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Specific Action Plan on Marine Mammals (2005)
IfremerThirteen residents or migratory species of marine mammals generally border the St. Lawrence Estuary. This is why several initiatives have been undertaken to protect marine mammals in the St. Lawrence Estuary. A number of governmental, municipal and community…
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Survey of the Marine Mammal Observation Network - Scientific Data
IfremerThis database is developed by the Marine Mammal Observation Network (ROMM) as part of their environmental observation project and consists of data collected systematically by the ROMM team. Observations of marine mammals are carried out during the summer…
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Coastal monitoring in Nunavut
Amundsen ScienceOnshore research was conducted using the following methods: multi-temporal analysis and mapping of modern and raised coastal systems using airphotos, satellite imagery, LiDAR and RTK surveys. Data on the sediment composition of coastal landforms was collected…
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Onshore-offshore surveying and monitoring of selected arctic coastal areas of Nunavut, 2006-2009
Amundsen ScienceOnshore research was conducted using the following methods: multi-temporal analysis and mapping of modern and raised coastal systems using airphotos, satellite imagery, LiDAR and RTK GPS surveys. Data on the sediment composition of coastal landforms was…
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Sedimentation of organic material in Hudson Bay
Amundsen ScienceFree-drifting, short-term particle interceptor traps were deployed from the CCGS Amundsen on eight occasions between 23 September and 16 October 2005. The traps were deployed at two or three depths below the euphotic zone (from 25 to 150 m) for 8 to 20 h. The…
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Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) tagging project via the moon pool of the CCGS Amundsen
Amundsen ScienceRinged seals have been reported to enter and use extensively the moon pool on multiple occasions during the CASES project. A net was designed to attempt to capture ringed seals from the moon pool onboard the CCGS Amundsen during a three week period of leg 6a.…
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Late Pleistocene and early Holocene pollen data from northern Vancouver Island, Canada
CIOOS-PacificFossil pollen data spanning the late Pleistocene and early Holocene from six sites on northern Vancouver Island, informing postglacial environmental change and glacial history in coastal British Columbia.
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Size-fractionated zooplankton biomass and isotopes along the BC coast
CIOOS-PacificThis dataset contains size-fractionated zooplankton biomass and isotope data obtained from collecting samples with vertical net hauls by the Hakai Ocean Observing Program. The sample is poured through a series of sieves and filtered onto GF/F filters where…
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Freezing seawater samples alters eDNA community composition and richness
CIOOS-PacificEnvironmental DNA (eDNA) is sensitive to decay during water sample collection, potentially influencing molecular species detection. When eDNA water sample processing is delayed during remote field collections, whole water samples can be stored frozen to…
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iTrack Oysters February 2023 Experiment - Environmental and Oyster Health Data
CIOOS-PacificThis data package is a component of the Hakai Institute’s Marna Wet Lab and Caren Helbing (University of Victoria, UVic) collaborative iTrack project investigating environmental effects on eDNA and eRNA. Hakai Institute's Marna Wet Lab experimental research…
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OASIS-CANADA-OOTI CFL: Atmospheric composition and structure during the CFL campaign near the Amundsen icebreaker in the Amundsen Gulf
Amundsen ScienceData were compiled in campaign mode and were obtained over the ice of the Amundsen Gulf, using the OOTI (Out On The Ice) mobile laboratory mounted on a specially manufactured Arctic sled and running on a bank of 12 VDC batteries. Chemical and meteorological…
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OASIS-CANADA CFL: Atmospheric composition and structure during the CFL campaign from the Amundsen icebreaker in the Amundsen Gulf
Amundsen ScienceData were compiled in campaign mode and were obtained over the ice of the Amundsen Gulf. Chemical and meteorological variables were collected with commercial and custom made instrumentation, as detailed below. Ozone (O3): Measurements were taken with TECO…
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Organic Contaminants in Canadian Archipelago: Central and Eastern, 2010
Amundsen ScienceTo understand the role oceans play in transporting chemicals, water at several depths was sampled near Resolute Bay in May-June 2010 to quantify the contaminant concentrations. These measurement will be used to confirm changes in water concentrations observed…
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Organic Contaminants in Canadian Archipelago: Central and Eastern, 2011
Amundsen ScienceAir, water, phytoplankton and zooplankton samples were collected on board the CCGS Amundsen in October 2011 as part of ArcticNet between Kugluktuk, NT and Quebec City, QC via Baffin Bay. The samples were analysed for legacy organochlorine pesticides (OCPs),…
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Organic Contaminants in Canadian Archipelago: Central and Eastern, 2013
Amundsen ScienceAir and water samples were collected from on board the CCGS Amundsen in the fall of 2013 as a part of ArcticNet and the Northern Contaminants Program (NCP). These samples were collected to determine the occurrence and levels of legacy pesticides and new and…
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Belcher Glacier surface and bedrock digital elevation models and ice thickness map
Amundsen ScienceImproved surface and bedrock DEMs have been produced for the Belcher Glacier using data from different sources, including in situ measurements, airborne soundings, and satellite images. Surface elevation is based on 2007 (late summer) SPOT5 HRS images. Bed…
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Glaciodyn (Canada) IPY Project: Belcher Glacier seabed mapping data
Amundsen ScienceThe Belcher Glacier seabed mapping program was carried out over a 12-hour period in September 2006 and consisted of: 1) imaging of deeper parts of the inlet using the EM300 30 kHz multibeam sonar on the CCGS Amundsen icebreaker; and 2) detailed mapping…
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Spatial extent of surface canopy kelp derived from fixed-wing surveys (2024), North Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
CIOOS-PacificThis data package consists of digitized surface canopy extent for two species of canopy-forming kelp – giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) and bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) – for two regions on the North Vancouver Island region of British Columbia, Canada.…
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Protist communities in Franklin Bay (Beaufort Sea) using environmental DNA analysis
Amundsen ScienceSamples were collected from the icebreaker CCGS 'Amundsen' into Franklin Bay from fall 2003 to summer 2004 at depth between 160 m and 200 m with a Seabird rosette system equipped with 12 l Niskin-type bottles and a Seabird 911+ CTD probe (salinity,…
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Phytoplankton light absorption properties in Southern Beaufort Sea and the Amundsen Gulf
Amundsen ScienceField observations were made in the southern Beaufort Sea and the Amundsen Gulf as part of CASES 2003 expedition. Samples were collected during the first two legs of the expedition from 13 September to 14 October 2003 (open water) and from 15 October to 25…
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