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Nekton assemblages in Zostera marina beds and adjacent bare soft-sediments were sampled on the south and eastern shore of Nova Scotia. Sampling gear used were visual snorkel transects and a benthic beam trawl. Fish were identified and size either measured (trawl) or estimated in situ (snorkel transects). Surveys were conducted in mid-July to August in summer of 2013 and 2014 across multiple sampling sites. Multiple replicate transects were conducted at each site. Raw abundances from observations were transformed into young of year (YOY) equivalent abundance, and then into density of each species calibrated to account for the sampling equipment and day/night differences. Cite this data as: Wong, M. C. Data of: Fish and large decapods in eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Published: April 2020. Coastal Ecosystems Science Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, N.S. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/dbc56f11-4a97-45e7-99f4-71966b51630c

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Nekton in Zostera marina (eelgrass) beds and bare soft-sediment bottom on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada: species-specific density and data calibrations for sampling gear and day-night differences	PDF		http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/mpo-dfo/Fs97-6-3155-eng.pdf
Data Dictionary	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/dbc56f11-4a97-45e7-99f4-71966b51630c/attachments/FishDecapods_DataDictionary.csv
Fish and large decapods in eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada	Unknown		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/dbc56f11-4a97-45e7-99f4-71966b51630c/attachments/Fish_largeDecapods.gdb.zip
Fish and large decapods in eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada	CSV		https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/dbc56f11-4a97-45e7-99f4-71966b51630c/attachments/mwSPERAfishData.csv
Fish and large decapods in eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada	Ersi REST		https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/fish_large_decapods_eelgrass_beds_atlantic_coast_nova_scotia/MapServer
Fish and large decapods in eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada	Ersi REST		https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/fish_large_decapods_eelgrass_beds_atlantic_coast_nova_scotia/MapServer

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