Biogeochemical Data from the Infralittoral Zone of the West Coast of Anticosti Island (2023)

Biogeochemical data were collected from August 16 to August 25, 2023, in the coastal waters of Anticosti Island. This dataset includes biogeochemical parameters analyzed in the laboratory from water samples, including salinity, chlorophyll a, suspended particulate matter, nutrients, cellular abundance, pigment concentrations (in preparation), particulate absorption, and colored dissolved organic matter absorption. The water samples were collected using a horizontal Niskin on board a Zodiac.

It is also possible to consult another dataset related to this project:

• Biological characterization of the mediolittoral and infralittoral areas of the west coast of Anticosti Island (2021-2024).

The optical and biophysical characterization project of the mediolittoral and infralittoral areas of the southwest coast of Anticosti Island is financed by:

• The Coastal Environmental Baseline Program as part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Oceans Protection Plan;
• The “Satellite-based assessment of coastal ocean productivity” research grants (RGPIN-2019-06070) and “Blue carbon and climate change mitigation through macrophytic coastal ecosystems” (RGPIN-2020-07065, 2020-2026) research grants from the Discovery Grants Program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC);
• The research grant “Detection and valorization of stranded and coastal algae: a promising resource for the Quebec blue economy” (WRACK project) from the Maritime Sector Partnership Research Program (2023-2024 competition; # 338154) from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec — Nature and Technologies and the Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy.