Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America (OBIS Canada)

Summary: Location and time of spawning, and abundance and distribution of eggs and larvae of 107 taxa of fish and invertebrates on the Scotian Shelf of North America. Derived from 197 scientific publications from 1919 to 2001. Provides georeferenced information on distribution and seasonality of fish eggs and larvae, an important component of the ecosystem of the Canadian continental shelf. OBIS Schema concepts implemented in this data set are:DateLastModified, InstitutionCode, CollectionCode, CatalogNumber, ScientificName, FieldNumber, YearCollected, MonthCollected, ContinentOcean, Country, Locality,Longitude, Latitude, Notes, Source, Citation, StartYearCollected, EndYearCollected, StartMonthCollected, EndMonthCollected, StartLongitude, EndLongitude, StartLatitude, EndLatitude,DepthRange, LifeStage, ObservedIndividualCount. For OBIS Schema concept details see http://www.iobis.org/tech/provider/