Data · dataset · 2026
Taxa occurrences from a near-seafloor optical imagery survey conducted in 2023 and 2024 in the St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area, Nova Scotia, Canada
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A derived analysis from Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada near-seafloor optical imagery survey for the St.
Description
Anns Bank Marine Protected Area, this dataset is based on a subset of 639 high-resolution digital still images of the seafloor using a Nikon D850 camera during an imagery survey from 2023 and 2024. This dataset documents the presence of all visible taxa to the lowest taxonomic level, as well as general habitat descriptions of each transect.
Images were analyzed for taxa and morphotype occurrences using the image annotation software BIIGLE (biigle.de/), resulting in 15586 occurrences for ~240 different taxa and/or morphotypes. Morphotype descriptions and suggested/likely taxa are provided under "occurrenceRemarks". An annotation guide describing each taxa and morphotype is provided as an appendix in the associated technical report (Teed et al. 2025).
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Sponges were the most commonly occurring phyla (namely encrusting morphotypes), followed by enchinoderms and chordates (i.e., ascidians). Commonly occurring taxa include Serpulid worms, encrusting bryozoans, Celleporina spp. and Caberea ellisii bryozoans, Leptothecata hydrozoans, sea stars (Asterias spp. and/or Leptasterias spp.), daisy brittle stars (Ophiopholis aculeata), orange encrusting sponges, and encrusting coralline algae (Boreolithothamnion glaciale).
Links
Get the data
- Darwin Core Archive ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/archive.do?r=sab_species ↗
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Where it is published
- GBIF dataset page gbif.org/dataset/89c94381-593d-4ee2-b64c-324f1f8d6a78 ↗
landing page · from gbif
- DOI doi.org/10.15468/vghhk9 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from gbif
Documentation and papers
- Publisher page open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/2a55e2b4-cbb6-4fea-b17e-a16f5e99e68f ↗
documentation · from gbif
Catalogue records · 1
- GBIF API api.gbif.org/v1/dataset/89c94381-593d-4ee2-b64c-324f1f8d6a78 ↗
metadata API · from gbif
Topics
- From keywords
- Life Sciences
- Inferred from text
- Image 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 11 field assertions
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| GBIF | 89c94381-593d-4ee2-b64c-324f1f8d6a78 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| access_level | source · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · gbif | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
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