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The ecological regionalization of coastal habitat of the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

****New revised data soon available

In 2009, DFO defined twelve spatial units in three of Canada's oceans to inform marine planning exercises such as the establishment of marine protected area networks. However, these bioregions cover large territories and are ecologically heterogeneous, especially along the coasts. The ecological regionalization presented in this report is based on existing classification systems, in particular those of Parks Canada, Environment Canada, DFO and MELCC, in addition to the unique ecological characteristics of each sub-region in terms of habitats, breeding grounds, feeding grounds, migratory routes, surface deposits, geomorphology, etc. For the Quebec region, a total of 12 sub-ecoregions have been identified. The analyzes leading to these sub-ecoregions are both based on a description of terrestrial ecosystems adjacent to the coast and on a marine description. Consultation with experts in marine biology and conservation helped refine our analyses and conclusions.

Data presented here are the limit of the 12 ecoregions made from this work. A technical report is available for more details : Narancic, B. et Gendreau, Y. 2022. Écorégionalisation du territoire côtier de l’estuaire et du golfe Saint-Laurent. Rapp. tech. can. sci. halieut. aquat. 0000 :vii + 27p.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2024
Date ( RI_366 )
2024
RI_412
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Scientific Advice, Information and Support Branch - Yanick Gendreau ( Marine science biologist )
Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, 850, route de la Mer , Mont-Joli , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 , Canada
581-525-6748
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown; inconnu RI_543
Keywords
  • EGSL bioregion
  • Ecoregionalization
  • Coastal habitats
Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus ( RI_528 )
  • Coasts
  • Habitats
  • Ecosystems
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
Classification
unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
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grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
fra; CAN
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utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
Begin date
2021
End date
2024
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https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 /
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RI_412
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Scientific Advice, Information and Support Branch - DAISS-SAISB ( Data management biologist )
Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, 850, route de la Mer , Mont-Joli , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 , Canada
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Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-03-31T16:06:27.77Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_410
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Scientific Advice, Information and Support Branch - Yanick Gendreau ( Marine Science Biologist )
Maurice Lamontagne Institute, 850, route de la Mer , Mont-Joli , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 , Canada
581-525-6748
 
 

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