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Abundance of Benthic Macrofauna on the Coast of Placentia Bay (2019-2020)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThe identity and abundance of individual benthic macrofauna (individual 2 cm) were quantified across six survey areas located along the coast of Placentia Bay, a southern embayment of the Island of Newfoundland. From early 2019 to mid 2020, surveys were…
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Coastal Biodiversity of the Benthic Epifauna of the St. Lawrence Estuary (2018-2019)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThe North Shore of the Lower Estuary (Upper North Shore, Quebec) is a productive coastal system where many commercial species of benthic invertebrates are fished in the infralittoral (10-20 m) and circalittoral (20-50 m) zone. However, little data exist on the…
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Mariculture Monitoring in Support of Quebec Shellfish Aquaculture Industry From 2008 to 2015: Biological Data
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryFrom 2008 to 2015, a monitoring program in support of the Quebec mariculture industry was carried out by Merinov with the support of the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (French: Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation…
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Green Sea Urchin Biomass Assessment at the Mouth of the Saguenay Fjord in 2019
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryIn the summer of 2019, The Agence Mamu Innu Kaikusseht (AMIK) carried out the biomass assessment of green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) at the mouth of the Saguenay Fjord. This study follows on from the green sea urchin assessment that began…
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Freshwater Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Monitoring Program in the St. Lawrence River from 2018 to 2022 - Data from the Quebec Region
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryFisheries and Oceans Canada has implemented a monitoring program for freshwater aquatic invasive species (AIS) in the St. Lawrence River, which began in 2018. The data in this database covers the Quebec region for the 2018-2022 period. The objectives of this…
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Establishing Nekton Biodiversity Baseline for Estuarine Environments in Southwestern New Brunswick
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThe Musquash Estuary Marine Protected Area in southwestern New Brunswick was first protected in 2006 as it was identified as the largest ecologically pristine estuary ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy. Ten sites within the estuary and three reference sites outside…
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Multiparametric Decision Support Tool for the Opening Date of the Lobster Fishery in LFA 22: Environmental Data
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryPhysico-chemical data collected on lobster fishing grounds around the Magdalen Islands. This data collection is carried out by Merinov as part of the project Deployment of a multiparametric decision support tool for the opening date of the lobster fishery for…
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Groundfish Data Sampled by Trawl (research vessel), Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Division 4T: September survey
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryInformation on the traits, catches, length frequency, and biology of fish caught during the annual trawl surveys carried out by research vessels in September in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (Division 4T of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization).…
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Multiparametric Decision Support Tool for the Opening Date of the Lobster Fishery in LFA 22 : preseason lobster fishery
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryData collected on lobsters in preseason fisheries. This fishery is carried out by Merinov as part of the project Deployment of a multiparametric decision support tool for the opening date of the lobster fishery for Lobster Fishing Area 22 (LFA22) of the…
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Infaunal Invertebrates and Contaminants in Saint John Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryDrs. 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.…
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Multiparametric Decision Support Tool for the Opening Date of the Lobster Fishery in LFA 22 : Monitoring Lobster Eggs Development
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryEgg 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…
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Bivalve Inventory Around the Community of Pessamit (2019)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryIn the fall of 2019, Agence Mamu Innu Kaikusseht (AMIK) carried out the inventory of bivalves around the community of Pessamit, in the northern part of the shellfish sector N-05.1.3.1 and the sector N-05.1.3.2. The aim of this project was to estimate the shell…
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Microplastics in American lobster (Homarus americanus) and Mussel Species in Coastal Southwestern New Brunswick, Canada
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis dataset consists of data collected by the Passamaquoddy Recognition Group Inc. (PRGI), which is an Indigenous not-for-profit organization led by the Peskotomuhkati Nation at Skutik. This project is funded by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO),…
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Evaluation of Groundfish and Shrimp Annual Multidisciplinary Survey in the Estuary and Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (CCGS Teleost 2004 - 2022)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryFisheries 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…
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Evaluation of Groundfish and Shrimp Annual Multidisciplinary Survey in the Estuary and Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (CCGS Alfred Needler 1990 - 2005)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryFisheries 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…
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Biodiversity of the Planning for Integrated Environmental Response Coastal Survey in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf (2017–2021)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThe Planning for an Environmental Response (PIER) initiative falls under the umbrella of the Government of Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan (OPP), whose goal is preserving marine ecosystems vulnerable to increased transportation and the development of the…
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Fish and Invertebrate Assemblages in Coastal Areas of the St. Lawrence Estuary (north shore) Sampled With a Beam Trawl
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis dataset derives from a series of beam trawl tows conducted during several research surveys in coastal areas of the St. Lawrence Estuary, between Portneuf-sur-Mer and Pointe-des-Monts, and between June and October of 2019, 2020 and 2021. It contains catch…
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Invertebrate Assemblages and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Coastal Areas of the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf (North Shore) Using a Drop Photo Camera System
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis dataset is derived from analyses of photo samples obtained by deploying drop camera photo (DCP) systems conducted during various research surveys in coastal areas of the north shore of the St. Lawrence Estuary and the Gulf between Portneuf-sur-Mer and…
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Results of annual surveys of the intertidal zone near Pointe à John, from 2012 to present
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryEach fall, around the high tides of the equinox, a group of graduating students enrolled in the "Marine Bioecology" course carries out a sampling campaign in the mediolittoral zone around Pointe à John, near Bergeronnes. This course is part of the "Techniques…
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Inventory of Macroalgae and Benthic Macroinvertebrates Along a Hypoosmolarity Stress Gradient in Barthelemy Bay and the Colombier, Mistassini, Franquelin and Saint-Nicolas Rivers of the Upper North Shore, Quebec
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis inventory, taken from September 26 to October 3, 2019, aimed to describe the structures in species and then in functional traits of the macroalgae and benthic macroinvertebrate communities from the small estuaries of the Upper North Shore of Quebec,…
Sea Surface SalinityMacroalgal canopy cover and compositionInvertebrate abundance and distribution CSVHTMLOBISPNG