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Tidal marshes in the maritime coastal zone of 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 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.

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

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.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2024-03-11
Date ( RI_366 )
2024-03-11
RI_412
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Demersal and Benthic Sciences Branch (DBSB) - Louis-David Pitre ( Biologist in aquatic science )
Maurice Lamontagne Institute, 850, route de la Mer , Mont-Joli , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 ,
(418) 775-0617
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Quebec, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Estuary of St. Lawrence, Marsh, Tidal marsh, Salt marsh, Schorre
Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus ( RI_528 )
  • Aquatic ecosystems
  • Aquatic wildlife
Classification
unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fre
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Oceans
Begin date
2015-01-01
End date
2021-12-31
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Reference system identifier
https://epsg.io / EPSG:104602
Distribution format
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RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Data Management Section - Scientific Advice, Information and Support Branch - Data Management Section ( Biologist )
Maurice Lamontagne Institute, 850, route de la Mer , Mont-Joli , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 , Canada
OnLine resource
Parent project publication ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Tidal marshes Dataset ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Translation Dictionary of Tidal Marshes ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Tidal Marshes Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Tidal Marshes map data ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Tidal Marshes map data ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Credit and references ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Biological Sensitivity Mapping for Oil Spill Planning and Response, Quebec Region ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

File identifier
30515586-404d-4e4b-8da1-b81ec0e32ac1 XML
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
Biological Sensitivity Mapping for Oil Spill Planning and Response, Quebec Region d8a6c6fd-76cc-4d68-a949-c4d80eb2f296
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-04-10T19:38:10.222Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Demersal and Benthic Sciences Branch (DBSB) - Louis-David Pitre ( Biologist in aquatic science )
Maurice Lamontagne Institute, 850, route de la Mer , Mont-Joli , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 , Canada
 
 

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