Data from: Towards an integrated database on Canadian ocean resources: benefits, current states, and research gaps

• Main Authors: Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M., Cheung, William Wai Lung, Bodtker, Karin, Teh, Louise, Steiner, Nadja, Bailey, Morgan, Hoover, Carie, Sumaila, Ussif Rashid
• Other Authors: Federated Research Data Repository, Dépôt fédéré de données de recherche
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Dryad Digital Repository 2017
• Subjects: Marine; Ecosystem services; Interdisciplinary research; Fisheries; Biodiversity; Marine fish; Marine invertebrates; Seabirds; Marine mammals; Canada; Arctic; Northeast Pacific; Northwest Atlantic; Life sciences; medicine and health care; Other; envir; info; Pacific
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qq541; https://doi.org/10.5683/sp2/j382pz; https://doi.org/10.14288/1.0397746

Dryad version number: 1 Version status: submitted Dryad curation status: Published Sharing link: https://datadryad.org/stash/share/vVPN5DmmWFSB_OPsYnqG98wLv7-o0RJAfZ5yb89ROzs Storage size: 194098 Visibility: public Usage notes OceanCanada Marine Research Metadata This dataset is an integrated list of marine-related assessments and reports produced for the Canadian Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. These include stock assessments, fisheries statistics, spatial use data, research frameworks, and ecosystem evaluations and projections, compiled from Canadian government, intergovernmental, non-government, and academic sources. Subjects covered include marine species and ecosystem service production, value, and status, and data contained in each assessment may be available for use as indicated. Meta Dryad.xlsx Abstract Oceanic ecosystem services support a range of human benefits, and Canada has extensive research networks producing growing data sets. We present a first effort to compile, link, and harmonize available information to provide new perspectives on the status of Canadian ocean ecosystems and corresponding research. The metadata database currently includes 1094 individual assessments and data sets from government (n = 716), nongovernment (n = 320), and academic sources (n = 58), comprising research on marine species, natural drivers and resources, human activities, ecosystem services, and governance, with data sets spanning 1979–2012 on average. Overall, research shows a strong prevalence towards single-species fishery studies, with an underrepresentation of economic and social aspects, and of the Arctic region in general. Nevertheless, the number of studies that are multispecies or ecosystem-based have increased since the 1960s. We present and discuss two illustrative case studies — marine protected area establishment in Canada and herring resource use by the Heiltsuk First Nation — highlighting the potential use of multidisciplinary data sets drawn from metadata records. Identifying knowledge gaps is ...