceanddistribution, abondance-et-distribution-dinvertebres, habitat-characterization, crustace, resource-management, fishing-sites, zone-cotiere, coastal-zone, amelioration-des-connaissances, maritime-resources, gestion-des-ressources, temperature-de-leau, annual-follow-up, abondance-et-biomasse, other, caracterisation-des-habitats, subsurfacetemperature, ressources-maritimes, aide-a-la-decision, water-temperature, suivi-des-especes, autre, decision-making, oceans, abundance-and-biomass, sustainable-development
Temporal coverage: 2020-04-01/2021-09-24

Egg development analysis data during the 2020 lobster fishing season in LFA22. Monitoring the development of lobster eggs is included in the project Deployment of a multiparametric decision support tool for the opening date of the lobster fishery for Lobster Fishing Area 22 of the Rassemblement des pêcheurs et pêcheuses des côtes des îles(RPPCI), funded by the Quebec Fisheries Fund (MAPAQ and DFO), over 2 years. 

Lobster eggs are taken from female eggs by two volunteer commercial fishermen who are part of the RPPCI. Eggs are harvested from 10 females once a week on each facade of the Islands (North and South). Fishermen also installed Minilog II temperature loggers supplied by Merinov on one of their cages. The analysis is done by Merinov using a binocular and Image Pro image analyzer software. The proportion of the eye to the egg, linked to the temperature data, makes it possible to estimate the hatching date of the eggs. In 2020, the commercial fishing dates were from 9 May to 11 July. Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, data for the first week could not be collected.

You can find the other project data in the catalog. Environmental monitoring data are available here (https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/dataset/en/ca-cioos_96bf3c76-a010-4637-bff5-59256f2637cc) and data on lobster monitoring in preseason fisheries can be viewed here (https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/en/dataset/ca-cioos_9c10259d-9433-4be2-abf9-7eb8b5fac5ad).
Infaunal Macrofauna in the Deep Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2005-2006

Keywords: macrofaune-benthique, autre, oceans, benthic-macrofauna, taxonomie, other, production, ckan, taxonomy
Temporal coverage: 2005-08-21/2006-08-22

These data were acquired as part of the Hypoxia project to study the spatio-temporal variation of benthic macrofauna and the relationship with environmental variables in the deep estuary and the gulf of the St. Lawrence River.

Abundance data (ind. /dumpster) of endofauna were harvested from 20 to 26 August 2005 and from 14 to 22 August 2006 aboard the R/V Coriolis II using a Van Veen tipper (0.125 m2). Three replicas were taken at each station and then sieved on a 1 mm mesh. Data were collected at 17 stations in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence at depths ranging from 257 to 434 m.
Coastal zooplankton of the north of St-Lawrence estuary.

Keywords: production, zooplankton, salinite-sous-la-surface, seasurfacesalinity, ckan, sea-temperature, temperature-sous-la-surface, invertebres, subsurfacesalinity, oxygen, oxygene, salinite-de-surface, seasurfacetemperature, salinite, temperature-de-leau, abondance-et-biomasse, salinity, subsurfacetemperature, zooplancton, temperature-de-surface, invertebrates, oceans, abundance-and-biomass
Temporal coverage: 2019-06-28T00:00:00

These files contain abundance data for zooplankton species collected on the north coast of the St. Lawrence Maritime Estuary between Longue-Rive and Godbout (summer and fall 2019 to be completed with 2020 and 2021 data). They were collected using 63 µm (vertical line) and 200 µm (vertical-oblique line) nets to identify the diversity of mesozooplankton species and their different stages of development. The main taxon are: Copepods, Acartia, Calanus, Appendicularia, Fritillaria, Cladocera, Evadne. This research project is part of DFO's Oceans and Freshwater Scientific Research Contribution Program (CSOED) on the Characterization of Coastal Zones of the St. Lawrence Estuary.

Environmental data, such as temperature, salinity, fluorescence and dissolved oxygen, are available by following the link provided to a dedicated archiving platform.

This project is part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program Initiative under the Oceans Protection Plan of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Database on marine seaweeds from the sites of the Magdalen Islands region (2019)

Keywords: macroalgues, nutrients, other, seaweeds, subsurfacetemperature, phosphate, subsurfacesalinity, intensite-lumineuse, ckan, temperature-sous-la-surface, composition-et-couverture-de-la-canopee-de-macroalgues, abondance-et-biomasse, salinite-de-surface, seasurfacetemperature, light-intensity, production, salinite-sous-la-surface, seasurfacesalinity, autre, nitrate, oceans, abundance-and-biomass, nutriments, temperature-de-surface, macroalgalcanopycoverandcomposition
Temporal coverage: 2019-05-10/2019-07-04

In order to contribute to the development of seaweed farming in the province of Quebec, Merinov, in collaboration with the University of Quebec at Rimouski, is working within the framework of the interregional program OPTIMAL launched in 2014. Various brown seaweed cultivation trials have been carried out in recent years to identify sites with environmental characteristics corresponding to optimal parameters for the growth of sweet kelp (Saccharina latissima). In 2018, a mapping of potential sites was established on the basis of already existing biotic and abiotic data.

Thus, in the Magdalen Islands, production sea trials were carried out on three selected sites, namely New Hall, Étang du Nord and Bassin from 2018 to 2019. The kelp spawners were harvested at Rocher aux Oiseaux in September 2018. Sporulation and inoculation of the collectors were carried out in the laboratories of Merinov. At each site, seaweed seedling wetting devices were launched at different depths. The cords of seedling were rolled up at different positions on the wetting device. The seaweeds were collected during the period from May 2019 to July 2019. Environmental and biomass data were collected.
Characterization of the Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive marsh (2019)

Keywords: production, composition-et-couverture-des-herbiers-marins, knowledge-improvement, ckan, especes-envahissante, habitat-characterization, birds, coastal-flora, milieux-humides, marineturtlesbirdsmammalsabundanceanddistribution, wildlife-inventory, amelioration-des-connaissances, invasive-species, other, abondance-et-distribution-de-tortues-marines-oiseaux-et-mammiferes, seagrasscoverandcomposition, caracterisation-des-habitats, oiseaux, wetlands, inventaire-faunique, autre, flore-cotiere, oceans
Temporal coverage: 2019-06-01/2019-08-30

The Comité ZIP Saguenay-Charlevoix has been working for several years with the municipality of Les Éboulements to conserve and enhance one of the most important intertidal marshes in the Charlevoix region, the Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive marsh. This site, unknown to scientists and little recognized in the region, offers its visitors a unique landscape on the river, in addition to holding an ecological role of great importance.

The purpose of the general characterization of the Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive marsh is to target the main issues of the site and thus to be able to identify measures such as mobilization and awareness-raising among users in order to ensure the conservation of the site.