Bay of Fundy Species List

Study Extent

The Bay of Fundy.

Sampling

Checklist compiled using various information resources including published literature and consulting with experts for specific taxa.

Quality Control

Nominal coordinates for the Bay of Fundy were assigned based on information in the Marine Regions gazetteer. Scientific names were mapped to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and the scientificNameID field has been populated with LSIDs. One name could not be resolved and the following note has been included in the dataset: "The name Megadrite cannot be matched to a valid name - it is likely a spelling error but cannot be resolved at this time with information available". The scientificNameID field is null for this name.

Method steps

1. This resource was provided to OBIS as a Census of Marine Life contribution (http://iobis.org/mapper/?resource_id=36) but has since been removed from the OBIS database and should no longer be accessible through the OBIS portal. This resource was provided by OBIS to GBIF during the Census and is now treated as a checklist by the local OBIS node.
2. The URL http://webapps.marinebiodiversity.ca/BayOfFundy/ no longer appears to work and has therefore been removed from the external links section.
3. The latest version of this resource (October 2018) contains refreshed metadata information and many additional DwC terms have been added to the occurrence file.

The Bay of Fundy Species Information System is dedicated to providing taxonomic, biological and ecological information on diatoms, dinoflagellates, marine algae, most invertebrate groups, fishes, shore birds, and marine mammals.

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The Bay of Fundy