Appendix 2

Table 10.1: List of data used for the cumulative effects assessment of global changes on the ecological communities of the Scotian Shelf.
UID Name Description Timespan Access date Contacts Source
e775900b The GEBCO_2021 Grid The GEBCO_2021 Grid was published in July 2021 and is a global terrain model for ocean and land, providing elevation data, in meters, on a 15 arc-second interval grid 2021 2023-01-30 50 Group (2021)
4d4292ca Bio-ORACLE Bio-ORACLE is a set of GIS rasters providing geophysical, biotic and environmental data for surface and benthic marine realms. - 2023-01-30 69,70,71 Bosch and Fernandez (2022); Tyberghein et al. (2012); Assis et al. (2018)
35608fef CanCoast - Coastal Materials Version 2.0 CanCoast 2.0: data and indices to describe the sensitivity of Canada’s marine coasts to changing climate 2010-2011 2023-01-30 25,26,27,28 Manson et al. (2019)
084860fd WoRMS North-West Atlantic species checklist CaRMS and WoRMS species list for the North-West Atlantic area of interest - 2023-01-30 40 Noz‘eres and Kennedy (2021); Horton et al. (2022-04-26, 2022)
c676dc2b Census cartographic boundary files 2016 Cartographic boundary files for dissemination areas of the 2016 Canadian census 2016 2023-01-30 43 Canada (2016a); Canada (2017)
b9024b04 Census cartographic boundary files 2021 Boundary files for dissemination areas of the 2021 Canadian census 2021 2023-01-30 44 Canada (2022a); Canada (2022b)
d147406d Census population 2016 Population and dwelling counts, for dissemination areas, 2016 Census 2016 2023-01-30 43 Canada (2016b)
d96dec16 Census population 2021 Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census subdivisions and dissemination areas 2021 2023-01-30 44 Canada (2022c)
906f1155 Monthly currents climatology Monthly mean salinity from Bedford Institute of Oceanography North Atlantic Model (BNAM) results averaged over 1990 to 2015 period 1990-2015 2023-01-30 49 Wang et al. (2018a); Wang et al. (2018b)
2aafec74 DFO Research Vessel Survey 4VSW The Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) ecosystem surveys consist of research vessel survey data collected to monitor the distribution and abundance of fish and invertebrates throughout the Scotian Shelf, Bay of Fundy and Georges Bank. The 4VSW survey is focused on the eastern half of the Scotian Shelf, and occurs primarily in March, but sets in both February, and April are also present in the data 1986-2010 2023-01-30 52 Fisheries and ceans Canada (2020a)
90e90110 DFO Research Vessel Survey Fall The Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) ecosystem surveys consist of research vessel survey data collected to monitor the distribution and abundance of fish and invertebrates throughout the Scotian Shelf, Bay of Fundy and Georges Bank. The fall survey occurs primarily in October and November, but sets from September and December are also present in the data 1978-1986 2023-01-30 52 Fisheries and ceans Canada (2020b)
21f8a758 DFO Research Vessel Survey Spring The Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) ecosystem surveys consist of research vessel survey data collected to monitor the distribution and abundance of fish and invertebrates throughout the Scotian Shelf, Bay of Fundy and Georges Bank. The Spring survey occurs in January, February, March and April, and focus on Georges Bank 1979-2020 2023-01-30 52 Fisheries and ceans Canada (2020c)
3348d162 DFO Research Vessel Survey Summer The Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) ecosystem surveys consist of research vessel survey data collected to monitor the distribution and abundance of fish and invertebrates throughout the Scotian Shelf, Bay of Fundy and Georges Bank. The Summer survey occurs in June, July and August and these focus on the Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy (i.e. 4VWX 5Yb, expanding recently to include the Laurentian Channel and Georges Bank (5Zc) 1970-2020 2023-01-30 52 Fisheries and ceans Canada (2020d)
f635934a Federal Marine Bioregions The spatial planning framework for Canada’s national network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is comprised of 13 ecologically defined bioregions that cover Canada’s oceans and the Great Lakes. - 2023-01-30 37 Fisheries and ceans Canada (2009); Fisheries and ceans Canada (2010); Government of Canada (2011); Fisheries and ceans Canada (2021a)
f2109e69 Commercial fisheries logbooks A compilation of landing data from Zonal Interchange File Format (ZIFF) data between 2000 and 2020 1999-2020 2021-06-11 34,35,36 Fisheries and ceans Canada (2021b)
4f84f0e3 Global cumulative human impacts assessments in 2008 and 2013 Data from the assessments of global marine cumulative human impacts in 2008 and 2013 1985-2013 2023-01-30 46 Halpern et al. (2008); Halpern et al. (2015a); Halpern et al. (2015b)
7c8c4da1 Invasive species distribution models Species distribution models and occurrence data for marine invasive species hotspot identification 2020-2075 2023-01-30 51 Lyons et al. (2020a); Lyons et al. (2020b)
3d1bfb8e Marine mammals Cartographic data: a mariner’s guide to whales in the Northwest Atlantic, 2nd edition 2015-2020 2023-01-30 47,48 Le WWF-Canada et le R’eseau d’observation de mammif‘eres marins (2021a); Le WWF-Canada et le R’eseau d’observation de mammif‘eres marins (2021b); Le WWF-Canada et le R’eseau d’observation de mammif‘eres marins (2021c)
8509eeb1 Nighttime Ligths A new consistently processed time series of annual global VIIRS nighttime lights has been produced from monthly cloud-free average radiance grids spanning 2012 to 2020. The new methodology is a modification of the original method based on nightly data (Annual VNL V1). Visite https://eogdata.mines.edu/products/vnl/#annual_v2 for more information. 2012-2021 2022-04-26 41 Elvidge et al. (2021)
7a5323bb Catalog of trophic interactions for the Scotian Shelf from the Global Biotic Interactions (GLoBI) data portal Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) provides open access to finding species interaction data (e.g., predator-prey, pollinator-plant, pathogen-host, parasite-host) by combining existing open datasets using open source software. - 2023-02-10 Poelen et al. (2014); Poelen et al. (2022)
0d61380a Monthly salinity climatology Monthly mean salinity from Bedford Institute of Oceanography North Atlantic Model (BNAM) results averaged over 1990 to 2015 period 1990-2015 2023-01-30 49 Wang et al. (2018a); Wang et al. (2018c)
08e94a14 Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS) database Boat-based and aerial-based data from the Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS) database extracted on 2023-01-19 and 2022-01-17, respectively. The data was clipped to the Scotian Shelf Bioregion and for the project on evaluating the cumulative effects of global changes on food webs of the region. 2006-2022 2023-01-31 22,73 Gjerdrum et al. (2012); Service et al. (2022)
9d64101c Sea surface temperature anomalies Surface-water temperature anomalies from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) between 2000 and 2022 2000-2022 2023-01-30 45 Galbraith et al. (2021)
8449dee0 AIS global shipping data Monthly shipping rasters at 0.1 degree resolution including the number of vessels and total hours of vessel presence for all vessels classified by Global Fishing Watch as one of the following: ‘cargo,’ ‘specialized_reefer,’ ‘tanker,’ ‘bunker,’ ‘cargo_or_tanker,’ ‘cargo_or_reefer,’ ‘bunker_or_tanker,’ ‘container_reefer,’ ‘passenger.’ There are two versions of the data available, one based only on actual AIS positions and one where vessel location is interpolated to a regular interval of five minutes. 2017-2020 2022-02-28 42,43 Global Fishing Watch (2022)
d8094d1b Species interations catalog Catalog of empirical binary species interactions from various sources - 2023-01-30 1 Beauchesne et al. (2016a)
0b902b1e Species trophic sensitivity Evaluation of a species sensitivity based on its position in food chain, omnivory, apparent competition and exploitative competition - 2023-01-30 Beauchesne et al. (2021)
1386850b Species vulnerability to environmental stressors Evaluation of species-specific vulnerabilities to environmental stressors as a function of a series of traits such as body composition, body size and environment. - 2023-02-03 Beauchesne (2020)
fdd796d7 Summer Groundfish Interpolated Results Scotian Shelf Temperature data from the summer groundfish survey of Fisheries and Oceans Canada on the Scotian Shelf 1970-2020 2023-02-09 59,60 Fisheries and ceans Canada (2022)
71944efd Monthly temperature climatology Monthly mean temperature from Bedford Institute of Oceanography North Atlantic Model (BNAM) results averaged over 1990 to 2015 period 1990-2015 2023-01-30 49 Wang et al. (2018a); Wang et al. (2018d)
57121439 Watershed activity index TBD - 2023-01-30 17,18 Guijarro-Sabaniel and Kelly (2022)