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Catalogue Entry: Biodiversity of the Stimpson's surfclam hydraulic dredge survey in the St....
A research survey on Stimpson's surfclam (Mactromeris polynyma) was conducted from June 15 to June 26 2017 in the Estuary of the St. Lawrence River on the Forestville deposit... -
Catalogue Entry: Fish Biodiversity Database
The Biodiversity Science Database is a compilation of fish community data from DFO Science Surveys. Data includes: sampling site, date, fish counts, fish species, and associated... -
Catalogue Entry: Beaufort Sea Marine Fishes Project (BSMFP) 2012 - Fish identification and...
Basic biological data for all fish caught during the 2012 BSMFP expedition. Includes identification, weight, length (total, fork, and, standard), liver weight, gonad weight, sex... -
Catalogue Entry: Contaminants in fish database
The contaminants in fish database is a compilation of contaminant data analysed from fish tissue at the Fresh Water Institute from 1970 to 2005. Data include lab number, region,... -
Catalogue Entry: Federal Marine Bioregions
The spatial planning framework for Canada's national network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is comprised of 13 ecologically defined bioregions that cover Canada's oceans and... -
Catalogue Entry: Biodiversity of the snow crab trawl survey in Ste-Marguerite Bay, in the...
A research survey on snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) was conducted from May 2006 to May 2009 in the Bay of Ste. Marguerite near Sept-Îles, Quebec. The main objective of this... -
Catalogue Entry: Seamounts of the Northeast Pacific Ocean
Seamounts have been identified as Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) due to their unique oceanography and ecology; they frequently serve as sites for... -
Catalogue Entry: Beaufort Sea Marine Fishes Project (BSMFP) 2012 - Sampling Stations
From August 5th to September 3rd, 2012, Fisheries and Oceans Canada conducted a baseline survey of marine fishes and their habitats on the Canadian Beaufort Shelf and slope.... -
Catalogue Entry: Lab and field evaluation of tagging methods for the use of acoustic...
Acoustic telemetry allows detailed observations of the movement behaviour of many species and as tags get smaller, smaller organisms may be tagged. The number of studies using... -
Catalogue Entry: 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... -
Catalogue Entry: Zooplankton data from central and northern Strait of Georgia
Zooplankton data collected during surveys conducted in the central and northern Strait of Georgia, 1996-2018. -
Catalogue Entry: Know concentration areas of the Softshell clam in the intertidal zone of the...
The dataset represents known concentration areas of harvested or unharvested Softshell clam (Mya arenaria) in the intertidal zone of the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence,... -
Catalogue Entry: Coastal biodiversity of the benthic epifauna of the St. Lawrence Estuary (2018-2019)
The 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... -
Catalogue Entry: Phytoplankton pigments along the west coast of Vancouver Island
Phytoplankton pigments, determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) have been measured on DFO La Perouse cruises since 2011. Surface samples are taken along a... -
Catalogue Entry: Sponge Reef Areas of the Pacific Region
Sponge reefs are constructed by hexactinellid (glass) sponges of the Order Hexactinosida. The sponges trap fine sediments, and over centuries of sponge growth and sediment... -
Catalogue Entry: Beluga whale seasonal distribution in the St. Lawrence Estuary
This layer represents the seasonal distribution of St. Lawrence Estuary beluga whale population (Delphinapterus leucas). Summer distribution is based on many surveys conducted... -
Catalogue Entry: Phytoplankton pigments in the Strait of Georgia and inland waters
Phytoplankton pigments, determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) are measured seasonally along a 20-station transect in the Juan de Fuca / Strait of Georgia... -
Catalogue Entry: Feeding and migration important areas for Blue whales in the Estuary and the...
A modelling analysis conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) identified these areas as the most suitable habitat for Blue whales: Gulf of St. Lawrence, waters off the... -
Catalogue Entry: Phytoplankton pigment monitoring on the west coast of Canada
Changes in phytoplankton abundance and community composition have the potential to impact the entire food web and alter ecosystem productivity and biogeochemical cycles....-
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Catalogue Entry: Biodiversity of the American lobster trawl survey in the Magdalen Islands
A research survey on American lobster (Homarus americanus) has been conducted annually in the Magdalen Islands since 1995 to assess the abundance and structure of lobster...