Data from: Drivers of kelp distribution in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: insights from a transplant experiment

This record contains the datasets of the study in the Bay of Sept-Iles in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence in Quebec during the summers of 2017 and 2018. This study was a transplant experiment using two species of kelp: Alaria esculenta and Saccharina sp. (longicruris or latissima these two ecotypes are present in this region) in two locations, the bay itself and the surrounding islands. This record contains collaborative data of species distribution and collected physical parameters data of salinity, temperature, irradiance, turbidity, and sedimentation at both locations from the four months transplant experiment.