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EAISSNA - Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America

P.L. Stewart, R.M. Branton, G.A. Black, H.A. Levy and T.L Robinson

Stewart, P.L., R.M Branton, G.A. Black, H.A. Levy and T.L. Robinson. 2003. EAISSNA – An Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2514: viii + 179 pp.

Abstract

The EAISSNA database contains information on location and time of spawning, and abundance and distribution of eggs and larvae of marine fish on the Scotian Shelf of North America. 197 scientific publications from 1919 to 2001 were reviewed and original analysis conducted on datasets from Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Scotian Shelf Ichthyoplankton Program (SSIP) and Fisheries Ecology Program (FEP) for 1976-82 from data archives, providing information on 107 taxa of fish and invertebrates. The database is intended for use in environmental assessment and management activities associated with offshore hydrocarbon development and production and ocean management. Supporting maps and database tables, and possible enhancements and developments including standards based on World Wide Web (WWW) access are also described in the report. Compact Disks (CD) (report, lists, maps and data) can be obtained from the authors. The links below enable access to the full contents of the available CD.

Click here to view: SSIP/FEP Maps
Last updated November, 2003

Item	Description	Format
Briefing	Briefing document as provided to M. Sinclair, Dec. 2003	Adobe Acrobat
Presentation	Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America, November 2003	MS Power Point
Report	EAISSNA - An Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America Stewart, P.L., R.M Branton, G.A. Black, H.A. Levy and T.L. Robinson. 2003. EAISSNA – An Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America. Can. Tech. Rep.Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2514: viii + 179 pp.	Adobe Acrobat
Appendix D	Occurrence, distribution and seasonality of spawning by commercial and non-commercial fish and invertebrate species on the Scotian Shelf, 1914-2002	Adobe Acrobat
Appendix E	Distribution and seasonality fish and invertebrate eggs on the Scotian Shelf, 1914-2002	Adobe Acrobat
Appendix F	Distribution and seasonality fish and invertebrate larvae on the Scotian Shelf, 1914-2002	Adobe Acrobat
Appendix G	Catalogue of maps of monthly distributions fish eggs, larvae, juveniles and adults for the Scotian Shelf from analysis of datasets from Scotian Shelf Ichthyoplankton Program (SSIP) (1976-1982) and Fisheries Ecology Program (FEP) (1983-1985)	Adobe Acrobat
Appendix H	Catalogue of maps and illustrations of spawning areas and distributions of fish eggs and larvae for the Scotian Shelf and adjacent waters available in MapInfo and MID/MIF transfer format in EAISSNA database	Adobe Acrobat
Appendix I	Reference documents for EAISSNA	Adobe Acrobat
Appendix J	Geographic features on the east coast of North America including those searchable by EAISSNA	Adobe Acrobat
SSIP/FEP Map Viewer	Scotian Shelf Ichthyoplankton Program and Fisheries Ecology Program map viewer	HTML

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