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ACCDC: Rare Species in Atlantic Canada and Adjacent Marine Waters

Dataset homepage

Citation

Lautenschlager, R. A., Bredin, K. (2004). Rare Species in Atlantic Canada and Adjacent Marine Waters. Version 1 In OBIS Canada Digital Collections. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada. Published by OBIS, Digital http://www.iobis.org/. Accessed on –INSERT DATE https://doi.org/10.15468/wtmkjw accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-04-16. accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-26.

Description

The Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre (ACCDC) collects data on rare species and natural communities in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and Labrador and in adjacent marine waters. To determine which species are rare, the ACCDC develops sub-national (i.e. provincial) rarity ranks, or S-ranks, for each jurisdiction. These ranks are established with provincial and regional scientists, using available data and expert knowledge. This dataset represents occurrence records for rare species of: a) marine birds; b) anadromous fish; c) rare marine mammals for coasts and rivers in these five terrestrial jurisdictions plus the Bay of Fundy. ACCDC gathered rare marine species occurrence information from a wide variety of sources, including the Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the University of New Brunswick and the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium, georeferenced the data and compiled it into ACCDC database format.

Sampling Description

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.

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Geographic Coverages

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.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

OBIS Canada
originator
position: data management team
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Dartmouth
B2Y 4A2
Nova Scotia
CA
email: obiscanada2017@gmail.com
OBIS Canada
metadata author
position: data management team
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Dartmouth
B2Y 4A2
Nova Scotia
CA
email: obiscanada2017@gmail.com
OBIS Canada
publisher
position: data management team
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Dartmouth
B2Y 4A2
Nova Scotia
CA
email: obiscanada2017@gmail.com
OBIS Canada
administrative point of contact
position: data management team
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Dartmouth
B2Y 4A2
Nova Scotia
CA
email: obiscanada2017@gmail.com
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