CSOP- Harmful Algae in the Strait of Georgia

Dataset on marine microalgae (20-200 µm) that are known or suspected to have a negative effect on aquaculture (finfish, shellfish) based on ~bi-monthly sampling (up to 20 times a year) from more than 100 sampling sites in the Strait of Georgia, Canada. Samples were analyzed on a Sedgewick-Rafter slide; the identification of specimens was done to the lowest taxonomic level possible and the enumeration (as cells mL-1) by a taxonomist certified by Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in Proficiency in Identification of Harmful Algae.

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Date (Publication)
2016-04-02
Code
10.48689/736c4721-db8e-4116-a5f8-d9084126b135
Cited responsible party
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Svetlana Esenkulova

sesenkulova@psf.ca

Principal investigator
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Name

Citizen Science Program
Issue identification

Strait of Georgia data collections
Purpose

To determine the organism counts and biomass of phytoplankton throughout the Strait of Georgia. This is part of the Pacific Salmon Foundation Citizen Science Program.
Credit

Citizen Science staff for the areas:

Baynes Sound, Campbell River, Cowichan Bay, Galiano, IrvinesLanding / Sechelt,

Ladysmith, Lund, Malaspina, Nanaimo/ Qualicum, Powell River, Steveston, Victoria
Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Isobel Pearsall

pearsalli@shaw.ca

Point of contact

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Oceans

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords v15.9

  • Earth Science > Biological Classification > Plants > Macroalgae (seaweeds)

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Oceans

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords v15.9

  • Earth Science > Biological Classification > Plants > Macroalgae (seaweeds)
Access constraints
Intellectual property rights
Use constraints
Intellectual property rights
Classification
Unclassified
Spatial representation type
Vector
Language

English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
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Begin
2015
End
2024
Supplemental Information

Water samples were taken at the surface (0m) and depths (5m, 10m, and 20m), preserved with Lugol's Iodine, 1mL was analyzed under light microscope using a Sedgewick-Rafter slide; for detailed Methods info contact Esenkulova at sesenkulova@psf.ca sesenkulova@psf.ca


Ladysmith samples are not part of a Citizen Science Program but included here for data representation.
Distribution format
Name Version

XLSX

2007
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Pacific Salmon Foundation

 		Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

OGC:WMS

 		https://soggy2.zoology.ubc.ca/geoserver/wms

psf:harmful_phyto

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://maps.sogdatacentre.ca/search?collection=Document&q=%27harmful%20algae%20map%20document%20series%27&tags=harmful%20algae%20map%20document%20series

Harmful Algae Map Document Series

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 		https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.725092/full

2021_Harmful Algae and Oceanographic Conditions in the Strait of Georgia, Canada Based on Citizen Science Monitoring
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S156898832200138X

2022_Indications that algal blooms may affect wild salmon in a similar way as farmed salmon
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2015-2023_HarmfulAlgalBlooms_Occurence
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2015-2023_HarmfulAlgalBlooms_Event
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Protocol Linkage Name
DOI https://doi.org/10.48689/736c4721-db8e-4116-a5f8-d9084126b135

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Hierarchy level
Dataset
Description

Samples collected
Date / Time
2015-08-03T00:00:00
Processor
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Citizen Scientists

 		Principal investigator
Description

Samples for 2015 analyzed and made available
Date / Time
2016-03-19T00:00:00
Processor
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Svetlana Esenkulova

sesenkulova@psf.ca

Principal investigator
Description

Interim samples for 2016 analyzed and made available
Date / Time
2017-03-22T23:00:00
Processor
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Svetlana Esenkulova

sesenkulova@psf.ca

Principal investigator

Metadata

File identifier
736c4721-db8e-4116-a5f8-d9084126b135 XML
Metadata language

eng
Character set
UTF-8
Parent identifier
Citizen Science Oceanography Program

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Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-06-03T17:43:22.062Z
Metadata standard name

North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version

NAP - CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Jamie Hargreaves

jamie.hargreaves5@gmail.com

Author
 
 

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Keywords

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords v15.9
Earth Science > Biological Classification > Plants > Macroalgae (seaweeds) Earth Science > Biological Classification > Plants > Macroalgae (seaweeds)
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Oceans Oceans

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