Biodiversity of the St. Lawrence : form

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Ecological framework

Bathymetry		Sediments		Hydrographic units		St.Lawrence divisions
Coastal segments		Coastal landscapes		Ecological reference framework

Anthropogenic modifications

Percentage of modified shoreline (by municipality)	Percentage of modified shoreline (by physiographic unit)	Percentage of cultivated land	Percentage of urbanized area
Percentage of roads, borrow pits and bare ground	Percentage of remnant woodlands	Percentage of agricultural and urban habitats	Loss of wetlands
Percentage of wetlands lost	Loss of wetlands in the Quebec city area	Loss of wetlands in the Montreal area	Dabbling ducks in spring St. Lawrence River
Dabbling ducks in spring St. Lawrence Estuary	Dabbling ducks in spring Gulf of St. Lawrence	Number of passes of scallop drags	Number of passes of botton trawls
pH of precipitation	Susceptibility of soil to acidification	Water contamination	Contamination in the St. Lawrence

Biological diversity

Flora

Phytogeographic regions		Richness of vascular plants in squarres of 10 x 10 km		Richness of vascular plants in the physiographic units		Richness of vascular plants in the natural regions
Richness of vascular plants in the natural provinces		Prioritization index of squares		Prioritization index of squares in the Montreal area		Vascular plants protected under the Act along the St. Lawrence

Aquatic invertebrates

Richness of benthos
Aquatic physiographic units (marine invertebrates)
Bathymetry of the St. Lawrence (regrouping according to depth)

Fishes

Freshwater fishes (species richness disparities)	Freshwater fishes (species richness disparities in the Montreal area)	Freshwater fishes (species richness disparities in the Lake St-Pierre area)
Rarity of freshswater fishes	Rarity of freshswater fishes, Montreal area	Rarity of freshswater fishes, Lake St-Pierre area
Conservation index of freshwater fishes	Conservation index of freshwater fishes, Montreal area	Conservation index of freshwater fishes, Lake St-Pierre area
Surface salinity	Divisions of the St. Lawrence	Summarization of distribution of fishes
Richness of saltwater fishes	Rarity of saltwater fishes	Conservation status of saltwater fishes

Amphibians and reptiles

Amphibians
Reptiles
Composite prioritization index of herpetofauna in the Montreal area

Birds

Richness of avian species in squares	Richness of avian species in physiographic units	Richness of avian species in natural regions
Richness of avian species in natural provinces	Richness of accidental species in squares	Richness of the breeding avifauna in squares
Richness of the breeding avifauna in physiographic units	Richness of the breeding avifauna in natural regions	Richness of the breeding avifauna in natural provinces
Avifaunal regions of the St. Lawrence	The richnest squares of breeding birds confirmed for passerines, raptors, waterfowl and colonial waterbirds	Colonial species, pelagic and coastal birds of the St. Lawrence
Confirmed breeding St. Lawrence species	Prioritization index of squares based on the richness of priority confirmed breeding species	Breeding species with increasing populations
Breeding species with decreasing populations	Value of residuals calculated with nonlinear regression model	Physiographic units favourable to breeding birds

Mammals

Terrestrial and marine mammals richness in natural regions

Protecting the biodiversity

Priority sites for protecting biodiversity freshwater fishes	Priority sites for protecting biodiversity freshwater fishes, Montreal area	Priority sites for protecting biodiversity freshwater fishes, Lake St-Pierrre area
Priority sites for protecting biodiversity saltwater fishes	Priority squares	Natural sites of ecological interest (WWF-UQCN)
Natural sites of ecological interest (forest ecosystems)	Natural sites of ecological interest (ZICO)	Natural sites of ecological interest (SLV2000)

Distribution and list of species

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Last updated: 2002-12-02

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