Fisheries and Oceans Canada

2 datasets found
  • Open Data

    Sponge Reef Areas of the Pacific Region

    Sponge reefs are constructed by hexactinellid (glass) sponges of the Order Hexactinosida. The sponges trap fine sediments, and over centuries of sponge growth and sediment trapping, form large bioherms or reef mounds. Glass sponge reefs are unique habitats found along the Pacific coast of Canada...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • FGDB/GDB
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    • GEOJSON
    • SHP
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  • Open Data

    A Survey of Literature on Oil Spill Effects on Marine Organisms on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada With a Focus on Bitumen Related Products

    A literature review, focusing on oil sand products (e.g., diluted bitumen), diluents, spill-treating agents, and crude oil toxicology and ecological studies, relevant to the northeast Pacific was compiled as part of the Government of Canada’s World Class Tanker Safety program. Of the 763...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
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    • CSV
    • HTML
    • ESRI REST