Characterisation of Saint John River Brackish Wetlands Around the Port of Saint John (2020)

The project collects baseline data on tidally-influenced brackish wetlands within the Saint John River system within the Port of Saint John study area, and which impact marine ecosystems by the various ecosystem services they provide; including absorbing water in storm events and reducing erosion and runoff into the marine environment, filtering chemicals and sediment out of water before it is discharged into the ocean, and providing food and habitat for wildlife. Salt water enters the Saint John River and affects river salinity as far inland as Fredericton, NB (Carter and Dadswell 1983).

The focus of the baseline evaluation will be to follow the Wetland Ecosystem Services Protocol for Atlantic Canada (WESP-AC), developed by Dr. Paul Adamus (Oregon State University) and the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government to rapidly characterize the ecosystem services of wetlands within the study area, as well as to collect species data (including invasive species). The standardized protocol involves a desktop assessment and a field visit to each wetland.

The dataset contains a Non-tidal WESP-AC spreadsheet (.xlsx) for each wetland, a species spreadsheet (.csv), and a geodatabase (.gdb) of wetland boundaries, a centroid, monitoring tracks, and boundary of the Port of Saint John study area. Field visits were done on the following dates: Grassy Island (Aug 28, 2020).

This project is conducted under the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' Coastal Environmental Baseline Program; part of the national Oceans Protection Plan.

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Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

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Metadata Reference Date(s) December 20, 2022 (Publication)
December 20, 2022 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) August 20, 2020 (Creation)
March 25, 2021 (Publication)
December 20, 2022 (Revision)
Frequency of Update As Needed

Responsible Party 1
Affiliation
Nature Conservancy of Canada ROR logo
Email
nature@natureconservancy.ca
Role
  • Distributor
  • Owner
Responsible Party 2
Name
Patrick, Allison
Affiliation
Nature Conservancy of Canada
Email
allison.patrick@natureconservancy.ca
Role
  • Custodian
  • Point of Contact
Responsible Party 3
Name
Noel, Paula
Affiliation
Nature Conservancy of Canada
Email
paula.noel@natureconservancy.ca
Role
  • Originator
  • Point of Contact

Field Value
Ocean Variables
  • Marine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distribution
  • Seagrass cover and composition
  • Other
Scope Dataset
Status Completed
Maintenance Note Generated from https://cioos-siooc.github.io/metadata-entry-form
Spatial Extent [[[-66.056919, 45.522909], [-66.071169, 45.522909], [-66.071169, 45.509981], [-66.056919, 45.509981], [-66.056919, 45.522909]]]
North Bounding Latitude 45.509981
South Bounding Latitude 45.522909
East Bounding Longitude -66.056919
West Bounding Longitude -66.071169
Temporal Extent
Begin
2020-08-20
End
2020-08-20
Vertical Extent
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0.0
Max
0.0
Default Locale English
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Included in Data Catalogue 1
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OGSL/SLGO
URL
https://catalogue.ogsl.ca