St. Lawrence Global Observatory

Created in 2005 by federal and provincial government as well as academic institutions and community organizations, the St. Lawrence Global Observatory (SLGO) makes it possible to maximize the benefits of data collection by integrating multidisciplinary data from multiple partners on a single web portal. Promoting data discovery and re-use, SLGO counts 48 members and is recognized throughout the world.

The content distributed by SLGO spans across all disciplines, themes and areas of interest that data-producing members choose to make accessible. A large amount of scientific and environmental information is already available through SLGO's portal. Furthermore, in order to maximize data availability, SLGO's team develops user-friendly web applications to facilitate data visualization and download in various formats.

SLGO is, as such, responsible for the activities of the region of the St. Lawrence of CIOOS. To contribute, we invite you to contact us.

https://ogsl.ca

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20 datasets found

  • Mingan Archipelago Atlas of Currents

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    The charts in this Atlas show the intensity and direction of the surface currents in the Mingan Archipelago, between Île aux Perroquets and La Grande Pointe, where the tides and the freshwater outflow dominate the circulation of the surface waters. The Atlas…

    Surface Currents HTML
  • Tidal Marshes in the Maritime Coastal Zone of Quebec

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    This dataset was designed for Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) National Environmental Emergencies Center (NEEC) for oil spill preparedness and response. The polygons from this layer come from the coastal ecosystems geodatabase as part of the…

    Other HTML
  • Macroalgae in the Coastal Zone of Maritime Quebec

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    Macroalgae dominated areas with a vegetated cover above 25%, located in the coastal zone of the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Quebec) This dataset was designed for Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) National Environmental Emergencies Center…

    Macroalgal canopy cover and composition HTML
  • Network of scientific buoys in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    The scientific buoys of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) are equipped with instruments that measure a range of optical, oceanographic, and meteorological properties. They transmit data seasonally in real time. SLGO disseminates the data of those buoys in real…

    Sea StateSea Surface SalinitySea Surface TemperatureSurface Currents HTML
  • Marine Eelgrass in the Maritime Coastal Zone of Quebec

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    This dataset was designed for Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) National Environmental Emergencies Center (NEEC) for oil spill preparedness and response. The polygons from this layer come mainly from the coastal ecosystems geodatabase as part of…

    Seagrass cover and composition HTML
  • Underwater Video Analysis Data of the Coastal Zone of Maritime Quebec

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    Between 2017 and 2024, underwater imaging sampling campaigns were conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada across a broad area of the shallow coastal zone of the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf. The sampling targeted the lower intertidal and subtidal zones, to a…

    Seagrass cover and compositionMacroalgal canopy cover and composition HTML
  • Surface Water Temperature by Satellite Remote Sensing

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    The Maurice Lamontagne Institute remote sensing laboratory operates three satellite image receiving stations (Mont-Joli, Victoria and Resolute Bay) allowing the acquisition of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather satellite data and…

    Sea Surface TemperatureOcean colour HTML
  • Eelgrass in Quebec

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    This shapefile dataset was designed using polygons extracted from the Cartography of Coastal Ecosystems of Maritime Quebec geodatabase (2022, Laboratory for Dynamics and Integrated Management of Coastal Zones, Fisheries and Oceans Canada), described in the…

    Seagrass cover and composition HTML
  • Tidal and Water Level Stations in Canada

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    The Fisheries and Oceans Canada tide table service is integrated with the Navigation application on the SLGO website, which brings together data and information relevant to navigation in one web interface. Information can be accessed by selecting an area of…

    Sea Surface Height HTML
  • Ice Forecasts for the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    Ocean forecasts for the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence are produced by the Operational Oceanography scientific team of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, Québec. The forecasts of sea-ice thickness and concentration are…

    Sea Ice HTMLPDF
  • Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Maritimes), Port of Saint John region: Conductivity, Temperature, Turbidity and Depth Data (2019-2023)

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    The Coastal Environmental Baseline Program is a multi-year Fisheries and Oceans Canada initiative designed to work with Indigenous and local communities and other key parties to collect coastal environmental data at six pilot sites across Canada (Port of…

    Sea Surface SalinitySea Surface TemperatureSubsurface SalinitySubsurface TemperatureOtherOcean sound ERDDAPHTML
  • Surface Water Temperature Forecasts for the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    Ocean forecasts for the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence are produced by the Operational Oceanography scientific team of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, Québec. The forecasts of the water temperature are available for the…

    Sea Surface Temperature HTMLPDF
  • Integrated Water Level System (IWLS)- Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River and Gulf

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) operates, across the country, a integrated water level system (IWLS) tracking the fluctuation of Canadian waters level. SLGO disseminates the tide gauges data in real time…

    Sea Surface Height HTML
  • Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP) Data for the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    Each summer, environmental groups collect data to determine if groupings of fish, shrimp and crab – what is called a community – can be used as an indicator of the health status of bays and estuaries. Sampling was conducted from May through September for the…

    OxygenNutrientsSea Surface SalinitySea Surface TemperatureFish abundance and distributionSeagrass cover and compositionMacroalgal canopy cover and compositionInvertebrate abundance and distribution CSVHTML
  • Coastal Water Mixing and Effect on Productivity Potential of the Coastal Ecosystem

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    The objective of this project was to locate the mixing zones in the coastal environment on the north shore of the lower estuary, which are caused by the friction of the waters on the bottom and measure the effects of these mixing zones on the modification of…

    OxygenNutrientsSea Surface SalinitySea Surface TemperatureSubsurface SalinitySubsurface TemperaturePhytoplankton biomass and diversity CSVHTMLPNG
  • Chlorophyll-a Satellite Data for the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    The colour of seawater, seen from space, is used to estimate the chlorophyll content in the water. This pigment is an index of the biomass of microscopic algae. Compared to the Atlantic Ocean, the waters of the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence are rather…

    Ocean colour ERDDAPHTMLPDF
  • 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 Observatory

    This 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
  • Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP): Review of Oceanographic Conditions

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    Scientists from Fisheries and Oceans Canada from the four Atlantic regions have developed the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP). This program is designed to detect, track and predict changes in the state and productivity of the marine environment. This…

    OxygenNutrientsSea IceSea Surface SalinitySea Surface TemperatureSubsurface CurrentsSubsurface SalinitySubsurface TemperatureSurface CurrentsOther HTMLPDFZIP
  • Aerial Photo Mosaics of the Coasts of Quebec (2015-2024)

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    The project of aerial photography acquisition and mosaics construction aims a better understanding of the eelgrass beds extends on the Quebec coasts. These mosaics will allow us to segment the images in order to create polygons of the extent of the eelgrass…

    Other ERDDAPHTML
  • Surface Current Forecasts of St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf

    St. Lawrence Global Observatory

    Ocean forecasts for the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence are produced by the Operational Oceanography scientific team of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, Québec. The forecasts of the surface currents are available for the…

    Surface Currents HTMLPDF