Database of the Distributions of Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada

Occurrence
Latest version published by Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna on Aug 29, 2019 Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
Publication date:
29 August 2019
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This dataset contains point distribution occurrences for fish species found in marine waters of Arctic Canada. It was used to create the distribution maps in the book Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada, edited by B.W. Coad and J.D. Reist (2018) and the DFO Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Distributional Records for Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada (Alfonso et al. 2018). The database includes literature (Coad and Reist 2016) and museum records, anecdotal reports, personal communications and data from fisheries surveys and exploratory cruises. Development of the database began in 1998 and data entry ceased in 2016, although the database will be updated periodically. Consult the book (Coad and Reist 2018) and the Data Report (Alfonso et al. 2018) for further details in regards to the specific sources for each data point by species especially those from sources other than published literature. References: Alfonso, N.R., Coad, B.W., Sawatzky, C.D., and Reist, J.D. 2018. Distributional records for marine fishes of Arctic Canada. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1287: xxii + 295 p. Coad, B.W., and Reist, J.D. 2016. Bibliography on the marine fishes of Arctic Canada. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3101: v + 509 p. Coad, B.W., and Reist, J.D. (Editors). 2018. Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada. Canadian Museum of Nature and University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON. xiii + 618 p.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 65,535 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Data published by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Museum of Nature in 2019.

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 40feadfa-94ea-4af3-90e1-5dffd0fb61df.  Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Occurrence; Arctic Canada; Northern Canada; Oceans

Contacts

James Reist
  • Originator
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Brian Coad
  • Originator
Canadian Museum of Nature
Noel Alfonso
  • Originator
Canadian Museum of Nature
Chantelle Sawatzky
  • Point Of Contact
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Hólmgrímur Helgason
  • User
  • Data Manager
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)
  • Borgir, Nordurslod
603 Akureyri
IS
  • +3544623357
Chantelle Sawatzky
  • Point Of Contact
  • Data Provider
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • 501 University Crescent
MB R3T 2N6 Winnipeg
  • (204) 983-5286
Hólmgrímur Helgason

Geographic Coverage

Canadian Arctic marine waters: SW: -141.32 51.06 NE: -57.91 85.8 Location Keywords: Arctic Canada, Northern Canada, Oceans

Bounding Coordinates South West [51.06, -141.32], North East [85.8, -57.91]

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Alternative Identifiers 40feadfa-94ea-4af3-90e1-5dffd0fb61df
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