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<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>A geospatial database involving 130 descriptors was created describing the pelagic and benthic habitats of the 0–30 m surface layer in the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence.</span></p><p><span>A grid made of 6.25 km² cells (2.5 x 2.5 km) was used to aggregate the data. Each of the 39,337 cells overlapping the marine environment was characterized using landscape, hydrographic, and oceanographic parameters determined from observations (including satellite imagery), a 3D circulation model, and published and unpublished material available at local and regional scales.</span></p><p><span>The dataset provides useful information on the spatial extent of major coastal epipelagic habitats in the study area and can be used for mapping purposes and for analyses of species-habitat relationships.</span></p><p><span>Une base de données géospatiales comportant 130 descripteurs a été créée décrivant les habitats de la couche de surface entre 0 et 30 m de profondeur dans l'estuaire et le Golfe du Saint-Laurent.</span></p><p><span>Les caractéristiques topographiques, hydrographiques et océanographiques de 39,337 cellules de 6.25 km² (2.5 x 2.5 km) qui chevauchent le milieu marin ont été obtenues de diverses sources: données publiées ou non publiées, imagerie satellitaire, modèle de circulation 3D.</span></p><p><span>Ce jeu de données peut servir à la cartographie thématique du territoire et de ses principaux habitats côtiers et épipélagiques ainsi qu’à l'analyse des relations entre espèces et habitats.</span></p><p><span /></p><p><span style='font-size:14pt'>Open Data</span></p><p><a href='https://open.canada.ca:443/data/en/dataset/5edf2b99-1058-438a-a450-155e888a5390' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>Learn more or download this dataset from the Government of Canada's Open data portal.</span></a></p><p><a href='https://ouvert.canada.ca:443/data/fr/dataset/5edf2b99-1058-438a-a450-155e888a5390' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>Apprenez-en plus ou téléchargez cet ensemble de données à partir du portail de données ouvertes du gouvernement du Canada.</span></a></p></div></div></div> |
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["Coastal Habitat","Epipelagic Habitat","Seafloor Topography","Salinity","Turbidity","Current","Ice","St. Lawrence Estuary","Gulf of St. Lawrence","Cabot Strait","St. Lawrence middle estuary","St. Lawrence lower estuary","Strait of Belle Isle","Earth sciences","Oceanography","Oceans","Salt water","Physics","Temperature","Hydrography","Topography","Oceans","Environment","Geoscientific information","habitat côtier","habitat épipélagique","topographie du fond marin","salinité","turbidité","courant","glace","Estuaire du Saint-Laurent","Golfe du Saint-Laurent","Détroit de Cabot","Estuaire moyen","Estuaire fluvial","Détroit de Belle Isle","Sciences de la terre","Océanographie","Océan","Eau salée","Physique","Température","Hydrographie","Topographie","Océans","Environnement","Sciences de la terre","géosciences"] |