Arctic SDI catalogue
Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP) data for the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Dataset
Each summer, environmental community groups collect important data to determine if groupings of fish, shrimp and crab – what is called a community- can be used as an indicator of the health status of bays and estuaries. Sampling was conducted from May through September for the first years then from June through August. In 2018 and 2019, the sampling was conducted just once in each estuary. Community group members and staff sample six stations once a month in their designated estuary.
Fish, shrimps and crabs are collected with a beach seine net and later released live back to the water once identified and counted. From this, the community groups provide important information to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, including:
-identification and numbers of fish, shrimp and crab species;
-water conditions and samples;
-information on aquatic plants;
-sediment samples.
With this information, Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientists working with government agencies and universities can conduct analyses to determine the suitability of indicators to assess the health of bays and estuaries.
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- Date ( RI_366 )
- 2004-06-01
- Date ( RI_367 )
- 2020-03-04
- Date ( RI_368 )
- 2020-03-04
- Purpose
- A monitoring program to assess the ecological health of estuaries and coastal shoreline in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.
- Status
- onGoing; enContinue RI_596
- Maintenance and update frequency
- annually; annuel RI_539
- uncontrolled vocabulary; user-specified vocabulaire libre; spécifié par l'utilisateur ( RI_528 )
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- Seine Nets
- NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Version 6.0.0.0.0 NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Version 6.0.0.0.0 ( RI_528 )
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- Community Structure
- Nets
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Système d'information taxonomique intégré (SITI) ( RI_528 )
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- Alosa aestivalis
- Alosa pseudoharengus
- Ameiurus nebulosus
- Anguilla rostrata
- Arctozenus risso
- Catostomus commersonii
- Couesius plumbeus
- Crangon septemspinosa
- Cyprinidae
- Fundulus diaphanus
- Fundulus heteroclitus
- Gaidropsarus argentatus
- Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Gasterosteus wheatlandi
- Leucoraja ocellata
- Limanda ferruginea
- Liopsetta putnami
- Menidia menidia
- Morone americana
- Morone saxatilis
- Myoxocephalus aenaeus
- Myoxocephalus scorpius
- Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Osmerus mordax
- Palaemonetes vulgaris
- Pholis gunnellus
- Pseudopleuronectes americanus
- Pungitius pungitius
- Salmo salar
- Salmo trutta
- Salvelinus fontinalis
- Scomber scombrus
- Scophthalmus aquosus
- Syngnathus fuscus
- Tautogolabrus adspersus
- Urophycis tenuis
- Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( Theme )
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- Community partnerships
- Community programs
- Ecology
- Invasive species
- Oceans
- DFO Areas Zones du MPO ( RI_525 )
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- Gulf of St. Lawrence
- 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
- Use limitation
- none
- Use limitation
- none
- Classification
- unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
- Spatial representation type
- textTable; texteTable RI_637
- Metadata language
- eng; CAN
- Character set
- utf8; utf8 RI_458
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Oceans
- Begin date
- 2004-06-01
- Description
- CAMP sampling sites extend from northeastern New Brunswick to Cheticamp, Nova Scotia and all around Prince Edward Island. In total there are 35 CAMP sites across the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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- Supplemental Information
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PARAMETERS COLLECTED:
Parameters: abundance, species richness, species developmental stage (young-of-the-year or adult), water temperature, water salinity, water dissolved oxygen, dissolved inorganic nutrient (nitrate, nitrite, phosphate), sediment % organic content, sediment % humidity content and sediment mean grain size, % submerged aquatic vegetation cover
NOTES ON QUALITY CONTROL:
Data entry into Excel and first quality control verification is done by CAMP summer students. A second quality control verification is done by DFO staff. See publ # 2823 attached to this record.
In 2018, the historical data was migrated into a relationship database. From this year on, annual data will be entered into the database using a custom application. The application front end has numerous QC elements built-in.
SAMPLING METHODS:
Please see the following URL for sampling details: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/319437.pdf
CITATION LIST:
Thériault, M.H., S.C. Courtenay, C. Godin and W.B. Ritchie.. 2006. Evaluation of the Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP) to assess the health of four coastal areas within the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence with special reference to the impacts of effluent from seafood processing plants. Canadian technical reports of fisheries and aquatic sciences (DFO) 2649.
DFO-MPO. 2011. Proceedings of a Regional Advisory Process to Review the Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP) and its Use to Infer the Ecological Health of Bays and Estuaries in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence; March 17 and 18, 2010. CSAS Proceedings 2011/029.
Thériault, M.-H.; Courtenay, S.C.. 2010. Overview analyses of the Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP) in the Basin Head Lagoon from 2002 to 2008. CSAS Research Document 2010/001.
M.-H. Thériault and S.C. Courtenay. 2012. Calibration exercise for the Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP) nutrient analyses: establishing variability between filtered and unfiltered water samples and two analytical laboratories. Canadian technical reports of fisheries and aquatic sciences (DFO) 2980.
J. Weldon, S. Courtenay and D. Garbary. 2007. The Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP) for Measuring Marine Environmental Health in Coastal Waters of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence: 2005 Overview. Canadian technical reports of fisheries and aquatic sciences (DFO) 2708.
J. Weldon, D. Garbary, S. Courtenay, W. Ritchie, C. Godin, M-H. Thériault, M. Boudreau and A. Lapenna. 2005. The Community Aquatic Monitoring Project (CAMP) for Measuring Marine Environmental Health in Coastal Waters of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence: 2004 Overview. Canadian technical reports of fisheries and aquatic sciences (DFO) 2624.
J. Weldon, S. Courtenay and D. Garbary. 2008. The Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP) for Measuring Marine Environmental Health in Coastal Waters of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence: 2006 Overview. Canadian technical reports of fisheries and aquatic sciences (DFO) 2783.
J. Weldon, S. Courtenay and D. Garbary. 2009. The Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP) for Measuring Marine Environmental Health in Coastal Waters of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence: 2007 Overview. Canadian technical reports of fisheries and aquatic sciences (DFO) 2825.
M.-H. Thériault, S.C. Courtenay and J. Weldon. 2008. Quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program for the Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP). Canadian technical reports of fisheries and aquatic sciences (DFO) 2823.
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326
- Distribution format
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CSV
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n/a
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CSV
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n/a
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- OnLine resource
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Species observations data
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HTTPS
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Dataset;CSV;eng,fra
- OnLine resource
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Data dictionary
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra
- OnLine resource
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List of species names
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra
- OnLine resource
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Summary by station by year
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HTTPS
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Dataset;CSV;eng,fra
- OnLine resource
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CAMP samples
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HTTPS
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Dataset;CSV;eng,fra
- OnLine resource
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CAMP station summary
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;FGDB/GDB;eng
- OnLine resource
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CAMP station summary
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HTTPS
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Supporting Document;FGDB/GDB;fra
- OnLine resource
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CAMP station summary (web service)
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ESRI REST: Map Service
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Web Service;ESRI REST;eng
- OnLine resource
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CAMP station summary (web service)
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ESRI REST: Map Service
)
Web Service;ESRI REST;fra
- File identifier
- c4474517-3d9b-e581-a6e2-e95273f2058e XML
- Metadata language
- eng; CAN
- Character set
- utf8; utf8 RI_458
- Hierarchy level
- dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
- Date stamp
- 2023-07-13T15:58:10
- Metadata standard name
- North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
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