TMP Podcast #8 – New England Clean Energy Connect Project Part III: HydroQuebec & The Environmental Cost of Clean Energy

This is the final part of a 3 part series looking  at the New England Clean Energy Connect Project.  This episode looks at Hydro-Quebec and a handful of their largest hydroelectric facilities;  The Beaurharnois, The Bersimis, The Manic-Outardes, The Romaine and James Bay Projects.  The episode also looks into the environmental cost of this type of clean energy for the local environment and for the entire region. Continue Reading Below for Sources & Show Notes

Sources and Show Notes:

General Dam Info

Retaining Structures Defined – hydroquebec.com

Levee – wikipedia.org

Global Forest Atlas: Dams – Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Hydro-Quebec History

1898-1929 – Corporate Consolidations and Big Projects

1930-1944 – Toward Nationalization

1945-1959 – Hydro-Québec’s First Triumphs

1960-1979 – The Second Nationalization

1980-1996 – A Time of Uncertainty

Hydro-Québec proudly celebrates its 70thanniversary

Hydro-Québec: 75 years of ingenuity and innovation

Hydro-Quebec Generating Station Lists

Our Major Facililites & Interconnections (Map) – hydroquebec.com (.pdf)

Quebec Province Dams Directory – Quebec Ministère de l’Environnement (.xls)

Hydroelectric Generating Stations as of Jan 1st 2021 – hydroqueebc.com

Hydroelectric Generating Stations as of Jan 1st 2020 – hydroquebec.com

Hydro-Quebec Generating Stations listed by Output (2019) – hydroquebec.com

Hydro-Quebec Production: Generating Stations – hydroquebec.com

Understanding Electricity: Reservoirs – hydroquebec.com

Hydro-Quebec Misc Docs

HQ Strategic Plan 2020-2024: Setting new sights with our clean energy – hydroquebec.com

HQ Annual Report 2015: Setting New Sights with our Clean Energy – hydroquebec.com (.pdf)

Hydro-Quebec – NECEC Interconnection

Appalaches-Maine Interconnection – Project Overview – hydroquebec.com

Appalaches-Maine Interconnection – Selected Route – hydroquebec.com

Appalaches-Maine Interconnection – Project Schedule – hydroquebec.com

Hydro-Quebec Surplus & Export Articles

Exports to New England – hydroquebec.com

Hydro-Québec forecasts continued high volume of available electricity [Press Release] – hydroquebec.com

Hydro-Quebec says U.S. export deal will keep local power rates below inflation – Financial Post

Hydro-Québec selected for the biggest contract of its history [Press Release] – hydroquebec.com

Canada has too much clean electricity. Anybody want it? – E&E News

New Hydro-Quebec CEO Aims To Boost Sales Of Surplus Power – Vermont Public Radio

Legault wants to make Quebec the ‘battery’ of North America – iPolitics

As Quebec bathes in electricity, money goes down the drain – The Star

Hydro-Québec poised to profit from U.S.thirst for green energy – Montreal Gazette

Without exports, our profits are in trouble’: Hydro-Quebec plugs into U.S. markets for growth – Financial Post

Saint Lawrence Seaway

From the Atlantic to the Great Lakes – A History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the St. Lawrence Seaway (.pdf)

-The Beauharnois Project-

Saint Lawrence Seaway – wikipedia.org

Beauharnois Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Beauharnois Dam – Commission de toponymie

Beauharnois Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Beauharnois Power Plant – SPG Hydro Projects

Beauharnois Canal – Commission de toponymie

Beauharnois Canal – wikipedia.org

Côte-Nord Region

Côte-Nord – fr.wikipedia.org

Côte-Nord: Energy Territory – alloprof.qc.ca

-The Bersimis Project-

Betsiamites River – Commision de toponymie

Betsiamites River – Wiki

Desroches River (Betsiamites River) – fr.wikipedia.org

Partial Diversion of the Manouane River – Comprehensive Study Report (.pdf)

Pipmuacan River – Commission de toponymie

Pipmuacan Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Pipmuacan Reservoir – wikipedia.org

Pipmuacan Reservoir – fr.wikipedia.org

Bersimis-1

Bersimis-1 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Bersimis-1 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Bersimis-1 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Bersimis-1 Power-station Station – wikipedia.org

Bersimis-1 Power-station – fr.wikipedia.org

Bersimis-2

Bersimis-2 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Bersimis-2 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Bersimis-2 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Bersimis-2 Power-station – wikipedia.org

Bersimis-2 Power-station – fr.wikipedia.org

-The Manic-Outardes Project-

Manicougan River

Manicougan River – Commission de toponymie

Water-Resource System – Manicougan – hydroquebec.com

Manicougan River – wikipedia.org

Manicougan Reservoir – wikipedia.org

Manicougan Reservoir – World Lake Database

Manic-5 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Manic-5

Manic-5 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Manic-5 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Manic-5 Dam – wikipedia.org

Manic-5 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Manic-5pa Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Manic-5 hydroelectric development – Directory of Heratige Quebec

Manic-3

Manic-3 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Manic-3 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Manic-3 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Manic-3 Power Station – wikipedia.org

Manic 3 Power Station Historique (.pdf)

Manic-3 Power-station – fr.wikipedia.org

Manic-3 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Toulnustouc River & Power-stations

Toulnustouc River – Commission de toponymie

Toulnustouc River – wikipedia.org

Toulnustouc Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Toulnustouc Dam – Commission de toponymie

Lac Saint-Anne (reservoir) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Sainte-Anne – de.wikipedia.org

Lake Sainte-Anne (Toulnustouc) – wikpedia.org

Lac Sainte-Anne Dam – Commission de toponymie

Toulustouc power-station – Commission de toponymie

Toulnustouc Power-station – wikipedia.org

Aménagement hydroélectrique Manic-5 – Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec

Manicougan River (Cont.)

Manic-2

Manic-2 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Manic-2 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Manic-2 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Manic-2 Power-station – wikipedia.org

Manic-2 Power-station – fr.wikipedia.org

Manic-2 Power-station – de.wikipedia.org

Manic-2 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Manic-1

Manic-1 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Manic-1 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Manic-1 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Manic-1 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Manic-1 Power-station – wikipedia.org

Manic-1 Power Station – Le Monde en Images

McCormick

McCormick Dam – Répertoire des barrages

McCormick Dam – Commission de toponymie

McCormick Power-station – Commission de toponymie

McCormick Generating Station – everything.explained. today.

McCormick Dam & Power Station (pdf) – King Packaged Materials Company

McCormick Power Station – wikipedia.org

McCormick Power-station – fr.wikipedia.org

Outardes River

Outardes River – wikipedia.org

Riviere aux Outardes River – Commission de toponymie

Outardes-4

Outardes-4 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Outardes-4 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Outardes-4 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Outardes 4 Power-station – wikipedia.org

Outardes-4 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Outardes-4 Reservoir – de.wikipedia.org

Outardes-3

Outardes-3 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Outardes-3 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Outardes-3 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Outardes-3 Reservoir – de.wikipeia.org

Outardes-3 Reservoir – sv.wikipedia.org

Outardes-3 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Outardes-3 Power-station – fr.wikipedia.org

Outardes-3 Power-station – fr.wikipedia.org

Outardes-2

Outardes-2 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Outardes-2 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Outardes-2 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Outardes-2 Reservoir – de.wikipedia.org

Outardes-2 Reservoir – sv.wikipedia.org

Outardes-2 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Outardes-2 Power-station – fr.wikipedia.org

Outardes 2 Power-station – wikipedia.org

-The Romaine Project-

Romaine River – Commission de toponymie

Lac Anderson – Commission de toponymie (captured)

Lac Brûlé – Commission de toponymie (captured)

Lac Lavoie – Commission de toponymie (captured)

Lac Long – Commission de toponymie (captured)

Lac Lozeau – Commission de toponymie (captured)

Lac Marc – Commission de toponymie (captured)

Petit Lac Lozeau -Commission de toponymie (captured)

Romaine Hydroelectric Complex –A renewable energy project

Romaine Complex – hydroquebec.com

Complexe de la Romaine – hydroquebec.com

Romaine Complex Environmental Impact Vol 1. (.pdf French)

Environmental analysis report for the development project of the hydroelectric complex of the Romaine river in the territory of the regional municipality of Minganie County by Hydro-Québec (.pdf-French)

Commissioning of the Romaine 2 power plant (French)

Complexe de la Romaine – Hydroquebec.com (French)

Romaine Hydroelectric Power Complex – NS Energy

Connecting the Romaine Complex – hydroquebec.com

In Quebec, Canada’s newest hydroelectric dams nearly ready

Romaine 4

Barrage number X216736 – Is likely the incomplete Romaine-4 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

La Romaine-4, le dernier grand barrage?

Final plant underway for Hydro-Quebec’s Romaine project

La mise en service de Romaine-4 retardée d’un an

Un retard qui coûtera 300 M$ à Hydro-Québec: La centrale Romaine-4 en fonction en 2021 seulement

Romaine-3

Romaine 3 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Romaine 3 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Romaine 3 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Romaine 3 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Romaine-3 Power-station – wikipedia.org

Inauguration of the Romaine-3 generating station – Québec, a leader in clean and renewable energies – hydroquebec.com

La centrale Romaine-3 inaugurée sur la Côte-Nord – The Canadian Press

Inauguration de la centrale Romaine-3 | Radio-Canada.ca (info covers Romaine 1-4)

Romaine-2

Romaine 2 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Romaine-2 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Romaine 2 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Romaine 2 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Romaine-2 Power Station – wikipedia.org

Romaine 2: Hydro-Québec poursuivie pour 54 M$ – le Journal de Montreal

Romaine 2 : de l’énergie à un coût plus bas que prévu – Radio-Canada.ca

Mise en service de la centrale Romaine-2 – Radio.Canada.ca

Hydro-Québec La Romaine-2 Substation – exp.com

Romaine-1

Romaine-1 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Romaine-1 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Romaine 1 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Romaine-1 Power-station – Commision de toponymie

Complexe hydroélectrique de laRomaine : l’échéancier du barrage Romaine-1 devancé

Hydro-Quebec’s controversial Romaine-1 facility starts producing electricity

Romaine-1 generating station: major milestone reached – Hydro-Quebec.com

Romaine-1 Power-station – wikipedia

Romaine hydroelectric complex: the Romaine-1 dam schedule advanced

Romaine Worker Deaths

Trois accidents mortels en sept ans au chantier de la Romaine

Le Rimouskois Alex-Antoine Proulx perd la vie sur le chantier de Romaine-4

Hydro-Québec faces $4M lawsuit over worker’s 2015 death

Chantier la Romaine changement culturel en vue à Hydro-Québec | Radio-Canada.ca

Le père de Steeve Barriault veut mettre en demeure Hydro-Québec pour la mort de son fils

Hydro-Québec allows union safety inspectors after 4 deaths at La Romaine worksite

Un travailleur meurt sur le chantier de Romaine-4

Innu & Protests at Romaine

Côte-Nord : la route 138 toujours interdite aux poids lourds

Les Innus de Nutashkuan ne veulent pas du chantier d’Hydro-Québec pendant la pandémie

Côte-Nord : des travailleurs en colère | Radio-Canada.ca

Mountains of logs left to rot at Hydro-Québec site on North Shore | CBC News

Natashquan Innus and La Romaine – Plan Nord and Indigenous peoples

Nord-du-Québec

James Bay & Northern Quebec Agreement – wikipedia.org

Quebec Boundaries Extension Act, 1912 (British North America Act pg 235-237) (.pdf)

James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement and Complementary Agreements (.pdf)

Nord-du-Québec – wikipedia.org

Nord-du-Quebec – fr.wikipedia.org

Jamésie Region – wikipedia.org

Jamésie Region – fr.wikipedia.org

– The James Bay Project –

James Bay Project – Canadian Encyclopedia

The James Bay Project – wikipedia.org

The James Bay Project – Cree Nation of Waskaganish

The La Grande Complex – Hydroquebec.com

Geographic Location: The La Grande Complex – Hydroquebec.com

Water-Resource System: La Grande River – Hydroquebec.com

Cree Stop Second Phase of James Bay Hydroelectric project, 1989-1994 – Global Nonviolent Action Database

Caniapsicau headwaters to La Grande 3

Upper Caniapsicau River

Upper Caniapiscau (aka René-Lévesque) River (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Sevestre (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac des Grosses Roches (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Gensart (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Goupil (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Opiscotéo (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Raimbault (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Vignal (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Lapointe (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Chambeaux (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac René-Cleary (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Vaubois (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Nouveau (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Brisay & Caniapiscau Reservoir

Caniapiscau Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Caniapiscau Reservoir – World Lake Database

Réservoir de Caniapiscau — fr.Wikipédia

Caniapiscau Reservoir – Wikipedia

Lac Caniapiscau (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Brisay (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Le Maistre (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Clairambault (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Delorme (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Caniapiscau River (lower) – Commission de toponymie

Caniapiscau Overage régulateur (Brisay) – Répertoire des barrages

Brisay Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Brisay Power-station – fr.wikipedia

Détournement Caniapiscau-Laforge – fr.wikipedia.org

Laforge River

Laforge River (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Laforge-2

Laforge 2 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Lac Vibrac (submerge/captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Neret (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Marteille (submerged/captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Montboissier (submerged/captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Fontages (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Laforge 2 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Laforge 2 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Laforge-1

Laforge 1 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Lac Vincelotte (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Petagumksun (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Vinet (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Istre (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Jobert (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Laforge-1 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Laforge 1 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Centrale de la Laforge 1 – fr.wikipedia.org

La Grande River

La Grande River (captured) – Commission de toponymie

La Grande River – wikipedia.org

La Grande-4

La Grande-4 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

La Grande-4 Dam – Commission de toponymie

La Grande-4 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

La Grande-4 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

La Grande-4 Reservoir – fr.wikipedia.org

Lac Muriel (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Riviere Vincelotte (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Anamapiskach (reservoir) – Commission de toponymie

Dam X2156996 (Lac Anamapiskach) – Répertoire des barrages

Nichicun Lake (captured) – Commission de toponymie

La Grande-3

La Grande 3 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

La Grande-3 Reservoir – fr.wikipedia.org

La Grande-3 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

La Grande-3 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Rivière De Pontois (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Rivière De Pontois – fr.wikipedia.org

Lac de la Corvette (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Kanipitasakatinaw (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Rupert-Eastmain-Opinaca Diversion

Bernard-Landry (Eastmain 1A) and Sarcelle powerhouses and Rupert diversion project – hydroquebec.com

Eastmain-1-A/Sarcelle/RupertProject – hydroquebec.com

Eastmain-1-A and Rupert diversion project – Comex

Quebec OK’s $4-billion Rupert River hydro project

Hydro-Electric Project To Reshape Wilderness – MPBN

Info Projet Eastmain-1-A-Sarcele-Rupert (.pdf)

Rupert River

Rivière Rupert (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Rupert River – wikipedia.org

Rupert Dam – Commission de toponymie

Lac Mistassini (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Mesgouez (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac La Bardeliere (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Nemiscau (converted to reservoir) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Goulde (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Des Champs (Captured/Converted to Reservoir) – Commission de toponymie

Rivière Lemare (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lemare River Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Rupert – Eastmain Diversion Tunnel – Répertoire des barrages

Eastmaine-1 Hydroelectric Facilitiy Bypass Tunnel – Vinci Construction

Lac Arques (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Nemiscau River (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Nemiscau-1 Dam – Commission de toponymie

Nemiscau-1 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Nemiscau-2 Dam -Commission de toponymie

Nemiscau-2 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

Eastmain River

Eastmain River – Commission de toponymie

Eastmain River – fr.wikipedia.org

Lac Brehart (captured) – Commission de toponymie

River Tichegami (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Tichegami (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac de la Maree (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Nasacauso (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Paix des Braves Reservoir (Eastmain Reservoir) – Commission de toponymie

Net GHG Emissions at the Eastmain-1 Reservoir

Eastmain-1

Eastmain-1 Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Eastmain-1 Hydroelectric Development – hydroquebec.com

Eastmain-1 Power-station (aka Bernard-Landry Power-station) – Commission de toponymie

Eastmain 1 Dam (aka Bernard-Landry Dam) – Répertoire des barrages

Eastmain-1 Dam (aka Barrage Bernard-Landry Dam) – Commission de toponymie

Opinaca River

Opinaca Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

Opinaca Reservoir – wikipedia.org

Opinaca River (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Philibert (Opinaca River head, Captured) – Commission de toponymie

Barrage OA-05 EOL (Opinaca Dam/Reservoir) – Répertoire des barrages

Petite Lac Opinaca (submerged) – – Commission de toponymie

Lac Low (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Opinaca (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Giard River (formerly Rivière Menouow River, captured/partially submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Menouow Lake (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Gipouloux River (captured, partially submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Ell Lake (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Rivière Tichégami (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Sarcelle

Sarcelle Overage Regulator – Répertoire des barrages

Sarcelle Power-station – Commission de toponymie

Sarcelle Powerhouse (pdf) – Hydroquebec.com

Lac Boyd (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Sakami River

Sakami River – Commission de toponymie

Lac Joubert (Sakami river head) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Sakami (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Sakami – wikipedia.org

Seuil Sakami – Répertoire des barrages

Lac Des Antons (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Rivière Des Antons (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac de la Marée (captured) – Commission de toponymie

La Grande River (cont.)

La Grande 2

La Gande-2 (Robert-Bourassa) Development – fr.wikipedia.org

Robert-Bourassa Reservoir Virtual Visit – hydroquebec.com

Robert-Bourassa Reservoir – wikipedia.org

La Grande 2 Reservoir – World Lake Database

La Grande 2 (Robert-Bourassa) Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

La Grande 2 (Robert-Bourassa) Dam – Répertoire des barrages

La Grande 2 (Robert-Bourassa) Power-station – Commission de toponymie

La Grande 2-A (Robert-Bourassa) Power-station- Commission de toponymie

Robert-Bourassa Generating Station – wikipedia.org

Griault River (captured/partially submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac de la Montagne du Pin (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Wawa (captured) – Commission de toponymie

Lac Kanaaupscow (submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Kanaaupscow River (captured/partially submerged) – Commission de toponymie

Lac des Œufs – (head of Kanaaupscow River, submerged by Laforge 1, Captured by LG 2) – Commission de toponymie

La Grande 1

La Grande-1 Reservoir – Commission de toponymie

La Grande-1 Dam – Répertoire des barrages

La Grande- 1 Power station – Commission de toponymie

La Grande-1 Power Station – fr.wikipedia.org

Environmental Impact of The James Bay Project

Mercury evolution (1978–1988) in fishes of the La Grande hydroelectric complex, Quebec, Canada (.pdf)

Impacts of boreal hydroelectric reservoirs on seasonal climateand precipitation recycling as simulated by the CRCM5: a casestudy of the La Grande River watershed, Canada (.pdf)

Environmental Impacts of the James Bay Project – fr.wikipedia.org

Preliminary Impacts of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project, Quebec, on Estuarine Fish and Fisheries (.pdf)

Intensity and duration of effects of impoundmenton mercury levels in fishes of hydroelectricreservoirs in northern Québec (Canada) (.pdf)

Human impacts of the La Grande hydroelectric complex on Cree communities in Québec (.pdf)

The James Bay Hydroelectric Project – Issue of the Century (.pdf)

Environmental Impacts of Hydroelectric Overall

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reservoir Water Surfaces: A New Global Synthesis (pdf)

Global-Scale EnvironmentalEffects of Hydrological Alterations: Introduction (.pdf)

Carbon emission from hydroelectric reservoirs linked to reservoir age and latitude (.pdf)

How a Dam Affects a River – Vermont DEC (.pdf)

How a Hydroelectric Project Can Affect a River – Foundation for Water & Energy Education

Hydrological Effects of Dams – International Rivers

Temperature affects the number and type of animals and plants that live in a waterway – NIWA

How do hydro-electricity activities potentially influence waterway temperatures? – NIWA

Hydrological Alterations and Marine Biogeochemistry: A Silicate Issue? (.pdf)

The hydropower paradox: is this energy as clean as it seems? – The Guardian

General Oceanographic Info

The World Ocean Silica Cycle (.pdf)

The life of diatoms in the world’s oceans (.pdf)

Diatoms as indicators of the effects of river impoundment at multiple spatial scales (.pdf)

Contribution of riverine nutrients to the silicon biogeochemistry of the global ocean – a model study (.pdf)

Riverine contribution of biogenic silica to the oceanic silica budget (.pdf)

Importance of Boreal Rivers in Providing Iron to Marine Waters (.pdf)

Researchers measure carbon footprint of Canada hydro-electric dams – Phys.org

Pandalus borealis (Northern Shrimp) – wikipedia.org

Atlantic Northern Shrimp – NOAA Fisheries

Calanus finmarchicus – wikipedia.org

Overwintering strategies in Calanus finmarchicus (.pdf)

Copepod – wikipedia.org

Diatoms – wikipedia.org

James Bay

Hydrographical Variations at James Bay Eelgrass Beds in Relation to an Under-Ice River Plume

Salinity and temperature variations at James Bay eelgrass beds in relation to an under-ice river plume (.pdf)

Preliminary Impacts of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project, Quebec, on Estuarine Fish and Fisheries (.pdf)

Monitoring saltwater intrusion in Rupert Bay, Québec,Canada, after the partial diversion of a major tributary (.pdf)

Hudson Bay

Discover Canada’s Watersheds Map – The Altas of Canada

Flow Alteration impacts on Hudson Bay River Discharge (.pdf)

What is the Fate of the River waters of Hudson Bay? (.pdf)

Effects of the hydroelectric developments on the oceanographic surface parameters of Hudson Bay (.pdf)

Can Regulation of Freshwater Runoff in Hudson Bay Affect the Climate of the North Atlantic? (.pdf)

Hudson Bay Drainage Basin – wikipedia.org

Characteristics and Trends of River Discharge into Hudson, James, and Ungava Bays, 1964-2000

Hudson Bay – World Atlas

Hydro power plays into Hudson Bay wildlife entrapments: researcher – Nunatsiaq News

Surface sediment dinoflagellate cysts from the Hudson Bay system and their relation to freshwater and nutrient cycling (.pdf)

Effects of Hydro-Electric Projects on Hudson Bay’s Marine and Ice Environments (.pdf.)

Circulation on the Newfoundland Continental Shelf (.pdf)

Hudson Strait

The Arctic-Subarctic Exchange Through Hudson Strait (.pdf)

The Outflow from Hudson Strait and its Contributions to the Labrador Current (.pdf)

Freshwater Flow Through Hudson Strait (.pdf)

Labrador Current Sources & The Labrador Shelf

The Freshwater Transport of the Labrador Current (.pdf)

On the Origin of Shelf Water in the Middle Atlantic Bight (.pdf)

A Study of the Northern Part of the Labrador Current (.pdf)

Freshwater Export from the Labrador Current to the North Atlantic Current at the Tail end of the Grand Banks of NewFoundland – Summary Poster (.pdf)

Freshwater Export from the Labrador Current to the North Atlantic Current at the Tail end of the Grand Banks of NewFoundland – Actual Article (.pdf)

Ocean Climate variability off Newfoundland and Labrador over 1979-2010: A modeling approaches (.pdf)

Interannual variations in the stratification and transport of the Labrador Current on the Newfoundland Shelf (.pdf)

Role of Greenland Freshwater Anomaly in the Recent Freshening of the Subpolar North Atlantic (.pdf)

Greenland Melt and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (.pdf)

Rapid coastal deoxygenation due to ocean circulation shift in the NW Atlantic (.pdf)

Physical Oceanographic Conditions on the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelf During 2013 (.pdf)

The Gulf of Saint Lawrence

The transport of water, heat and salt through the strait of Belle Isle (.pdf)

Twentieth century warming in deep waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence: A unique feature of the last millennium (.pdf)

The Circulation and Hydrography of Conception Bay, NewFoundland (.pdf)

St. Lawrence Temperatures on the Rise in 2020 – Baleines en direct

Recent intrusion of Labrador Shelf waters into the Gulf of St. Lawrence and its influence on the plankton community and higher trophic levels (.pdf)

Physical Oceanographic Conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2012 (.pdf)

Physical Oceanographic Conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2013 (.pdf)

Physical Oceanographic Conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2014 (.pdf)

Physical Oceanographic Conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during 2018 (.pdf)

Physical Oceanographic Conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during 2019 (.pdf)

Climate Change effects surfacing faster in Gulf of Saint Lawrence – Saltwire

A Hydrographic Climatology of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (.pdf)

Formation and circulation of the cold intermediate layer in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (.pdf)

Modeling the timing of spring phytoplankton bloom and biological production of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada): Effects of colored dissolved organic matter and temperature (.pdf)

Modeling the impact of hypoxia on the energy budget of Atlantic cod in two populations of the Gulf of Saint-Lawrence, Canada (.pdf)

Shift in large-scale Atlantic circulation causes lower-oxygen water to invade Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence (.pdf)

The Gulf of St. Lawrence in winter : tides, mixing and watermass transformation (.pdf)

The Cold Layer in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (.pdf)

Modeling the timing of spring phytoplankton bloom and biological production of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada): Effects of colored dissolved organic matter and temperature (.pdf)

Sea level and surface current variability in the gulf of St Lawrence from satellite altimetry

The Gulf of St Lawrence &

The Scotian Shelf

Impacts of freshwater flow regulation of Quebec’s large rivers on the physical environment and krill transport in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the Scotian Shelf (.pdf)

Seasonal-Mean Hydrography and Circulation in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the Eastern Scotian and Southern Newfoundland Shelves (.pdf)

Hydrographic Variability in the Waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Scotian Shelf and the Eastern Gulf of Maine (NAFO Subarea 4) During 1991–2000 (.pdf)

Scotian Shelf

Mechanism for the recent ocean warming events on the Scotian Shelf of Eastern Canada (.pdf)

Climate variability on the Scotian Shelf during the 1990s (.pdf)

Scotian Shelf & Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine salinity variation and its correlation with upstream Scotian Shelf currents at seasonal and interannual time scales (.pdf)

Temperature and Salinity Variability on the Scotian Shelf and in the Gulf of Maine 1945-1990 (.pdf)

Coastal Circulation and Physical Oceanography of the Scotian Shelf and the Gulf of Maine (.pdf)

Possible causes of recent trends an fluctuations in Scotian Shelf/Gulf of Maine cod Stocks (.pdf)

Temperature and Salinity Variability on the Scotian Shelf and in the Gulf of Maine 1945-1990 (.pdf)

Ocean Climate Variability on the Scotian Shelf and in the Gulf of Maine (.pdf)

Meteorological, Sea Ice and Physical Oceanographic Conditions on the Scotian Shelf and in the Gulf of Maine during 2013 (.pdf)

Gulf of Maine salinity variation and its correlation with upstream Scotian Shelf currents at seasonal and interannual time scales (.pdf)

The Gulf of Maine

Chapter 5. Oceanography of the Northwest Atlantic Continental Shelf (.pdf)

Long-Term Sea Surface Temperature Variability along the U.S. East Coast (.pdf)

Thermal habitat constraints on zooplankton species associated with Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) on the US Northeast Continental Shelf

Physical oceanography of the Gulf of Maine (.pdf)

Regime Shift in the Gulf of Maine (.pdf)

Recent warming and decadal variability of Gulf of Maine and Slope Water (.pdf)

A changing nutrient regime in the Gulf of Maine (.pdf)

Water Masses and Nutrient Fluxes to the Gulf of Maine (.pdf)

Gulf of Maine Circulation – GoMA Census

Gulf of Maine Oceanography – GoMA Census

Rapid Climate-Driven Circulation Changes Threaten Conservation of Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales (.pdf)

Rapid warming and salinity changes in the Gulf of Maine alter surface ocean carbonate parameters and hide ocean acidification (.pdf)

Slow adaptation in the face of rapid warming leads to collapse of the Gulf of Maine cod fishery (.pdf)

Annual Temperature Curves in Twelve Regions of the Gulf of Maine 1985–2013 (.pdf)

Water masses and nutrient sources to the Gulf of Maine (.pdf)

Nutrients and water masses in the Gulf of Maine–GeorgesBank region: Variability and importance to blooms of thetoxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense (.pdf)

Waters off the coast of Maine vulnerable to changing climate – PortlandPressHerald

Gulf of Maine sees ‘marine heatwave’ – Island Institute

Watery Heatwave Cooks the Gulf of Maine – NASA Earth Observatory

Waters off the Coast of Maine Vulnerable to Climate Change – PortlandPressHerald

Deep Gulf of Maine has been warming twice as fast as the surface, study finds – BangorDailyNews

Big changes are occurring in one of the fastest-warming spots on Earth – PortlandPressHerald

Why Is the Gulf of Maine Warming Faster Than 99% of the Ocean? – Eos

Ocean Acidification Findings: Maine Lobster – Harpswell Anchor

As ocean becomes more acidic, will ‘deadmud’ consume Maine’s bountiful shellfish flats?

Shutdown of New England Shrimp Fishery to Continue in 2020 – Associated Press

New England Shrimp Population Still Looks Bad Amid Shutdown | Bostonomix