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General distribution of humpback whales in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

General distribution of Humpback Whales in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence based on all identified whales from the entire MICS database (Mingan Island Cetacean Study).

Additional information

The MICS (Mingan Island Cetacean Study) has been collecting and compiling in a photo-identification catalogue, blue whale (and other type of whales) sightings for the western North Atlantic since 1979.

Since 1987, the material and sampling protocol has been being relatively stable, neither random nor systematic. Field work is conducted abord inflatable boats. Because the whole Gulf ot St. Lawrence cannot be thoroughly studied, MCIS conducts surveys in known whale aggregation areas. The spatial effort is also weather dependent and is mainly constrained by wind direction and strength. Therefore, the study area is not homogeneously covered.

Each whale observation is associated with a picture that allows individual identification based on the animal's pigmentation pattern. For more details consult the mentionned report:

Gagné, J.A., Ouellet, P., Savenkoff, C., Galbraith, P.S., Bui, A.O.V. et Bourassa, M.-N. Éd. 2013. Rapport intégré de l’initiative de recherche écosystémique (IRÉ) de la région du Québec pour le projet : les espèces fourragères responsables de la présence des rorquals dans l’estuaire maritime du Saint-Laurent. Secr. can. de consult. sci. du MPO. Doc. de rech. 2013/086. vi + 181 p.

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Date ( RI_366 )
2013
Date ( RI_367 )
2013
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Olivier Parent ( Geomatics analyst )
850, route de la Mer, P.O. Box 1000 , Mont-Joli , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 , Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Keywords ( RI_530 )
  • Distribution
  • Sighting
  • Humpback Whale
  • Megaptera novaeangliae
  • Marine mammals
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • St. Lawrence Estuary
  • Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • Îles de Mingan
  • Gaspésie
  • Côte-Nord
  • Strait of Belle Isle
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Earth sciences
  • Marine biology
  • 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
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Oceans
Begin date
1983
End date
2007
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Reference system identifier
https://epsg.io / EPSG:32198 / 7.4.1
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( 10.3.1 )

RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Olivier Parent ( Geomatics analyst )
850, route de la Mer, P.O. Box 1000 , Mont-Joli , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 , Canada
OnLine resource
Humpback whale observations ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Humpback whale observations ( HTTPS )

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OnLine resource
Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Humpback whale observations ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Humpback whale observations ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

File identifier
8cf43e2b-f276-4fb7-8d3a-e20fecc618b4 XML
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
Significant parameters for different species with status under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) 4c7880ac-cb01-4e12-8305-2ae8eb675390
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-02-06T12:39:20.442Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_420
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Section Gestion de données - Direction des avis, information et soutien scientifiques ( )
850, route de la Mer, P.O. Box 1000 , Mont-Joli , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 ,
 
 

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