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2010 Canadian marine ecosystem status and trends report : Rapport sur l'état et les tendances des écosystèmes marins canadiens en 2010

9 Jul 2010

In 2006, the CCRM identified the completion of the Ecosystem Status and Trends Report (ESTR) in 2010 as an early deliverable under the “Assess” and “Ecosystem” components of the Biodiversity Outcomes Framework. [...] Over the mid and outer shelves, surface water flow is southward in the summer and northward in the winter in response to the large scale pressure systems and their associated winds. [...] This is due to the local warming of surface waters and the inflow of near- surface waters on the continental shelf into the interior of the Strait of Georgia. [...] The CAA encompasses the majority of remaining multi-year sea ice habitat in the Canadian Arctic, the fate of which is critical for understanding climate-driven changes to this Arctic marine ecosystem and will directly influence future accessibility of the Arctic. [...] Gulf of Maine and Scotian Shelf Overview The Gulf of Maine and Scotian Shelf ecozone is bounded by the Hague Line to the southwest (defining the international border with the United States) and by the southern edge of the Laurentian Channel to the northeast.
oceans agriculture environment climate change arctic aquaculture habitat conservation biodiversity water natural resources arctic ocean atlantic ocean biology environmental monitoring marine ecology marine mammals rivers sea estuary atlantic cod beluga whale benthic zone benthic beaufort sea british columbia coast terrestrial ecosystem health north coast beluga bowhead whale indicators (biology) beaufort gyre
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38
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Canada

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