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Understory kelp biomass data from BC Central Coast
The understory kelp biomass dataset is a component of Hakai Institute’s Nearshore research and monitoring program. This dataset characterizes spatial and temporal trends in... -
Rocky Subtidal Fish and Invertebrate Community Surveys from the Central Coast...
The rocky subtidal fish and invertebrate dataset is a component of Hakai Institute’s Nearshore research and monitoring program. This dataset characterizes spatial and temporal... -
Mobile Invertebrate Rocky Intertidal Surveys - BC Central Coast - 2016-2018
The mobile invertebrate community associated with three primary habitat types (mussels, barnacle and Fucus distichus) was assessed from 2016-2018 at three coastal sites along... -
Northwest Calvert sea wrack temporal data, Central Coast, British Columbia (2...
This dataset contains the collection site locations, visit dates, and weights of each species of shore cast algae or seagrass found during each site visit. Dead, shore-cast... -
Hakai Water Properties Vertical Profile Data Measured by Oceanographic Profil...
Temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, photosynthetic active radiation, and turbidity data collected from 2012 to present by the Hakai Institute in waters... -
Seastar & Macroinvertebrate Dynamics - BC Central Coast - 2016-2017
The Seastar & Macroinvertebrate Dynamics dataset is a component of the Hakai Institute’s Nearshore research and monitoring program, designed to capture change in rocky... -
Kelp Canopy Extent 2006 - NW Calvert Island
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... -
Eelgrass (Z. marina) extent at Gulf Islands National Park Reserve eelgrass mo...
This data package contains the datasets and reports pertaining to mapping the spatial extent of Zostera marina at several monitoring sites within the Gulf Islands National Park... -
Kelp and Seagrass Mapping – 2022 – Hakai Airborne Coastal Observatory
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... -
Eelgrass (Z. marina) extent at sites along the Central Coast, British Columbia
This polygon dataset contains a time series for the spatial extent of eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows delineated from aerial imagery at several long-term monitoring sites... -
Nearshore substrate classification - Northwest Calvert Island, BC (2015-2017)
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
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... -
Spatial extent of surface canopy kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) derived from fi...
This dataset consists of a spatial dataset of digitized surface canopy extent for bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) for the North Salish Sea on the Coast of British Columbia,... -
Kelp forest communities along an otter gradient
Despite their profound and prolonged ecological and societal consequences, regime shifts are notoriously difficult to anticipate. For example, in kelp forest ecosystems the... -
Surfgrass Community Structure - Length & Density - BC Central Coast - 2017-2019
The surfgrass length & density dataset is a component of the Hakai Institute’s Nearshore research and monitoring program, designed to capture change in rocky intertidal... -
Kelp extent for the McNaughton Group Islands (2017), Manley Island (2017), an...
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... -
Nearshore Macrophyte Stable Isotopes - BC Central Coast
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... -
Macrocystis kelp canopy productivity data from BC Central Coast, v1.3.0
The macrocystis canopy productivity dataset is a component of the Hakai Institute Nearshore research and monitoring program. This dataset documents seasonal and annual changes... -
Seascape connectivity data from a sub-tidal Zostera marina meadow, Choked Pas...
This dataset was used to determine how seascape connectivity alters the nursery function of seagrass (Zostera marina) meadows for young-of-the-year (YOY) rockfish. Here, the... -
Nearshore substrates of the McMullin Group Islands - British Columbia - 2017
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....