Dataset

Taxonomic and Genetic Diversity of Decapods in Northeast Pacific, Canadian Arctic and Northwest Atlantic

OBIS Canada DNADerivedData Open in mapper Explore occurrences

An exploratory project on the taxonomic and genetic diversity of decapods in three ocean subregions (Northeast Pacific, Canadian Arctic, and Northwest Atlantic), which were sampled in 2022, was undertaken by the Arctic Working Group under the Canada-U.S. Fisheries and Climate Collaboration between Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This collaboration aims to pool Canadian and U.S. data to explore the impacts of broad-scale climate change on marine biodiversity. The present dataset includes 381 decapod species occurrences. DNA was extracted for a subset of 87 specimens (COI gene); sequences are publicly available on BOLD data portal under project code DDAO (https://portal.boldsystems.org/result?query=DDAO[recordsetcode]). // Un projet exploratoire sur la diversité taxonomique et génétique de décapodes échantillonnés en 2022 dans trois sous-régions océaniques (Pacifique Nord-Est, Arctique canadien et Atlantique Nord-Ouest) a été réalisé par le groupe de travail sur l'Arctique au sein de la collaboration canado-américaine sur les pêches et le climat entre Pêches et Océans Canada (MPO) et le National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) de la National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Ce cadre de collaboration vise à mettre en commun les données canadiennes et américaines afin d'étudier les effets du changement climatique à grande échelle sur la biodiversité marine. L'ensemble de données actuel comprend 381 occurrences d'espèces de décapodes. L'ADN a été extrait d'un sous-groupe de 87 spécimens (gène COI); les séquences sont accessibles publiquement sur la plateforme BOLD sous le code de projet DDAO (https://portal.boldsystems.org/result?query=DDAO[recordsetcode]).

Citation: Marcil C, de Carufel V, Nozeres C, Roy V (2026). Taxonomic and Genetic Diversity of Decapods in Northeast Pacific, Canadian Arctic and Northwest Atlantic. Version 1.2. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=ddao&v=1.2

Published: January 08, 2026 at 01:51

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License

URL: https://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=ddao

Contacts:

Catherine Marcil
Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Valerie de Carufel
Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Marie-Pier Boulanger
Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Valérie de Carufel

Gregoire Cortial

391
occurrence records
87
sequences
29
taxa
27
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

No missing or invalid fields.

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 22
5.6%

Measurement types

DNA derived data