Baffin Bay - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Baffin Bay

Statistics

Occurrence records	44,145
Species level	37,656
Species	524
Taxa	804
Datasets	66
Time range	1871 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	799
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	118
No accepted name available	204

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	30,341	0
eventDate	6,193	0
maximumDepthInMeters	34,981	0
minimumDepthInMeters	33,462	0
occurrenceStatus	5,240	0
scientificName	3	0
scientificNameID	6,959	274

Spatial issues

Records on land	14
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	94

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
PIROP Northwest Atlantic 1965-1992 Published 2021-04-24	15,109
CWS-EC Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS) Published 2020-10-27	7,723
Database of the Distributions of Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada Published 2019-08-29	5,429
DFO Central and Arctic Multi-species Stock Assessment Surveys Published 2022-03-29	5,036
BioChem: Sameoto zooplankton collection Published 2021-02-02	3,000
BioChem: Davis Strait and Baffin Bay Zooplankton Published 2022-03-22	2,423
The pre-winter 2007 vertical distribution of zooplankton in the Cape Bathurst and North Water polynyas, and Lancaster Sound, Canadian Arctic Published 2019-08-26	1,117
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	1,116
PANGAEA - Data from various sources Published 2025-03-20	794
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	434

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6,981
Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	5,071
Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3,631
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3,348
Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,914
Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	945
Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	878
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	831
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	615
Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	544

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2023
Turrisipho lachesis (Mörch, 1869) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2021
Artemisina arcigera (Schmidt, 1870) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019
Tentorium semisuberites (Schmidt, 1870) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019
Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2019
Plicatellopsis bowerbanki (Vosmaer, 1885) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019
Tremaster mirabilis Verrill, 1880 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	1	2015
Sebastes norvegicus (Ascanius, 1772) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2015
Zoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2015
Lycodes frigidus Collett, 1879 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
Canadian Wildlife Service - Quebec Region	22,832
Duke University	15,126
Duke University Marine Laboratory	15,109
Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Bedford Institute of Oceanography	10,524
Canadian Wildlife Service - Atlantic Region	7,723
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna.	5,508
Canadian Museum of Nature, Research & Collections	5,454
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	5,433
Freshwater Institute (DFO – FWI), Fisheries and Oceans Canada	5,036
OBIS Canada	3,000