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Areas of high residency within the summer distribution of the beluga whale population
To identify areas of high residency, fine-scale tracking data from individual animals and coarser, short-term movement patterns of herds were analyzed. Individual radio-tracking... -
Recreational Vessel Traffic Model for British Columbia
Description: Data on recreational boating are needed for marine spatial planning initiatives in British Columbia (BC). Vessel traffic data are typically obtained by analyzing... -
Known concentration areas of the Atlantic surfclam in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
The dataset represents known concentration areas of harvested or unharvested Atlantic surfclam (Spisula solidissima) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, around the Magdalen Islands.... -
Eelgrass (Zostera marina) study in the historical goldmining region of...
Nearshore marine construction activities often involve projects conducted directly in or adjacent to eelgrass beds and can have detrimental effects on eelgrass health, through... -
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data from the Coast of Bays, Newfoundland
The dataset includes timeseries of horizontal current speed and direction, vertical current speed, water depth, and temperature at instrument depth from Acoustic Doppler Current... -
Eelgrass in Quebec
This shapefile dataset was designed using polygons extracted from the Cartography of Coastal Ecosystems of Maritime Quebec geodatabase (2022, Laboratory for Dynamics and... -
The fate of intracoelomic acoustic transmitters in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo...
Acoustic telemetry is a widely used method in assaying behavioural dynamics in fishes. Telemetry tags are often surgically implanted in the coelom of the animal and are assumed... -
Macroalgae in the coastal zone of maritime Quebec
This dataset was designed for Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) National Environmental Emergencies Center (NEEC) for oil spill preparedness and response. The... -
Harbor seal breeding and feeding areas in the Saguenay Fjord, the Estuary...
Layer that includes the known information on harbor seal breeding and feeding areas in the Saguenay Fjord, the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence according to a literature review... -
Widespread genetic similarity between Northwest Atlantic populations of the...
Effective conservation planning relies on understanding population connectivity which can be informed by genomic data. This is particularly important for sessile species like... -
Vital rates of larval fish from Coastal Newfoundland, Canada
The data in the files of this dataset represent the raw and standardized information of the distribution of the number of prey in stomachs of larval fish, the increments widths... -
Atlantic sturgeon breeding, feeding and concentration areas in the fluvial...
Layer that includes the known information on the atlantic sturgeon breeding, feeding and concentration areas in the St. Lawrence River and Estuary according to a literature... -
Known concentration areas of Arctic wedge clam in the Estuary and the Gulf...
The dataset represents known concentration areas of harvested or unharvested Arctic wedge clam (Mesodesma arctatum) in the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec region.... -
Beluga Relative Summer Density in the St. Lawrence Estuary
This layer represents the relative summer density of belugas in the St. Lawrence Estuary based on 35 aerial surveys carried out from 1990 to 2009. The boundaries of the areas... -
National Eelgrass Dataset For Canada (NETForce)
This collection of eelgrass data has been collated to produce a national map of the location and distribution of eelgrass beds across Canada. The data providers collaborating in... -
Coast of Bays seawater vertical and horizontal structure: Hydrographic...
This dataset was compiled as part of a multiyear effort lead by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to support sustainable aquaculture regulation in the Coast of Bays, an area of... -
Known concentration areas of the Atlantic razor clam in the Estuary and the...
The dataset represents known concentration areas of harvested or unharvested Atlantic razor clam (Ensis leei) in the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec Region. It was... -
Oil Vulnerability and Oil Fate and Behaviour Conceptual Models
The oil fate and behaviour visual guides, along with oil vulnerability conceptual models, were developed by the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Pacific Region Science Spill... -
Variation in genomic vulnerability to climate change across temperate...
A global decline in seagrass populations has led to renewed calls for their conservation as important providers of biogenic and foraging habitat, shoreline stabilization, and... -
Collections of age estimation structures from marine taxa in the southern...
PURPOSE: Support age-structured population stock assessments and research on fish growth. DESCRIPTION: Fish otoliths are collected from scientific surveys, fisheries observers...