ACCDC: Rare Species in Atlantic Canada and Adjacent Marine Waters

Study Extent

Records were compiled for the Atlantic region using Rarity ranks or S-ranks to determine which species were rare for each jurisdiction

Sampling

Records were compiled using ranks established using provincial and regional scientists using available data and expert knowledge

Quality Control

Scientific names listed in the website species list have been mapped to recognized standards - marine taxa have been mapped to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) using their Taxon Match tool and names not contained in WoRMS have been mapped to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). The respective codes (WoRMS AphiaID and ITIS TSN) have been included in this resource in the scientificNameID as LSIDs

Method steps

1. This resource was created by OBIS Canada. In 2014 this resource was removed from the OBIS Canada DiGIR server and copied to the OBIS Canada IPT. In 2017 the version of the resource accessible through GBIF was synced with the IPT resource.

marine birds, anadromous fish and marine mammals

1. Mammalia
   common name: Mammals rank: class
2. Pisces
   common name: fish rank: subclass
3. Aves
   common name: birds rank: class

The majority of the sampling locations were on the Scotian Shelf with a few along the Scotian Slope, Bay of Fundy, and the coasts of Newfoundland Labrador and along the coast of North east Quebec.