Baseline oceanographic records for the Eastern Shore Islands Area of Interest

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The Eastern Shore Islands was announced as an "Area of Interest" (AOI) in 2018 by the DFO Maritimes region to potentially be considered for a Marine Protected Area under the federal Oceans Act. As part of its mandate for monitoring established and potential conservation areas, DFO Science regularly deploys instruments including conductivity/temperature/depth (CTD) loggers, and other instruments for measuring dissolved oxygen, nutrients, and other chemical ocean properties. This data collection includes temperature and other oceanographic records for the ESI AOI from June 2024 onward. The data are derived from temperature loggers (Hobo Tidbit loggers or similar) and Sea-Bird MicroCATs, but may in future years include current profiles or additional oceanographic data. These data will be used to monitor temperatures in this coastal region to detect any biological shifts associated with temperature and climate fluctuations, and be used to groundtruth oceanographic models. Cite this data as: Jeffery, N., Stanley, R., Pettitt- Wade, H. (2025): Data of: Baseline oceanographic records for the Eastern Shore Islands Area of Interest. Published: September 2025. Coastal Ecosystems Science Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, N.S. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/f0020cec-5671-4908-8fdd-11fc097de99d

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Baseline oceanographic records for the Eastern Shore Islands Area of Interest PNG https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/f0020cec-5671-4908-8fdd-11fc097de99d/attachments/bird_islands_2024-2025_Tidbit_Temperatureplot.png
Baseline oceanographic records for the Eastern Shore Islands Area of Interest Unknown https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/f0020cec-5671-4908-8fdd-11fc097de99d/attachments/ESI_AOI.gdb.zip
Baseline oceanographic records for the Eastern Shore Islands Area of Interest CSV https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/f0020cec-5671-4908-8fdd-11fc097de99d/attachments/ESI_Bird_Islands_L31-21724381%202025-07-29%2014_25_20%20ADT_Processed.csv
Data Dictionary CSV https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/f0020cec-5671-4908-8fdd-11fc097de99d/attachments/ESI_BirdIsl_Temperature_DataDictionary2.csv
Baseline oceanographic records for the Eastern Shore Islands Area of Interest Unknown https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/f0020cec-5671-4908-8fdd-11fc097de99d/attachments/MicrocatData.zip
Baseline oceanographic records for the Eastern Shore Islands Area of Interest Ersi REST https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/eastern_shore_islands_area_of_interest/MapServer
Baseline oceanographic records for the Eastern Shore Islands Area of Interest Ersi REST https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/eastern_shore_islands_area_of_interest/MapServer

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