Systematic list of the epibiotic taxa associated with scallop shells from the Digby area of the Bay of Fundy

Scallop shells are often colonized by a variety of epibionts to both deleterious and advantageous effect. In June 1998, samples were collected during the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) scallop stock survey of scallop production areas SPA4 and SPA1 in the Bay of Fundy.

Scallops (Placopecten magellanicus Gmelin, 1791) with epibiotic growth were sampled at stations selected to represent each of four bottom types (rock, gravel, shell hash, sand). All organisms attached to the shell or other organisms within the epifaunal community were identified and quantified where possible. This resource contains only the presence/absence of epibionts associated with this study (Magee et al, 2000).

The information associated with this study was standardized and republished as part of the Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee (ACZISC) Atlantic Ecosystem Initiative (AEI) funded project “Atlantic Canada’s Biological Data for Ecosystem Planning and Decision-making” and OBIS Canada.

扇贝贝壳常被多种附生生物（epibionts）定植，兼具有害与有益的效应。1998年6月，研究团队在芬迪湾扇贝养殖区SPA4与SPA1的加拿大渔业与海洋部（Department of Fisheries and Oceans, DFO）扇贝资源调查期间采集了样本。
本研究采集了带有附生生长物的巨海扇蛤（*Placopecten magellanicus* Gmelin, 1791）样本，采样站覆盖四种代表性底质类型：岩石、砾石、贝壳碎屑与沙质底。针对附着于贝壳或底上动物群落内其他生物体的所有生物，研究人员尽可能完成物种鉴定与定量统计。本数据集仅收录本研究相关附生生物的存在/缺失数据（Magee等，2000）。
本研究相关数据已完成标准化处理，并作为大西洋海岸带信息指导委员会（Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee, ACZISC）资助的大西洋生态系统倡议（Atlantic Ecosystem Initiative, AEI）项目“加拿大大西洋地区生态规划与决策用生物数据”以及加拿大海洋生物地理信息系统（OBIS Canada）的组成部分重新发布。