Near-seafloor drift transect video and high-resolution digital still imagery from a two-year survey in the Fundy Isles region of the lower, western Bay of Fundy
Funded under DFO's Marine Conservation Targets Program, this optical imagery benthic survey captured 66 drift-camera transects from September 22, 2023 to October 3, 2024 in the Fundy Isles region of the lower, western Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. The survey area includes the 'Head Harbour/West Isles Archipelago/The Passages' Ecologically and Biologically Significant Area (ESBA, ~113 km2), the Wolves Islands and Grand Manan Island. High-resolution still images (n=4695) were taken periodically throughout each transect, while continuous high-definition downward- and forward-facing video (>28 hours of each) was collected simultaneously. Distance travelled and distance between still images (m) was calculated using ArcGIS tools. Field of view (FOV) was estimated by measuring the length and width of a subset of still images (n=343 in year one and n=520 in year two) in ImageJ2, using 10-cm lasers for scale. FOV was standardized for each reported altitude. Transects ranged from 133 m to 2.6 km in length (~44 km surveyed in total), collecting imagery continuously for 3 minutes to more than 1 hour at a time, surveying depths from 15 to 188 m below chart datum. Transect locations were selected based on unique bathymetric features, areas previously predicted to have high habitat suitability for vulnerable marine ecosystem species, as well as proposed areas for inclusion in the regional marine conservation network plan.
Cite this data as: Lawton P, Teed L. Near-seafloor drift transect video and high-resolution digital still imagery from a two-year survey in the Fundy Isles region of the lower, western Bay of Fundy. Published February 2025. Coastal Ecosystems Science Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. Andrews, N.B.
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- 2024-07-23
- Date ( RI_367 )
- 2025-02-02
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- asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
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- Regional and National Core funds
- Marine Conservation Target
- Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
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- Oceans
- Coastal waters
- Environment
- Aquatic ecosystems
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- Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
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- license; licence RI_606
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- license; licence RI_606
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- unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
- Spatial representation type
- vector; vecteur RI_635
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- eng; CAN
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- Biota
- Environment
- Oceans
- Begin date
- 2023-09-22
- End date
- 2024-10-03
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- https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 /
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