Description
This is the OBIS extraction of the Ocean Tracking Network and Dalhousie University (DAL) Cape Breton Highlands National Park salmon tracking, consisting of the release tagging metadata, i.e. the location and date when the tagged animal was released, and summarized detection events of tagged individuals. If readers are interested in the source dataset they may also inquire with the project PIs as listed here or on the OTN web site (https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=V2LCBHNP).
Abstract:Healthy, sustainable Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) stocks are important economically, ecologically, and culturally to Canada. However, many populations have been severely decreasing since the 1980s, leading to an endangered listing for many populations by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). This is particularly evident in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where many rivers are classified as endangered. Parks Canada has been monitoring the adult salmon population on Clyburn Brook in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park for over 30 years and has documented a steep decline by over 95% since 1991. We will collaborate with Parks Canada to examine the temporal pattern of this decline and whether it matches that in other rivers from the region. Specifically, the aim of this research is to quantify the efficacy of smolt-to-adult supplementation in the Clyburn River, where salmon have collapsed to near local extirpation. Over the last few years, smolt-to-adult supplementation has been used as an emergency recovery strategy, where wild juvenile salmon from the Clyburn are transported to Dalhousie University where they are grown to adults. The adults are then returned to the river. However, no formal assessment of the survival, behaviour and reproductive effort of these salmon has been conducted. Using acoustic telemetry we will monitor the behaviour and survivorship of the supplemented salmon, and compare their behaviour to that of wild individuals from another local river, Cheticamp. This assessment will allow us to quantify the movement behaviours both within river and at sea, and the phenology of spawning. Ultimately, we will use the data that we collect from these studies to develop models that examine the degree to natural behaviour and survivorship that supplemented salmon exhibit relative to wild counterparts. These issues are of paramount importance to Parks Canada, as well as other stakeholders like Mi'kmaq conservation groups, local angling groups, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Atlantic Salmon Federation and others, especially since the Species at Risk Act stipulates that recovery strategies must be developed and employed.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 243 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Crossin, G., Lennox, R., Koopman, N., Penney, S.N. 2023. Assessing the causes of Atlantic salmon declines in eastern Canada and the efficacy of smolt-to-adult supplementation for the restoration of endangered populations.. Accessed via the Ocean Tracking Network OBIS IPT on INSERT DATE
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ocean Tracking Network. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 7c2eb23a-f522-45c3-80f9-080a6c4e2a01. Ocean Tracking Network publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
ACOUSTIC TAGS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH; Occurrence; Samplingevent
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| Cape Breton Highlands National Park salmon tracking | https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=V2LCBHNP ASCII HTM |
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Contacts
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Data Manager
- Dalhousie University
- +1 (902) 494-4101
- Principal Investigator
- Principal Investigator
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-0577
- Principal Investigator
- Content Provider
- Content Provider
- Content Provider
- Content Provider
Geographic Coverage
NS
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [45.613, -61.977], North East [47.915, -59.374] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Species included below are tagged by this project and have left any embargo. Other individuals or species may later be appended to this dataset.
| Species | Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2023-05-15 / 2024-11-30 |
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Project Data
Healthy, sustainable Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) stocks are important economically, ecologically, and culturally to Canada. However, many populations have been severely decreasing since the 1980s, leading to an endangered listing for many populations by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). This is particularly evident in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where many rivers are classified as endangered. Parks Canada has been monitoring the adult salmon population on Clyburn Brook in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park for over 30 years and has documented a steep decline by over 95% since 1991. We will collaborate with Parks Canada to examine the temporal pattern of this decline and whether it matches that in other rivers from the region. Specifically, the aim of this research is to quantify the efficacy of smolt-to-adult supplementation in the Clyburn River, where salmon have collapsed to near local extirpation. Over the last few years, smolt-to-adult supplementation has been used as an emergency recovery strategy, where wild juvenile salmon from the Clyburn are transported to Dalhousie University where they are grown to adults. The adults are then returned to the river. However, no formal assessment of the survival, behaviour and reproductive effort of these salmon has been conducted. Using acoustic telemetry we will monitor the behaviour and survivorship of the supplemented salmon, and compare their behaviour to that of wild individuals from another local river, Cheticamp. This assessment will allow us to quantify the movement behaviours both within river and at sea, and the phenology of spawning. Ultimately, we will use the data that we collect from these studies to develop models that examine the degree to natural behaviour and survivorship that supplemented salmon exhibit relative to wild counterparts. These issues are of paramount importance to Parks Canada, as well as other stakeholders like Mi'kmaq conservation groups, local angling groups, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Atlantic Salmon Federation and others, especially since the Species at Risk Act stipulates that recovery strategies must be developed and employed.
| Title | Assessing the causes of Atlantic salmon declines in eastern Canada and the efficacy of smolt-to-adult supplementation for the restoration of endangered populations. |
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| Funding | OTN is a research and technology development initiative headquartered at Dalhousie University, in Halifax Nova Scotia. OTN is funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and is grateful to have once received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). OTN is also grateful for the continued support from Research Nova Scotia, and OTN's host institution, Dalhousie University. |
| Study Area Description | No study area description for this project was provided to OTN for publication. |
| Design Description | A wide range of aquatic species are tagged with small electronic transmitters, surgically implanted or attached externally, which can operate for up to 20 years. Acoustic receivers arranged in line on the ocean floor as well as attached to buoys, gliders and large animals (e.g. grey seals) pick up the coded acoustic signals from these tags identifying each tagged sea creature that passes within half a kilometer of the receiver. Data collected by these listening stations are subsequently uploaded to one of many compatible data nodes, adding to the reach of an intercompatible network of networks designed and maintained by the Ocean Tracking Network, producing current and reliable records for every part of the globe. Certain classes of electronic tags and listening equipment (receivers) may also be outfitted or co-located with sensors to measure the ocean's temperature, depth, salinity, currents, chemistry, and other properties. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
Sampling Methods
Acoustic tags released.
| Study Extent | Program started 2023-05-15 and ran until 2024-11-30 |
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| Quality Control | OTN species names are verified using the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). If species names on new data cannot be verified against (a) known valid names in OTN, and/or (b) WoRMs the Data Provider will be notified so they can check they are correct. Names that cannot be placed after checking with WoRMS are, where possible, placed on the basis of other authoritative sources, such as the Fishbase or ITIS; and once completely verified a request will be sent to WoRMS for addition of the verified species name. http://members.oceantrack.org/data/discovery/byspecies |
Method step description:
- This resource was created by the Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre as a summarized representation of animal presence determined by electronic tagging efforts. Darwin Core (DwC) records were extracted from the OTN database and filtered and summarized according to international agreed-upon standards.
Bibliographic Citations
- Crossin, G., Lennox, R., Koopman, N., Penney, S.N. 2023. Assessing the causes of Atlantic salmon declines in eastern Canada and the efficacy of smolt-to-adult supplementation for the restoration of endangered populations. In: Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre, Halifax Canada / otndc@dal.ca Retrieved: 2025-02-12 from db.load.oceantrack.org
Additional Metadata
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| Purpose | These data are for display on the OBIS portal and associated mapping programs and for download to personal computers for ad-hoc end-user analysis. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 10.14286/4kx4o9 |
| 7c2eb23a-f522-45c3-80f9-080a6c4e2a01 | |
| https://members.oceantrack.org/ipt/resource?r=otncbhnpcapebretonhighlan |