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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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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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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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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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Port of Halifax Water Bird Surveys, Nova Scotia, Canada (2024)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryFrom spring to winter 2024, point count waterbird surveys are being conducted at 15 sites across Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. This effort will continue through 2026. These surveys take place seasonally, focusing on select times in the fall, spring, summer,…
Marine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distribution ODSZIP -
Occurrence of Pacific Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena vomerina) Social Communication Click Trains in Northern British Columbia, Canada (2020-2023)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryFor cetaceans that produce narrow-band high-frequency click trains such as the Pacific harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena vomerinae), social acoustic behavior is poorly understood. While harbour porpoises have a reputation of being generally non-social and…
Marine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distributionOcean sound CSVODS -
Water chemistry characteristics of two tributaries of Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, in 2019
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis dataset includes surface water characteristics such as: dissolved organic carbon, total dissolved nitrogen, ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, urea, silica, dissolved iron, dissolved aluminum, CDOM spectral slope, chlorophyll, particulate carbon,…
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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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Port of Sydney Cape Breton, Water Bird Surveys, Nova Scotia, Canada (2024)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryFrom spring to winter 2024, point count waterbird surveys are being conducted at 14 sites across The Port of Sydney Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. This effort will continue through 2026. These surveys take place seasonally, focusing on select times in the…
Marine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distribution ODSZIP -
Benthic Macroinvertebrate in Rimouski Bay Intertidal Eelgrass Meadow: Vegetated and Bare Sediment Habitat (2021-2022)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryIn boreal eelgrass meadows, ice scouring during winter creates a heterogeneous landscape and forms several sub-habitats within the ecosystem. In fragmented meadows, we found densely vegetated areas and bare sediment zones (tidal pools or channels) where all…
Invertebrate abundance and distribution ODSZIP -
Restoration Prioritization Strategy for the Estuaire-de-la-Rivière-Bonaventure Marine Reserve
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThe Restoration Prioritization Strategy for the Estuaire-de-la-Rivière-Bonaventure Marine Reserve project, conducted by the Comité ZIP Gaspésie from 2025 to 2026, aims to structure and equip decision-making in order to effectively guide restoration…
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Microplastic distribution along a Saint-Lawrence river-to-sea continuum (2019)
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryDespite the close connection of freshwaters to human health, the occurrence and fate of microplastics in marine estuaries remain poorly documented. To study these particles in the Saint-Lawrence River (Quebec, Canada), surface water samples were collected…
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Fish Monitoring Network (FMN) of St. Lawrence River Freshwater
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThe Fish Monitoring Network (FMN) is a St. Lawrence fish monitoring program, from Lac Saint-François to Québec, operated since 1995 by the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs. FMN samples standardized and reproducible data on fish populations in…
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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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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…
Subsurface SalinitySubsurface TemperatureInvertebrate abundance and distribution CSVODS -
Influence of Winter Disturbances on Eelgrass Meadow Cover and the Structure of Associated Communities in the Subarctic St. Lawrence Marine Estuary (Quebec, Canada), 2024–2025
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryThis dataset documents the influence of winter disturbances on eelgrass meadow cover and the structure of associated benthic communities in the subarctic maritime estuary of the St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada. Data were collected between 2024 and 2025 at Anse à…
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Henri-Grenier Bay Coastal Marsh - Characterization of Important Shoreline Habitats on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence Maritime Estuary
St. Lawrence Global ObservatoryA project to characterize important littoral habitats on the north shore of the St. Lawrence maritime estuary has been funded for a 4-year period (2023-2027). The aim of this project is to generate baseline ecological data to provide an overall picture of the…
Sea Surface SalinitySea Surface TemperatureFish abundance and distributionSeagrass cover and composition HTMLODSZIP