Resource Library

Access tools, training materials, and documentation related to data mobilization. Our searchable resource library helps you find what you need based on where you are in your monitoring journey, the habitat or species you’re working with, or the application area you’re supporting.

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eDNA Field Data Template

Documentation Tools

Download field datasheet for an eDNA survey.

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Georeferencing Guidelines

Documentation

Guidelines to georeference a raster to either another raster layer or a feature class.

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Glint Mask Generator

Tools

Remove glint from water surface in your images if using Agisoft Metashape to generate orthomosaics.

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Global Ocean Observing System

Documentation

GOOS is an international framework that coordinates ocean observations worldwide to monitor the state of the ocean.

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GUSTA ME

Documentation Training

This guide contains descriptions of a range of analysis techniques used in microbial ecology.

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Habitat Mapper

Tools

Automated kelp detection and quantification tool for processing drone imagery and satellite data.

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Hakai Catalogue

Data

The Hakai Catalogue is an inventory of all Hakai Institute data holdings.

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Happy Belly Bioinformatics

Training Documentation

This webpage provides a series of tutorials and resources for someone who would like to learn how to do their own bioinformatics processing of raw sequence data.

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iTrack-DNA

Tools

Targetted qPCR assays for many Canadian species of interest.

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Kelp Drone Mapping Plan Template

Documentation

A template for organizations to design their own Kelp Drone Mapping Plan.

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Kelp Guidebook

Documentation

Comprehensive guide to kelp monitoring methodologies and best practices for field researchers.

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Kelp Report Card

Tools

This report summarizes the status of a type of canopy kelp at a particular site using drone-based imagery. The analysis includes the application of tide corrections, calculation of averages, and visualization of the data.

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KelpWatch

Tools Data

Kelpwatch.org hosts the world's largest dynamic map of canopy-forming kelp species, empowering data-driven management and strategic restoration of kelp forest ecosystems.

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MaPP Drone Training

Training

Videos setting up and conducting drone flights.

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MaPP Kelp Monitoring Conceptual Model and Roadmap

Documentation

Program developed by the Marine Plan Partnership for the North Coast (MaPP) to help understand where kelp forests are, how they are changing, and what the drivers of change are.

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