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In 2012 and 2013, Fisheries and Oceans Canada surveyed the benthos in two areas closed to bottom contact fishing, the Narwhal Overwintering and Coldwater Coral Zone (now the Disko Fan Conservation Area, DFCA), and the Hatton Basin Voluntary Coral Protection Zone (now the Hatton Basin Conservation Area, HBCA). Samples were collected following protocols recommended by the Arctic Council’s Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Plan for the purposes of providing baseline data for future monitoring of benthic invertebrates in this sensitive region, and for facilitating pan-Arctic comparisons of benthic communities. Five biodiversity monitoring stations were established, four in the DFCA and one in the HBCA, each of which was fully sampled according to those protocols with Van Veen grabs or box corers, drop cameras and temperature recorders attached to the gear. This report summarises the grab/core-sampled benthic fauna collected during the 2012 survey of the Conservation Areas and complements another report documenting the epibenthos from the camera transects in the DFCA. Here we report on macrofauna in the 1-cm size fraction, and on foraminiferan meiofauna. The data provided is presented in the following report (see related link) : Jacobs, K., Bouchard Marmen, M., Rincón, B., MacDonald, B., Lirette, C., Gibb, O., Treble, M., and Kenchington, E. 2022. Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3487: vi + 86 p. Cite this data as: Bouchard Marmen, Marieve; Rincon, Beatriz ; MacDonald, Barry; Lirette, Camille; Gibb, Olivia; Treble, Margaret ; Jacobs, Kevin; Kenchington, Ellen (2022). Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas. Published January 2023. Ocean Ecosystems Science Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, N.S. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb

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Name	Format	Description	Link
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas	Unknown		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/BiodiversityMonitoringStations.gdb.zip
Data Dictionary	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/DiskoFan_DataDictionary_OD.csv
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas - Environmental Data	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/Environmental_Data.csv
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas - Final Sediment Data CBMP	xlsx		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/FINAL_Sediment_Data_CBMP.xlsx
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas - Macrofauna 1cm Std.A(m2)	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/Macrofauna_1cmStd.A(m2).csv
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas - Macrofauna 1cm Std.B(mgm2)	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/Macrofauna_1cmStd.B(mgm2).csv
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas - Macrofaunal Diversity Sample	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/Macrofaunal_Diversity_Sample.csv
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas - Macrofaunal Taxon List 1cm	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/Macrofaunal_Taxon_List_1cm.csv
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas - Meiofaunal Diversity by Sample	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/Meiofaunal_Diversity_by_Sample.csv
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas - Meiofauna Taxon List	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/Meiofauna_Taxon_List.csv
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas - Meiofaunal A 5cc	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/Meiofoaunal_A_5cc.zip
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas - Sample Details	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/b7bcff18-698b-4d40-a7bd-13d39925cbeb/attachments/Sample_Details.csv
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas	Ersi REST		https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/biodiversity_monitoring_stations_disko_fan_hatton_basin/MapServer
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas	Ersi REST		https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/biodiversity_monitoring_stations_disko_fan_hatton_basin/MapServer

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