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Phytoplankton pigments along the west coast of Vancouver Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
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... Read more -
ADCP current meter data in the Strait of Belle Isle Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Strait of Belle Isle connects the Labrador Shelf and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Few observations of currents in the Strait of Belle Isle exist despite its important contribution... Read more -
Coastline fetch estimates for Pacific Canada Canada Open Gov Dataset
Fetch is a useful proxy for exposure (an important driver of nearshore species distributions) in the absence of a wind-wave model. We derived the first-ever coast-wide estimates... Read more -
Exploratory Video-Sidescan and Echosounder Survey of Jordan Bay Canada Open Gov Dataset
Towfish (sidescan and video) and echo sounder surveys were utilized to examine bottom type and macrophyte cover within the area of two coastal marine finfish aquaculture sites,... Read more -
Northern marine coastal and ecosystem studies in the Canadian Beaufort... Canada Open Gov Dataset
The objective of this project was to gather data to develop a model of the food web of the lower trophic levels of the nearshore area of the Beaufort Sea. Sampling took place... Read more -
Minimum Two-weekly Sea Ice Concentration in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (1998-2020) Canada Open Gov Dataset
This record contains two-weekly minimum sea ice concentration images of the Canadian Beaufort Sea at 1.1 km resolution. The dataset originated from the Canadian Ice Service... Read more -
Commercial catches sampling program in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Summary The Quebec region of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is responsible for the assessment of several fish and invertebrate stocks exploited in the Estuary and... Read more -
Dinoflagellate Communities in the Ports of Churchill (MB), Deception Bay... Canada Open Gov Dataset
The data were collected during two research projects: Development of community-based monitoring for aquatic invasive species in the Canadian Arctic - preparing for increased... Read more -
Calanus spp. size and lipid content metrics in North Atlantic, 1977-2019 Canada Open Gov Dataset
Data set covers metrics and metadata related to wild collected copepods Calanus spp. (C. hyperboreus, C. glacialis, C. finmarchicus) and Metridia longa: body size in prosome... Read more -
Development of a coastal species characterization approach using... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Species characterization by environmental DNA (eDNA) is a method that allows the use of DNA released into the environment by organisms from various sources (secretions, faeces,... Read more -
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data from the Coast of Bays, Newfoundland Canada Open Gov Dataset
The dataset includes timeseries of horizontal current speed and direction, vertical current speed, water depth, and temperature at instrument depth from Acoustic Doppler Current... Read more -
Bay Scale Assessment of Eelgrass Beds Using Sidescan and Video - Bouctouche Canada Open Gov Dataset
The assessment of the status of eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds at the bay-scale in turbid, shallow estuaries is problematic. The bay-scale assessment (i.e., tens of km) of... Read more -
Eelgrass (Zostera marina) study in the historical goldmining region of... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Nearshore marine construction activities often involve projects conducted directly in or adjacent to eelgrass beds and can have detrimental effects on eelgrass health, through... Read more -
Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel Distribution Survey Data Canada Open Gov Dataset
Survey data depicting the presence of the endangered Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel (Gonidea angulata) from 2008-2011. Surveys were conducted by different researchers at different... Read more -
Likelihood of Presence of Snow Crab in Area Response Planning Pilot Areas Canada Open Gov Dataset
Likelihood of presence of Snow Crab in the Bay of Fundy and Port Hawkesbury areas. The Coastal Oceanography and Ecosystem Research section (DFO Science) reviewed science sources... Read more -
Likelihood of Presence of Grey Seal in Area Response Planning Pilot Areas Canada Open Gov Dataset
Likelihood of Presence of Grey Seal in the Bay of Fundy and Port Hawkesbury Area Response Plan. The Coastal Oceanography and Ecosystem Research section (DFO Science) reviewed... Read more -
Seasonal temperature climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Description: Seasonal temperature climatology of the Northeast Pacific Ocean was computed from historical observations including all available conductivity-temperature-depth... Read more -
Canada Nature Fund for Species at Risk (CNFASAR) Priority Places and... Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk (CNFASAR) is a contribution program that focuses on providing funding for recovery and threat mitigation activities in nine... Read more -
Fluorometer Data, Southern Vancouver Island (Pacific), 2004-2014 Canada Open Gov Dataset
A chlorophyll fluorescence time series was collected at various locations around the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada for monitoring phytoplankton... Read more -
Institute of Ocean Sciences Moored Instrument Data (Arctic), 1974-present Canada Open Gov Dataset
Moored instrument time series data include current velocity, temperature, salinity, oxygen, fluorescence, transmissivity, turbidity, and particle capture of carbon, nitrogen,... Read more