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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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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…
Fish abundance and distributionMacroalgal canopy cover and compositionInvertebrate abundance and distribution CSVPDF -
Characterization of the Batture-aux-Alouettes Kelp Bed, Baie-Sainte-Catherine, Quebec
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis project aims to characterize the kelp bed of the Batture-aux-Alouettes, a preferred food source for the green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) which is fished commercially in Quebec. This dataset presents an assessment of the abundance and…
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Use of the MiFish Marker (12S) for the Development of an Approach for Characterizing Coastal Species Using Environmental DNA (eDNA)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatorySpecies characterization by environmental DNA (eDNA) is a method that allows the use of DNA released into the environment by organisms from various sources (secretions, faeces, gametes, tissues, etc.). It is a complementary tool to standard sampling methods…
Fish abundance and distributionMarine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distribution CSVPDF -
Aquatic invasive species (AIS) program of the eastern Atlantic coast from 2006 to 2019 - Data from Québec's region.
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryFisheries and Oceans Canada established a program to monitor aquatic invasive species (AIS) on the eastern Atlantic coast from 2006 to 2019 (activities into the five Atlantic provinces). The data in this database are those of the Quebec region, whose territory…
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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…
Fish abundance and distributionMacroalgal canopy cover and compositionInvertebrate abundance and distribution CSV