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DFO Maritimes Biofouling Monitoring Program

Since 2006, the DFO Maritimes Biofouling Monitoring Program has conducted annual field surveys to monitor for the introduction, establishment and spread of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS ). To date, sampled species include the following:

Solitary Tunicates

i. clubbed tunicate, Styela clava (Herdman, 1881)

ii. vase tunicate, Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1776)

iii. European sea squirt, Ascidiella aspersa (Muller, 1776)

Colonial Tunicates

i. golden star tunicate Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)

ii. violet tunicate Botrylloides violaceus (Oka, 1927)

iii. pancake batter tunicate, Didemnum vexillum (Kott, 2002)

iv. compound sea squirt, Diplosoma listerianum (Milne-Edwards, 1841)

Crustaceans

i. Green shore crab, Carcinus maenas (Linneaus, 1758)

ii. Japanese skeleton shrimp, Caprella mutica (Schurin, 1935)

Bryozoan

iii. lacy-crust bryozoan, Membranipora membranacea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Standardized monitoring includes intertidal PVC plates, subtidal groundlines, or Fukui traps deployed at intertidal and subtidal geo-referenced sites, including public and private docks, aquaculture lease sites, public and private marinas and yacht clubs. Sampling details are available in DFO publications, including the following and citations references therein; Sephton et al. 2017. Biofouling monitoring for aquatic invasive species (AIS) in DFO Maritimes Region (Atlantic shore of Nova Scotia and southwest New Brunswick): May–November 2012-2015. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3158: ix + 172p. Georeferenced data provided here are the result of these monitoring efforts.

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Date ( RI_366 )
2018-09-20
Date ( RI_367 )
2018-10-23
RI_415
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Coastal Ecosystem Science Division - Claudio DiBacco ( Research Scientist )
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, PO Box 1006 , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B3B 1A6 , Canada
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_530 )
  • Aquatic Invasive Species
  • Marine Invertebrates
  • Ascidians
  • Tunicates
  • Fouling Organisms
  • Monitoring Network
  • Species Distribution
  • Species Abundance Data
  • Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Invasive species
  • Environment
  • Oceans
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Oceans
  • Biota
Begin date
2006
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 / 8.2.6
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( 1.0 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Data Acquisition Assembly and Distribution ( )
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, PO Box 1006 , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B2Y 4A2 , Canada
OnLine resource
Biofouling Monitoring for Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) in DFO Maritimes Region (Atlantic shore of Nova Scotia and southwest New Brunswick): May – November, 2012 - 2015. ( HTTP )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
DFO Maritime Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring Program data dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
DFO Maritimes Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring Program ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
DFO Maritimes Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring Program ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

File identifier
8d87f574-0661-40a0-822f-e9eabc35780d XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2019-11-25T19:20:23
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Coastal Ecosystem Science Division - CESD Data Manager ( Data Manager )
St. Andrews Biological Station, 125 Marine Science Drive , St. Andrews , New Brunswick , E5B 0E4 , Canada
 
 

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