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Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) DFO Quebec region plankton dataset

Entry ID: OBIS.AZMP-Quebec

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Summary

Abstract: The AZMP was implemented in 1998 with the aim of collecting and analyzing the biological, chemical, and physical data to detect and monitor seasonal and interannual variability in eastern Canadian waters. The key element of the AZMP sampling strategy is the oceanographic sampling at fixed stations (every two weeks, conditions permitting) and along sections (1–3 times per year). Field sampling and ... laboratory analyses are carried out following well-established common protocols.

AZMP Quebec region
For the St. Lawrence ecosystem, scientists from IML have developed a sampling plan that includes seven transects with a total of 46 stations to cover the Gulf and estuary. This set of stations has been sampled two to three times a year since 1996 (usually in the spring and the fall), thus giving quasi-synoptic views of the oceanographic conditions in the St. Lawrence.
IML scientists also sample two fixed stations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off shore of Ste-Marthe de Gaspé. The station nearest the coast is the Gaspé Current station; it is located about 4 km off the south shore of the St. Lawrence, in the middle of the Gaspé Current. This station gives information on the oceanographic conditions of the water leaving the St. Lawrence estuary. A second station, called the Anticosti Gyre, is located about 60 km from the Gaspé coast and was chosen to provide information on the oceanographic conditions of the more oceanic waters of the Gulf. Due to its location, this station is not influenced by water leaving the St. Lawrence estuary or by freshwater inputs from tributaries to the St. Lawrence.

These two stations have been sampled year-round since 1996 at frequencies from 12 to 20 times per year, depending on ship availability (ship time is most often furnished by Canadian Coast Guard "ships of opportunity.")

A third fixed station is the Rimouski station, located about 20 km off shore of Rimouski. This station has been sampled one a week between May and October since 1992. The data collected from this station can also serve to complete and validate to some degree the data collected at the Gaspé Current station. In the spring, these stations are also the mooring sites of a series of instrumented buoys that transmit oceanographic data in real-time until the fall.

Temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a, nutrients, and dissolved oxygen as well as phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass are regularly sampled at all AZMP stations.

Purpose: A comprehensive environmental monitoring program, building on existing monitoring activities, was designed and implemented in 1999 for the northwestern Atlantic with the aim of increasing the Department of Fisheries and Ocean's (DFO) capacity to understand, describe, and forecast the state of the ocean environment and marine ecosystem and to relate those changes to the predator-prey relationships ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 56.0

S: 42.0

E: -40.0

W: -70.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Kennedy, M.K. and I. St-Pierre

Dataset Title: Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program Quebec Region plankton datasets. In: Fisheries and Oceans Canada - BioChem archive

Dataset Series Name: OBIS Canada Digital Collections

Dataset Release Date: 2011

Dataset Release Place: Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dataset Publisher: OBIS Canada

Version: 1

Data Presentation Form: Digital

Online Resource: http://www.iobis.org/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1998-07-06

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF ST LAWRENCE

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS

Instrument

PLANKTON NETS

Project

OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE

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Ancillary Keywords

AZMP

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography

Data Center

International Ocean Biogeographic Information System

Data Center URL: http://www.iobis.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: PHOEBE ZHANG Phone: (732) 932-6555 x 503 Fax: 54-2965-451543 Email: phoebe at marine.rutgers.edu Contact Address: Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers University 71 Dudley Road City: New Brunswick Province or State: NJ Postal Code: 08901-8521 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Format: OBIS Schema

Fees: None

Personnel

ISABELLE ST-PIERRE

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Email: Isabelle.St-Pierre at dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Contact Address:

Institut Maurice-Lamontagne

City: Mont-Joli

Province or State: Quebec

Postal Code: G5H 3Z4

Country: CANADA

MARY KENNEDY

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Email: mary.kennedy at dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Contact Address:

Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006

City: Dartmouth

Province or State: Nova Scotia

Postal Code: B2Y 4A2

Country: Canada

Publications/References

Mitchell et al. 2002. Atlantic Zonal Monitoring Program sampling protocol. Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean Sci. 223: iv + 23 pp.
Therriault et al. 1998. Proposal for a northwest Atlantic zonal monitoring program. Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean Sci. 194: vii + 57 pp.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-08-31

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-11-16

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