{ "culture": "en-CA", "name": "TidalMarshes_MaritimeCoastalZone_Quebec", "guid": "19AA0E76-078E-47CF-B65B-0FEBA5BB61C0", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "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 Mapping of coastal ecosystems of the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence project./Ce jeu de données a été conçu pour le Centre national des urgences environnementales (CNUE) d'Environnement et Changement Climatique Canada (ECCC) pour la préparation et l'intervention en cas de déversement d'hydrocarbures. Les polygones de cette couche proviennent de la geodatabase Cartographie des écosystèmes côtiers de l\u2019estuaire et du golfe du Saint-Laurent, créée par l'Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) et par le Ministère Pêches et Océans (MPO).", "description": "
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 Mapping of coastal ecosystems of the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence project. This layer represents semi-vegetated (25-75%) and vegetated (75-100%) zones of which marsh vegetation is the dominant. The study area includes all of the estuarine and maritime coasts of Quebec, with the exception of certain sectors, including most of the Lower North Shore and Anticosti Island, with the exception of villages of Kegaska, la Romaine, Chevery, Blanc-Sablon and Port-Menier. Some islands off the estuary and gulf coasts are part of the region covered, such as Île d'Orléans, Isle-aux-Coudres, Île Verte and Île Bonaventure.<\/SPAN><\/P> The mapping of coastal ecosystems was carried out jointly by the Laboratory for Dynamics and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (LDGIZC) of the University of Quebec at Rimouski as part of the Coastal Resilience Project (https: //ldgizc.uqar.ca/Web/projets/projet-resilience-cotiere) funded by the MELCC; and by the Fisheries and Oceans Canada team, as part of its Integrated marine response planning (IMRP) component of the Oceans Protection Plan (OPP), with the objective of updating the Marine Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Regime of Canada. The master geodatabase of coastal ecosystems is hosted and distributed by UQAR on their SIGEC-Web mapping platform: https://ldgizc.uqar.ca/Web/sigecweb<\/SPAN><\/P> The characterization of marshes was mainly carried out using photo-interpretation of RVBI aerial photos acquired by DFO (2015-2020) and oblique photos taken by helicopter acquired by UQAR in 2017. This dataset also includes the information from validation stations visited by UQAR (2018-2020), used to validate and refine the photo-interpretation.<\/SPAN><\/P> Credits<\/SPAN><\/P> © UQAR-MPO (2023, Laboratoire de dynamique et de gestion intégrée des zones côtières, Pêches et Océans Canada)<\/SPAN><\/P> Provencher-Nolet, L., Paquette, L., Pitre, L.D., Grégoire, B. and Desjardins, C. 2024. Cartographie des macrophytes estuariennes et marines du Québec. Rapp. Tech. Can. Sci. halieut. Aquat. 0000 : v + 99 p.<\/SPAN><\/P> Jobin, A., Marquis, G., Provencher-Nolet, L., Gabaj Castrillo. M. J., Trubiano C., Drouet, M., Eustache-Létourneau, D., Drejza, S. Fraser, C. Marie, G. et P. Bernatchez (2021) Cartographie des écosystèmes côtiers du Québec maritime \u2014 Rapport méthodologique. Chaire de recherche en géoscience côtière, Laboratoire de dynamique et de gestion intégrée des zones côtières, Université du Québec à Rimouski. Rapport remis au ministère de l\u2019Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, septembre 2021, 98 p.<\/SPAN><\/P>