The week of July 11 to 15 marked the second year of sampling for our project in collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada to determine the presence of invasive aquatic species in the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park and adjacent waters.<\/p>\n
Any maritime activity such as recreational boating, commercial shipping and fishing is likely to introduce aquatic species into new environments.\u2009These species become predators or competitors for local species. Until now, our monitoring has not detected any invasive aquatic species within the Marine Park, but we continue our work using a number of methods to further our understanding and conclude whether or not any such species are present.<\/p>\n
For Year 1 of this project, we sampled the Saguenay Fjord. This year, our objective was to cover 5 different sectors of the Upper Estuary: between Anse du Chafaud aux Basques and Baie des Rochers, Saint-Sim\u00e9on, Cacouna, Passe de l\u2019\u00cele aux Li\u00e8vres and Kamouraska.<\/p>\n
Planned activities included water sampling at four different depths for environmental DNA and phytoplankton analyses, vertical net hauls for phytoplankton and zooplankton and vertical profiles of physical\/chemical conditions (temperature, salinity and oxygen concentration). All this at three sites per sector! This means a multitude of samples to take and lots of material and equipment to transport. The days are going to be busy! On Friday, we load our research vessel L\u2019Alliance<\/em> in order to be ready to set sail the following Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The week of July 11 to 15 marked the second year of sampling for our project in collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada to determine the presence of invasive aquatic species in the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park and adjacent waters. Any maritime activity such as recreational boating, commercial shipping and fishing is likely to introduce […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":58826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[401],"tags":[1503,1799,1800,1801,1669],"class_list":["post-58878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-field-notes","tag-aire-marine-protegeeetat-de-sante-du-saint-laurentpollution-en","tag-especes-exotiques-envahissantes-en","tag-parc-marin-du-saguenay-saint-laurent-en","tag-parcs-canada-en","tag-saint-laurent-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n