Computerized Database of Québec Seabirds (CDQS)

The Computerized Database of Quebec Seabirds (CDQS) was set and has been updated by the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), (Quebec region,) for over 20 years. The CDSQ contains information on seabird colonies part of the following species: Gaviidae (loons), Hydrobatidae (petrels), Sulidae (gannets/boobies), Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants), Laridae (seagulls, gulls, terns), Auks (guillemots, penguins, puffins) aud Anatidae. For more information, please see the data context. You can view data in the application BIODIVERSITY.

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Data and Resources

BIOMQ_2018.csvCSV

The Quebec Seabird Computerized Bank

Dictionnaire_donnees.docxDOCX

Data dictionary

Rail_et_Chapdelaine_2002.pdfPDF

Fifteenth inventory of seabirds in North Shore sanctuaries: techniques and...

BIOMQ18_polygones_shp.zipZIP

Shapefile representing different colonies listed in the database

BIOMQ18_polygones_mapinfo.zipZIP

MapInfo file representing different colonies listed in the database

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Dataset extent

Metadata Reference Date(s) January 04, 2023 (Publication)
January 04, 2023 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) July 04, 1534 (Creation)
March 27, 2017 (Publication)
February 21, 2020 (Revision)
Frequency of Update As Needed

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Source last modified May 16, 2023 at 18:54

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Responsible Party 1
Affiliation
Environment and Climate Change Canada ROR logo
Role
  • Distributor
  • Originator
  • Owner
Responsible Party 2
Name
Rail, Jean-Francois
Affiliation
Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Email
Jean-Francois.Rail@ec.gc.ca
Role
  • Custodian
  • Point of Contact

Field Value
Ocean Variables Marine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distribution
Scope Dataset
Status On Going
Maintenance Note Generated from https://cioos-siooc.github.io/metadata-entry-form
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North Bounding Latitude 45.03009
South Bounding Latitude 62.53874
East Bounding Longitude -57.18839
West Bounding Longitude -79.9929
Temporal Extent
Begin
1534-07-04
Vertical Extent
Min
0.0
Max
0.0
Default Locale French
Included in Data Catalogue
Included in Data Catalogue 1
Name
OGSL/SLGO
URL
https://catalogue.ogsl.ca