2006 air photos sourced from the province were used to digitize kelp canopies for NW Calvert Island. Focal areas of West Beach and Choked Passage off Calvert Island have been...

The Airborne Coastal Observatory (ACO) is a collaborative program led by the Hakai Institute along with partners the University of Northern British Columbia. The ACO program...

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This layer contains polygons outlining the substrate types present in the intertidal and shallow subtidal waters surrounding Northwest Calvert Island. Substrates were manually...

Kelp Field Data for Remote Sensing - BC Central Coast - July 2014. Ground truthing of kelp in areas along the Central Coast of British Columbia consists of collecting spatial...

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Despite their profound and prolonged ecological and societal consequences, regime shifts are notoriously difficult to anticipate. For example, in kelp forest ecosystems the...

This is a polygon layer mapping kelp canopy extent for the McNaughton Group islands, Manley Island, and Serpent Group Islands. Kelp canopy extent was mapped from imagery taken...

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The macrophyte stable isotope dataset is a component of the Hakai Institute’s Nearshore research and monitoring program. The overarching objective of Hakai Nearshore research is...

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This is a dataset of WorldView-2 (WV2) imagery acquired by the Hakai Institute. The WV2 satellite is a commercial satellite operated by DigitalGlobe. It captures high resolution...

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This polygon layer describes the type and extent of intertidal and shallow subtidal substrates for the McMullin Island Group on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada....

This dataset represents the extent of canopy-forming kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana and Macrocytis pyrifera) present at the ocean surface (hereafter referred to as surface...

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Kelp Canopy Extent - 2015 - NW Calvert Island - British Columbia - Canada Digitized kelp extent, species, and density for NW Calvert Island in the summer of 2015. This...

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The Hakai Google Earth Engine Kelp tool (GEEK tool) was developed as a collaboration between the Hakai Institute, University of Victoria, and Department of Fisheries and Oceans...

Polygons manually created based on August 2012 air photos. Two species are mapped: Nereocystis luetkeana and Macrocystis pyrifera. Density is classified as either High or Low...

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This layer includes polygons representing the islands studied by the 100 Islands research program at the Hakai Institute. A centroid points layer is also included. The 100...

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This guidebook provides an overview of optical remote sensing as it relates to mapping giant kelp and bull kelp. We describe optical remote sensing platforms and sensors...

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Kelp extent for North West Calvert Island for July 31st, 2014. Polygons manually created based on July 31st, 2014 air photos. Areas covered: West Beach – 7th beach to West Beach...

Kelp extent has been manually digitized in ARC GIS using air photos / UAV imagery. Vector polygons delineate the boundaries of the kelp canopy at the surface of the water. All...

This is a polygon layer mapping the type and extent of kelp in the McMullin Group Islands. Kelp was mapped from imagery of the McMullin Group islands taken in late July 2017....

This dataset contains species-specific standardized correction factors for wet-dry calibrations for several macroalgae species of the Central Coast of British Columbia....

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