UNH - Coastal New England MBON - Atlantic cod

Sampling event
Latest version published by Ocean Tracking Network on May 30, 2025 Ocean Tracking Network

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Description

This is the OBIS extraction of the Ocean Tracking Network and University of New Hampshire (UNH) UNH - Coastal New England MBON - Atlantic cod, 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=ACT.CNEMBON).

Abstract:The Coastal New England project integrates powerful technologies (acoustic telemetry, environmental DNA [eDNA], and acoustics) with traditional fisheries sampling to quantify impacts of changes in local and regional water conditions on individuals, populations, and community structure. Research includes study of the impacts of forage species and environmental conditions on Atlantic cod and common terns in both New Hampshire (Isles of Shoals) and southern Maine (Casco Bay) coastal waters. Collectively, these results demonstrate the value in novel technologies in tracking shifts in biodiversity across space and time. This project’s efforts build on the known strengths of each method (eDNA, diet analyses, active acoustics, and passive acoustics) while also exploring their integration and defining scales of appropriate use. Definitions of how each method describes marine biodiversity in both unique but also shared ways are explored.

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 12,401 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.

Event (core)
12401
Occurrence 
12446
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
280

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

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 226712d5-7bcd-4fb4-8a55-ad98162d0088.  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

UNH - Coastal New England MBON - Atlantic cod https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=ACT.CNEMBON ASCII HTM

Contacts

Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Data Manager
Ocean Tracking Network
  • Dalhousie University
B3H 4J1 Halifax
Nova Scotia
CA
  • +1 (902) 494-4101
Kimberly Richie
  • Metadata Provider
  • Data Manager
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
US
Nathan Furey
  • Principal Investigator
University of New Hampshire
US
Neil Hammerschlag
  • Content Provider
University of Miami - Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Research
US
Trevor Banister
  • Content Provider
University of New Hampshire
US
Sidney Axtell
  • Content Provider
University of New Hampshire
US
William Hoffman
  • Content Provider
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
US
Mathew Biddle
  • Publisher
  • Physical Scientist
United States Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (US MBON)
  • 1315 East-West Highway
20910 Silver Spring
MD
US
  • 3017134928

Geographic Coverage

NH, ME

Bounding Coordinates South West [42.705, -70.917], North East [44.007, -69.839]

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 Gadus morhua (Atlantic cod)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2022-09-01 / 2025-12-31

Project Data

The Coastal New England project integrates powerful technologies (acoustic telemetry, environmental DNA [eDNA], and acoustics) with traditional fisheries sampling to quantify impacts of changes in local and regional water conditions on individuals, populations, and community structure. Research includes study of the impacts of forage species and environmental conditions on Atlantic cod and common terns in both New Hampshire (Isles of Shoals) and southern Maine (Casco Bay) coastal waters. Collectively, these results demonstrate the value in novel technologies in tracking shifts in biodiversity across space and time. This project’s efforts build on the known strengths of each method (eDNA, diet analyses, active acoustics, and passive acoustics) while also exploring their integration and defining scales of appropriate use. Definitions of how each method describes marine biodiversity in both unique but also shared ways are explored.

Title Quantifying Marine Biodiversity Through Movements and Feeding: Assessing Coastal Marine Ecosystem Dynamics Near Estuary Mouths
Funding No funding information for this project was provided to OTN for publication. Details of OTN's funding are below. 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:

Nathan Furey

Sampling Methods

Acoustic tags released.

Study Extent Program started 2022-09-01 and ran until 2025-12-31
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:

  1. 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

  1. In: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Retrieved: None from matos.asascience.com

Additional Metadata

Access Constraints: none Use Constraints: Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any); and acknowledge the use of the OBIS facility. For information purposes, email to info@obis.org the full citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any constituent part. Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS. See https://manual.obis.org/policy.html#disclaimer for more details

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.

Alternative Identifiers 10.14286/c7zgcr
https://members.oceantrack.org/ipt/resource?r=otnunhunh-coastalnewengla