Record Info:
- Extended Citation
- Vanderlaan, A. S., Taggart, C. T., Serdynska, A. R., Kenney, R. D., & Brown, M. W. (2008). Reducing the risk of lethal encounters: vessels and right whales in the Bay of Fundy and on the Scotian Shelf. Endangered Species Research.
- Reference Abbreviation
- Van Guelpen et al., 2015
- Date Communicated
- 2015
- Region
- Inner Harbour
- Location Details
- Inner and Outer Harbour
- Group
- Biological - Fauna
- Category
- Fish
- Preliminary Ecosystems Component
- Population/ Community Structure
- Attribute/Species (e.g.)
- Ichthyoplankton
- Metric/Detail
- Diversity - Temporal Variability (Seasonal)
- Primary Objective
- Collect baseline information on the distribution and variation (spatial, seasonal and annual) in species richness and abundance of the ichthyoplankton (fish, larval fish and fish eggs) found within Saint John Harbour. To develop baseline reference condit
- Key Findings/Monitoring Red Flags
- Fish eggs and larvae most abundant and diverse in spring and summer, with a steep decline in fall and very little in winter
- Data Collection Start
- 2011
- Data Collection Finish
- 2014
- Physical collection of data/samples
- Yes
- Referenced Data Source (if data not physically collected or not available in text)
- Stakeholder Group
- Consortium/Partnership
- Stakeholder Name
- Saint John Harbour Environmental Monitoring Partnership (SJH-EMP)
- Type of Reference
- Report - NGO
- Source Details
- Received a copy from the Atlantic Reference Centre (Claire Goodwin)
- Monitoring Tool
- Monitoring/Management Recommendations
- Late spring and summer the best time of year for sampling ichthyoplankton. Outer Harbour sites showed less variability, and therefore would be recommended for long term monitoring sites. Suggest sampling the entire community (as opposed to a single sent
- Notes
- File/Paper Location
- PDF Available (from ARC)
- link