ACCDC: Rare Species in Atlantic Canada and Adjacent Marine Waters ...

• Main Author: OBIS Canada
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian node of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS Canada) 2021
• Subjects: New Brunswick; Prince Edward Island; Atlantic Ocean; Marine Mammals; Gulf Of Maine; Mammals; Biodiversity; Northwest Atlantic; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Bay of Fundy; GCMD; Rare Species; Nova Scotia; Whales; Fish data; SeaBirds; Endangered Species; Extinction Rate; Occurrence; Observation; Newfoundland; North Atlantic; North Atlantic right whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/wtmkjw; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/02dd359e-895c-4082-b80e-0433dd4ea95e

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. ...