Establishing Nekton Biodiversity Baseline for Estuarine Environments in Southwestern New Brunswick

The Musquash Estuary Marine Protected Area in southwestern New Brunswick was first protected in 2006 as it was identified as the largest ecologically pristine estuary ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy.

Ten sites within the estuary and three reference sites outside the protected area were sampled through fyke netting. Six of those sites, four inside and two outside the protected area, were also sampled using seine nets. Sites were sampled on a monthly basis, May through October, from 2019 to 2021, resulting in three seasons of data. Sampling occurred over two days and at low tide. The first day, a seine was conducted and the fyke net was deployed. The fyke net was retrieved the second day following two complete tidal cycles. Fish and invertebrates caught in the fyke and seine were measured in length (cm), weight (g), and condition. Condition was measured on a scale from 1 to 3, where 3 indicated good condition, 2 indicated a lesser condition caused by parasites or abrasions, and 1 indicated the individual's condition was so degraded that it may not survive.

This project aims to create a baseline dataset of fish and macroinvertebrates from which to assess any future changes and monitor the chronic impacts of climate change. It is part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Coastal Environmental Baseline Program.

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Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

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Metadata Reference Date(s) February 16, 2022 (Publication)
November 27, 2023 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) May 01, 2019 (Creation)
February 14, 2022 (Publication)
Frequency of Update As Needed

Responsible Party 1
Affiliation
Eastern Charlotte Waterways Inc.
Email
info@ecw.ngo
Role
  • Distributor
  • Owner
Responsible Party 2
Name
Mawer, Kalen
Affiliation
Eastern Charlotte Waterways Inc.
Email
kmawer@ecw.ngo
Role
Custodian

Field Value
Ocean Variables
  • Fish abundance and distribution
  • Invertebrate abundance and distribution
Scope Dataset
Status Completed
Maintenance Note Generated from https://cioos-siooc.github.io/metadata-entry-form
Spatial Extent [[[-66.35, 45.11], [-66.38, 45.14], [-66.3, 45.2], [-66.14, 45.24], [-66.1, 45.2], [-66.25, 45.13], [-66.35, 45.11]]]
North Bounding Latitude 45.11
South Bounding Latitude 45.24
East Bounding Longitude -66.1
West Bounding Longitude -66.38
Temporal Extent
Begin
2019-05-01
End
2021-10-31
Vertical Extent
Min
0.0
Max
10.0
Default Locale English
Included in Data Catalogue
Included in Data Catalogue 1
Name
OGSL/SLGO
URL
https://catalogue.ogsl.ca