World Species : Protected Area : Saguenay

Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park

Location:	Canada
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	310,822 acres (125,785 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Dfb (Climate: snow; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)

Ecoregions

Eastern Canadian forests
Eastern forest-boreal transition

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B		C					D

Share	50 %	50 %	70 %	30 %	25 %	25 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	70 %	30 %
Soil Type	Lithosols	Orthic Podzols	Orthic Podzols	Lithosols	Orthic Podzols	Orthic Podzols	Dystric Gleysols	Dystric Histosols	Lithosols	Orthic Podzols	Dystric Histosols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium
Reference Depth	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Poor	Very poor	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	100 m	50 m	15 mm	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	100 m	150 m
Phase 1			Stony
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	4 %	4 %	26 %	4 %	15 %	2 %	1 %	26 %	4 %	1 %
Sand	73 %	85 %	85 %	43 %	85 %	54 %	40 %	26 %	43 %	85 %	26 %
Silt	18 %	11 %	11 %	34 %	11 %	38 %	39 %	33 %	34 %	11 %	33 %
Clay	9 %	4 %	4 %	23 %	4 %	8 %	21 %	41 %	23 %	4 %	41 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Loamy sand	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.59 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.46 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	0.15 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	0.15 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.4 %	2.09 %	2.09 %	1.4 %	2.09 %	4.63 %	1.25 %	30.73 %	1.4 %	2.09 %	30.73 %
PH	7.5	4.5	4.5	7.6	4.5	4.6	5.1	4.4	7.6	4.5	4.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	85 cmol kg⁻¹	98 cmol kg⁻¹	98 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	98 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	98 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	75 %	16 %	16 %	100 %	16 %	24 %	47 %	58 %	100 %	16 %	58 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	24.8 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	24.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	1 %	1 %	4 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	4 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel		5 %	5 %		5 %	18 %	4 %	5 %		5 %	5 %
Sand		84 %	84 %		84 %	59 %	41 %	41 %		84 %	41 %
Silt		11 %	11 %		11 %	32 %	34 %	30 %		11 %	30 %
Clay		5 %	5 %		5 %	9 %	25 %	29 %		5 %	29 %
USDA Texture		Loamy sand	Loamy sand		Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loam	Clay loam		Loamy sand	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density		1.7 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³		1.7 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.7 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³		1.51 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	0.11 g/cm³		1.51 g/cm³	0.11 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		0.59 %	0.59 %		0.59 %	0.98 %	0.4 %	34.81 %		0.59 %	34.81 %
PH		4.8	4.8		4.8	5.1	5.2	4.5		4.8	4.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		63 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹		63 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹		63 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		4 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹		4 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	79 cmol kg⁻¹		4 cmol kg⁻¹	79 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		23 %	23 %		23 %	13 %	47 %	56 %		23 %	56 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		1.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.6 cmol kg⁻¹		1.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	28.4 cmol kg⁻¹		1.6 cmol kg⁻¹	28.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate		0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium		2 %	2 %		2 %	0 %	1 %	1 %		2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity		0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1		0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1		0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1

Soil data provided by FAO/IIASA/ISRIC/ISSCAS/JRC, 2012. Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.2). FAO, Rome, Italy and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Köppen climate classification provided by Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006: World Map of Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification updated. Meteorol. Z., 15, 259-263