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OTN Bras d'Or Lakes Array - Tag Release Metadata
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OTN Portal Manager
Ocean Tracking Network
OTN Portal Manager
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
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CA
+1 (902) 494-4101
otndc@dal.ca
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Martin Esteban
Leguizamon Velez
Cape Breton University
melv70@msn.com
http://www.cbu.ca
collaborator
Bruce
Hatcher
Cape Breton University
bruce_hatcher@cbu.ca
http://www.cbu.ca
principalInvestigator
2019-02-20
eng
This is the OBIS extraction of the OTN Bras d'Or Lakes Array project, consisting only of the release tagging metadata. i.e. the locations and dates of tagged animal release. If readers are interested in the full source dataset they should refer to the OTN web site (members.oceantrack.org). Abstract: The Bras d'Or Lakes Array will use OTN theory and technology to determine the ecological connections between Canada's inland sea (the Bras d'Or estuary of Cape Breton), its watershed, the Scotian Shelf, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the NW Atlantic Ocean. The intent is to fully instrument the sites of exchange between the major river catchements of the watershed and the estuary, the channels linking the major basins of the estuary, and all channels of exchange between the estuary and the surrounding ocean. Motile anadromous, catadromous, and marine species of significance (e.g., Atlantic salmon, American eel, Atlantic cod) will be acoustic tagged in rivers, bays, banks, and basins of the Bras d'Or to track their movements within the estuary and its watershed, and between the estuary and the surrounding OTN arenas of the NW Atlantic Ocean. The Bras d'Or Lakes Array will be located throughout the Bras d'Or estuary, including all channels connecting the estuarine waters to those of the surrounding ocean, the channels connecting the major basins of the estuary, and the mouths of the main rivers flowing into the estuary. The initial array is composed of 15 stations. An additional 11 sites are proposed for subsequent years, depending on the results obtained during the first tagging experiments.
Occurrence
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Observation
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This [DATA(BASE)-NAME] is made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/.
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Bras d'Or Lakes
-61.03
-60.28
45.65
46.3
2012-05-16
2014-06-01
All tagged specimens were identified to species.
Each striped bass was weighed, was measured.
Average measurements for striped bass:
Average weight:1533.500 kg
Average length (FORK):506.500 m
Each Atlantic salmon was weighed, was measured, had age determined, had life stage recorded.
Average measurements for Atlantic salmon:
Average weight:0.027 kg
Average length (FORK):0.140 m
Average age: 14.000 month
Life stage:JUVENILE
species
Morone saxatilis
striped bass
species
Salmo salar
Atlantic salmon
These data are for display on the OBIS portal and associated mapping programs and for download to personal computers for ad-hoc end-user analysis.
irregular
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This resource was created by OTN data management for publication at OBIS. Darwin Core (DwC) records were extracted from the core OTN database in the required IPT format.
Tagging program started in 2012 and is ongoing.
Acoustic receivers were deployed and acoustic tags were released.
OTN species names are verified using the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). If species names on new data cannot be verified against (a) known valid names in OTN, and/or (b) WoRMs the Data Provider will be notified so they can check they are correct. Names that cannot be placed after checking with WoRMS are, where possible, placed on the basis of other authoritative sources, such as the Fishbase or ITIS; and once completely verified a request will be sent to WoRMS for addition of the verified species name. http://members.oceantrack.org/data/discovery/byspecies.
Ocean Tracking Network (OTN)
Sara
Iverson
principalInvestigator
OTN is a $168-million research and technology development initiative headquartered at Dalhousie University, in Halifax Nova Scotia. Starting in 2008, OTN began deploying Canadian state of the art acoustic receivers and oceanographic monitoring equipment in key ocean locations. These are being used to document the movements and survival of marine animals carrying acoustic tags and to document how both are influenced by oceanographic conditions. OTN is funded by the 'Canada Foundation for Innovation' and the 'Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada' with additional support from 'Dalhousie University' and the 'Social Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada'.
OTN is a project of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) providing infrastructure to collect comprehensive data on sea animals in relation to the ocean's changing physical properties at strategic locations along the sea floor in 14 ocean regions off all seven continents. OTN data are in the process of being routinely copied to International Oceanographic Data Exchange (IODE) recognized facilities at the Department of Fisheries and Ocean Canada for long term sustainability and to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (www.obis.org) for public accessibility.
A wide range of aquatic species - salmon, tuna, whales, sharks, penguins, crabs, and seals, to name a few, are tagged with small electronic transmitters, surgically implanted or attached externally, and can operate for up to 20 years. Acoustic receivers arranged in line on the ocean floor as well as attached to buoys, gliders and large animals (e.g. grey seals) pick up the coded acoustic signals from these tags identifying each tagged sea creature that passes within half a kilometer of the receiver. Data are subsequently uploaded to a central database, resulting in current and reliable global records that can be analyzed and applied to many different environmental research efforts. Tags and receivers are also be outfitted with sensors to measure the ocean's temperature, depth, salinity, currents, chemistry, and other properties.
2019-02-20T02:55:28.183+00:00
dataset
Hatcher, B. 2011. Bras d'Or Lakes Array, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Version # In OBIS Digital Collections. Published by OBIS, Digital http://www.obis.org/. Accessed on - INSERT DATE
Hatcher, B. 2011. Bras d'Or Lakes Array, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. In: Hatcher, B. 2011. Bras d'Or Lakes Array, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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