Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Maritimes Region), Port of Saint John region conductivity, temperature and depth data

Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Maritimes Region), Port of Saint John region conductivity, temperature and depth data The Coastal Environmental Baseline Program is a multi-year Fisheries and Oceans Canada initiative designed to work with Indigenous and local communities and other key parties to collect coastal environmental data at six pilot sites across Canada (Port of Vancouver, Port of Prince Rupert, Lower St. Lawrence Estuary, Port of Saint John, Placentia Bay, and Iqaluit). The goal of the Program is to gather local information in these areas in effort to build a better understanding of marine ecological conditions. The Maritimes region has developed a physical oceanography program to align with the oceanographic interests and data needs of local communities and stakeholders, with the goal of sharing this information via open data. Starting in 2019, oceanographic parameters including temperature, salinity, depth, turbidity and currents have been continuously monitored at a series of locations covering a broad range of environments in the Port of Saint John and approaches vicinity, including the lower Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers, coastal fringe marshes and embayments, as well as the Musquash estuary Marine Protected Area (MPA). This dataset includes CTD data starting in 2019 and turbidity data from August 2020. Data collection methods range from bottom-mounted instruments in water depths of 10-50 meters, buoyant surface moorings, and hard-mounted instruments in intertidal zones. Intertidal data is interrupted during some low tide events, where the water level drops below the sensor, resulting in loss of functionality for periods up to 1-2 hours. Overall this dataset captures a dynamic balance between salt and fresh water on the highly tidal lower Saint John river, coastal seasonal dynamics in near-shore marine environments in the Musquash MPA, and the constant fluctuations of intertidal creeks and marshes. Updated Nov 2023: included 2022 data; removed daylight savings errors from 2019, 2020 and 2021; updated position for Evandale surface mooring. 2024-02-15 Fisheries and Oceans Canada casey.olaughlin@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentWater TemperatureSalinitySaint John riverCTDCoastal Environmental Baseline ProgramCoastal watersInland watersEnvironmentWetlandsEstuariesEcosystemsOceanography Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Maritimes Region), Port of Saint John region conductivity, temperature and depth dataESRI REST https://gisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/FGP/Coastal_Environmental_Baseline_Program/MapServer Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Maritimes Region), Port of Saint John region conductivity, temperature and depth dataESRI REST https://gisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/FGP/Coastal_Environmental_Baseline_Program/MapServer Data DictionaryPDF https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/abe8a6d2-ef8a-46f3-a28c-3b745ed09863/attachments/EN-FR_DataDictionary.zip Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Maritimes Region), Port of Saint John region conductivity, temperature and depth dataCSV https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/abe8a6d2-ef8a-46f3-a28c-3b745ed09863/attachments/CEBP_Tables.zip Coastal Environmental Baseline ProgramFGDB/GDB https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/abe8a6d2-ef8a-46f3-a28c-3b745ed09863/attachments/Downloads_2023_3.gdb.zip

The Coastal Environmental Baseline Program is a multi-year Fisheries and Oceans Canada initiative designed to work with Indigenous and local communities and other key parties to collect coastal environmental data at six pilot sites across Canada (Port of Vancouver, Port of Prince Rupert, Lower St. Lawrence Estuary, Port of Saint John, Placentia Bay, and Iqaluit). The goal of the Program is to gather local information in these areas in effort to build a better understanding of marine ecological conditions. The Maritimes region has developed a physical oceanography program to align with the oceanographic interests and data needs of local communities and stakeholders, with the goal of sharing this information via open data. Starting in 2019, oceanographic parameters including temperature, salinity, depth, turbidity and currents have been continuously monitored at a series of locations covering a broad range of environments in the Port of Saint John and approaches vicinity, including the lower Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers, coastal fringe marshes and embayments, as well as the Musquash estuary Marine Protected Area (MPA). This dataset includes CTD data starting in 2019 and turbidity data from August 2020. Data collection methods range from bottom-mounted instruments in water depths of 10-50 meters, buoyant surface moorings, and hard-mounted instruments in intertidal zones. Intertidal data is interrupted during some low tide events, where the water level drops below the sensor, resulting in loss of functionality for periods up to 1-2 hours. Overall this dataset captures a dynamic balance between salt and fresh water on the highly tidal lower Saint John river, coastal seasonal dynamics in near-shore marine environments in the Musquash MPA, and the constant fluctuations of intertidal creeks and marshes.

Updated Nov 2023: included 2022 data; removed daylight savings errors from 2019, 2020 and 2021; updated position for Evandale surface mooring.

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Delivery Point: 125 Marine Science Drive

City: St. Andrews

Administrative Area: New Brunswick

Postal Code: E5B 0E4

Country: Canada

Electronic Mail Address: casey.olaughlin@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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