Dataset

An Illustrated Catalogue of Foraminifera and Ostracoda from Canso Strait and Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia

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A multidisciplinary survey was carried out in the Strait of Canso area during the summer of 1973 to determine the possible effects of industrialization of the area on the marine environment. This report is an illustrated catalogue of the Foraminifera and Ostracoda of the study. Samples were collected with benthic grabs and cores. Samples were sieved, stained in Rose Bengal, dried and weighted. After drying samples were transferred into samples of 10:4 Bromoform-Acetone in which less dense tests and shells were separated. The floating samples were dried and examined under microscope where the forams and ostracods were identified and counted. Plates showing images of the samples can be found in the original data report(Cole,1975). This research was conducted by the Atlantic Geoscience Centre of the Geological Survey of Canada, department of energy, mines and resources.

Citation: Cole. F., Ferguson. C. 2014. An Illustrated Catalogue of Foraminifera and Ostracoda from Canso Strait and Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia. Version 1 In OBIS Canada Digital Collections. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada. Published by OBIS, Digital http://www.iobis.org/. Accessed on –INSERT DATE

URL: http://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=obis_agc_cole_bi-r-75-5

Flona Cole

Stephanie Howitt

62
occurrence records
62
taxa
60
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
basisOfRecord 62
100.0%
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 62
100.0%
eventDate 62
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 62
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 62
100.0%
occurrenceStatus 62
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 62
100.0%
ON_LAND 29
46.8%

Measurement types

DNA derived data