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Access to the Shores of the St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThe Comité ZIP CNG was invited by the managers of the Comité de coordination accessibilité aux rives du Saint-Laurent to validate a database of public accesses to the St. Lawrence. This is information associated with the identification of access (name, name of…
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Characterization of Sites Colonized by the Japanese Knotweed (2012-2015)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryBetween 2012 and 2015, the Comité ZIP Jacques-Cartier and the Comité ZIP des Seigneuries carried out the project “Preventing the proliferation of Japanese knotweed on the territory of the Montréal metropolitan community.” They identified shoreline sites where…
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Characterization of Outdoor Sites in the MRC des Sept-Rivières
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis 2015 project aimed to verify the condition and the potential for development of certain outdoor sites located in the MRC des Sept-Rivières and which appear in the Official Côte-Nord Tourist Guide. For each of the sites entrusted to the Comité ZIP…
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Montreal East Fishing Sites and Fisherman's Guide (2015)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThe island of Montreal is full of fishing sites. Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Montréal-Nord, Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles, Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Ville-Marie boroughs and the related city of Montréal-East have several parks where fishing is or…
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Microplastics in surface water samples from Placentia Bay, Newfoundland (2018-2019)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis data was collected between 2018 and 2019 at 7 sites around Placentia Bay. Two of these sites were subject to repeat sampling. Surface water samples were collected in collaboration with local fish harvesters, who aided the team in towing a surface trawl…
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Utilizing Benthic Video Footage for Detecting Large Debris on the Seafloor in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland (2019)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis data was collected in 2019 at three locations in Placentia Bay by another research group at Memorial University, as a part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program Initiative under the Oceans Protection Plan of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).…
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Characterization of benthic macrofauna in rocky sub-littoral habitat of the Haute-Côte-Nord, Manicouagan and Sept-Rivières
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis database was produced by Explos-Nature. It brings together data on the abundance and distribution of benthic macrofauna, as well as environmental characteristics, in rocky sublittoral habitats of the Haute-Côte-Nord, Manicouagan and Sept-Rivières. Data…
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Hydrocarbon Concentrations in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, in 2022
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryMeasurement of background concentrations of oil hydrocarbons in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. Surface seawater for measurement of n-alkanes and PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) was collected fall of 2022, in both open water and close to the shore.…
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Long-term Monitoring of Shoreline Debris in the Placentia Bay Area, Newfoundland (2018-2020)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis data was collected between 2018 and 2020 at 8 sample sites around Placentia Bay and consists of two data types: (1) Shoreline surface debris (SSD), and (2) Shoreline buried debris (SBD). With the exception of two sample sites, which were only visited…
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Infaunal Macrofauna in the Deep Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2005-2006
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThese 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)…
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Profiling Accumulated PAHs and Metabolomic Responses in Truncate Soft-Shell Clam (Mya truncata) in the Canadian Arctic
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis dataset included contaminant data of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and a variety of metabolites measured in truncate softshell clams (Mya truncata) collected near Iqaluit, Canada. Clams were hand collected during extreme low tide from two…
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Ecological Characterization of Benthos and Physicochemical Properties of Sediments (Granulometry, Organic Matter, Pigments) from the Amundsen Missions (2007-2024)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis dataset brings together data that was collected during the BIOME laboratory's annual scientific expeditions aboard the research icebreaker NGCC Amundsen, covering a period from 2007 to 2024. This long-term monitoring aims to document the structure of…
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Forecasting of Alexandrium catenella algal blooms for the estuary and gulf of St. Lawrence, eastern Canada
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryModel output data Web application algue toxique(https://algues-toxiques.ogsl.ca/) Context Toxic algal blooms can result in significant socioeconomic consequences for affected regions. The increased risk of marine predator mortality (Starr et al., 2017) and…
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Benthic Biodiversity in the Intertidal Zone on the North Shore (2009)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryInfaunal 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…
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Seasonal Seaweed Diversity in the Intertidal Zone of Greater Vancouver
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis dataset is derived from transect surveys performed in the intertidal zone of four sites in the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia: Brockton Point, Vancouver; Lighthouse Park, West Vancouver; Crescent Beach, Surrey; and Cates Park, North Vancouver.…
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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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Microplastic Abundance in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland (2021)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryMicroplastics are plastic particles ranging from 1 µm to 5 mm. We studied the microplastic concentration in surface waters as well as the sediment of Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Surface water samples were collected with a Plankton as well as a Neuston…
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Detection, Recovery and Responsible Disposal of Ghost Fishing Gear on the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThe loss of fishing equipment is a major problem in the commercial fishing industry and has not only economic but also environmental repercussions. Abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear or “ghost gear” includes various types of equipment used by fishermen…
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Time-Series Biogenic Matter Export Fluxes Offshore Pointe-des-Monts and Baie-Comeau
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis dataset includes measured fluxes of phytoplankton cells, total particulate matter, chloropigments, particulate organic carbon, and particulate nitrogen, as well as carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures on samples from moored sediment traps deployed…
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COR1502 Expedition in the Pointe-des-Monts area of the St. Lawrence Estuary: marine geology data, sediment characterization
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryCOR1502 Expedition took place from June 1st to 7th 2015 on board the research ship (R/V) Coriolis II. The general objective was to perform detailed geophysical surveys and collect different types of sediment samples, in order to assess sediment dynamics and…
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