f68086a7-d262-4963-9049-8ed45685aa01 Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) abds@caff.is www.abds.is Hólmgrímur Helgason Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Data Manager +354 462 3357 Borgir, Nordurslod Akureyri 603 Iceland hoddi@caff.is 08:00 - 04:00 GMT 2023-02-13T13:58:15 1.2 Disko Fan Conservation Area in the Davis Strait (Eastern Arctic) - Epibenthic Megafauna Database Epibenthic Megafauna of the Disko Fan Conservation Area in the Davis Strait (Eastern Arctic) Identified from In Situ Benthic Image Transects 2018-08 Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) +354 462 3350 Borgir, Nordurslod Akureyri 600 Iceland abds@caff.is In 2012 and 2013, Fisheries and Oceans Canada conducted benthic imagery surveys in the Davis Strait and Baffin Basin in two areas then closed to bottom fishing, the Hatton Basin Voluntary Closure (now the Hatton Basin Conservation Area) and the Narwhal Closure (now partially in the Disko Fan Conservation Area). The photo transects were established as long-term biodiversity monitoring sites to monitor the impact of human activity, including climate change, on the region’s benthic marine biota in accordance with the protocols of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program established by the Council of Arctic Flora and Fauna. These images were analyzed in a techncial report that summarises the epibenthic megafauna found in seven image transects from the Disko Fan Conservation Area. A total of 480 taxa were found, 280 of which were identified as belonging to one of the following phyla: Annelida, Arthropoda, Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Nemertea, and Porifera. The remaining 200 taxa could not be assigned to a phylum and were categorised as Unidentified. Each taxon was identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level, typically class, order, or family. The summaries for each of the taxa include their identification numbers in the World Register of Marine Species and Integrated Taxonomic Information System’s databases, taxonomic hierarchies, images, and written descriptions. The report is intended to provide baseline documentation of the epibenthic megafauna in the Disko Fan Conservation Area, and serve as a taxonomic resource for future image analyses in the Arctic. Baker, E., Beazley, L., McMillan, A., Rowsell, J. and Kenchington, E. 2018. Epibenthic Megafauna of the Disko Fan Conservation Area in the Davis Strait (Eastern Arctic) Identified from In Situ Benthic Image Transects. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3272: vi + 388 p. Ellen Kenchington Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Maritime Region Research Scientist Bedford Institute of Oceanography 1 Challenger Drive Dartmouth Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2 Canada Ellen.Kenchington@dfo-mpo.gc.ca https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/cr3xvztwrj/1 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Hólmgrímur Helgason Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Data Manager +354 462 3357 Borgir, Nordurslod Akureyri 603 Iceland hoddi@caff.is https://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/srv/api/records/f68086a7-d262-4963-9049-8ed45685aa01/attachments/Figure1.jpg large_thumbnail jpg CAFF CBMP Marine Davis Strait Disko Fan Benthic oceans true -61.875 -55.72265625 67.067433351083 68.84766505841037 2012 2013 Citation: Baker, E., Beazley, L., McMillan, A., Rowsell, J. and Kenchington, E. 2018. Epibenthic Megafauna of the Disko Fan Conservation Area in the Davis Strait (Eastern Arctic) Identified from In Situ Benthic Image Transects. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3272: vi + 388 p. https://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/srv/api/records/f68086a7-d262-4963-9049-8ed45685aa01/attachments/Figure1.jpg WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Figure1.jpg Map Image https://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/srv/api/records/f68086a7-d262-4963-9049-8ed45685aa01/attachments/DFO_Canada_DiskoFan_2012_PhotoAnalysis.accdb WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download DFO_Canada_DiskoFan_2012_PhotoAnalysis.accdb Photo Analysis - MS Access database https://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/srv/api/records/f68086a7-d262-4963-9049-8ed45685aa01/attachments/ReadMe_PhotoAnalysis Database_Sept06_2018.docx WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download ReadMe_PhotoAnalysis Database_Sept06_2018.docx Photo Analysis Database - Read Me file https://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/srv/api/records/f68086a7-d262-4963-9049-8ed45685aa01/attachments/4071438x.pdf WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download 4071438x.pdf Technical Report - PDF https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/cr3xvztwrj/1 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Experiment data files Benthic Photos collection https://geo.abds.is/geoserver/abds/wms? OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map DavisStrait_Epibenthic_db DavisStrait_Epibenthic_db https://abds.is/index.php/docman/epibenthic-megafauna/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Benthic Photos collection - On abds.is Experiment data files