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EAISSNA - An Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America

Entry ID: Canada_DFO_AtlasIchthyoplankton

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Summary

Abstract: The EAISSNA database contains information on location and time of spawning, and
abundance and distribution of eggs and larvae of marine fish on the Scotian
Shelf of North America. 197 scientific publications from 1919 to 2001 were
reviewed and original analysis conducted on datasets from Department of
Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Scotian Shelf Ichthyoplankton Program (SSIP) and
Fisheries Ecology ...

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Link: VIEW EXTENDED METADATA

Description: GeoConnections Discovery Portal. Canada's IDN Node.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 55.0

S: 20.0

E: -33.5

W: -80.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Government of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Fish Division

Dataset Title: EAISSNA - An Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America

Dataset Release Date: 2001

Dataset Release Place: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dataset Publisher: Government of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Online Resource: http://www.marinebiodiversity.ca/en/eaissna/eaissna.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1954-01-01

Stop Date: 2003-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > BAY OF FUNDY

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > EASTERN CANADIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Project

GOMODP > Gulf of Maine Ocean Data Partnership

Quality Information is present as data (e.g. numbers, dates); descriptions (e.g. time
or season of spawning); scans of maps or graphics contained in scientific
publications; polygons from scanned maps digitized in MapInfo GIS and stored in
native format or in map interchange (MID/MIF) format; polygons generated in
ACON Software from fish egg and larvae data from the Fisheries Ecology and
Scotian Shelf Ichthyoplankton Programs and produced in MapInfo GIS native
format or in map interchange (MID/MIF) format.

Access Constraints Basic MSAccess database distributed as CD; accessible in Oracle on Fisheries
and Oceans Canada (DFO) Marine Fish Division Virtual Data Centre on DFO
Intranet, with permission.

Use Constraints These include any use constraints applied to assure the protection of privacy
or intellectual property, and any special restrictions or limitations on using
the data set.

Ancillary Keywords

GCMD

distribution

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Fisheries and Oceans, Canada

Data Center URL: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT M. BRANTON Phone: (902) 426-3537 Fax: (902) 426-1506 Email: brantonb at mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca Contact Address: 1 Challenger Drive City: Dartmouth Province or State: Nova Scotia Postal Code: B2Y 3V4 Country: CA