Dataset

Benthic Forams collected from St. Margarets Bay and Mahone Bay in 1962 and 1963

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Data on marine benthic Foraminifera were obtained from samples collected from May through September during 1962 and 1963. Samples were collected from the bottom sediment using SCUBA diving, and with the aid of various bottom samplers including Dietz Lafond and Butterfly grabs and a short piston corer in water depths ranging from 0.3m to 73.5m. The original report described the Foraminifera of the two bays, various hydrographic information about the sampling area as well as statistical analysis of the results. Multiple investigation methods of the samples were carried out including ratio of living to dead specimens, foraminiferal biofacies, as well as studies of sedimentation rates based on the benthonic foraminifera found during sampling. Species presence information was extracted from the report and used to create the OBIS resource. Complete information on collection and analysis of samples can be found in the original manuscript (Bartlett, 1964).

Citation: Bartlett, G.A. Benthonic Foraminiferal Ecology on St. Margarets Bay and Mahone Bay Southeast Nova Scotia. In OBIS Canada Digital Collections. 2013. Published by OBIS Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, N.S. Version 1.0 Digital http://www.iobis.org. Accessed on -INSERT DATE-

Published: March 15, 2021 at 18:26

URL: http://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=obis_bio_bartlett_64_8

Grant Bartlett

Stephanie Howitt

12,418
occurrence records
60
taxa
59
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 12,418
100.0%
eventDate 12,418
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 224
1.8%
minimumDepthInMeters 224
1.8%
occurrenceStatus 12,418
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
ON_LAND 2,195
17.7%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 792
6.4%
NO_DEPTH 224
1.8%

Measurement types

DNA derived data