ECNASAP Groundfish Atlas
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Overview:
The East Coast North America Strategic Assessment Project (ECNASAP) makes their Groundfish Atlas data available at OBIS. Data includes fishery-independent groundfish observations. The OBIS compiled data includes species name, individual count, lat/lon, and some environmental correlates like depth and salinity.
Dataset Location: OBIS ECNASAP Groundfish Atlas
Direct Download: OBIS ECNASAP Groundfish Atlas
Site Location: East coast of North America: Cape Hatteras to the US/Canadian border and Bay of Fundy through the Scotian Shelf.
Site(s) Georeferenced: Yes
Timespan: 1970 - 1995
Sampling Frequency: annual
Data Collection Summary / Methods: large trawl survey
Data collected: The associated Groundfish Atlas Survey consists of 99 species distribution maps subset from more than 55,000 tows with 26,000,000 individuals of 412 species. OBIS data schema: species name, individual count, date, location, temperature, depth, salinity, nitrogen, oxygen, silicate.
Known Issues: To obtain this dataset you may use the interactive data mapper and make multiple clicks to orient and dowload data. May be difficult to locate quickly or with an automated program.
Best Practices: tips for separating the wheat from the chaff
Conditions for use: 'freely available' and 'open-access' as per OBIS: http://iobis.org/about/vision
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Citation/ Distributing Author: Brown, S.K.R., Zwanenburg, K., Branton, R. 2005. ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment (report). East Coast North America Strategic Assessment Project. OBIS Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, Version 1, Digital, retrieved from http://iobis.org/.
Supplemental resources: OBIS Canada: http://obiscanada.marinebiodiversity.ca/
Available via the EcoData Retriever: No