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Encana: Deepwater benthic taxa collected as part of a survey of Stonehouse during August-September 2002.
Citation
Encana Corporation 2015. Encana: Deepwater benthic taxa collected as part of a survey of Stonehouse during August-September 2002. Version 1 In OBIS Canada Collections. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada. Published by OBIS. http://www.iobis.org/. (consulted on [date]). https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5004
Contact: Thillet, Marielle ; Kennedy, Mary
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Description
Jacques Whitford Environment Limited (now Stantec), on behalf of Encana Corporation, conducted a deep water benthic survey of former Exploration Licence 2414, referred to as Stonehouse. The survey was conducted on the 21 to 23 of August and 14 to 15 of September 2002. The Stonehouse area encompassed an area of 1,489 km2 and was located approximately 464 km from the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Water depths within the area ranged from approximately 500 to 3,200m. This dataset contains species distribution records collected using 0.1 m2 Van Veen grab sampler. Additional information collected as part of the survey is available in the original report.
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, ANW, North West Atlantic
Geographical coverage
ANW, North West Atlantic [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
22 August 2002 - 15 September 2002
Parameter
Occurrence of biota
Contributors
Encana Corporation, more
Thillet, Marielle
Government of Canada; Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO), more
Kennedy, Mary
Related datasets
Published in:
OBIS-Canada: Canadian Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-05-05
Information last updated: 2015-05-05
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