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086	1 |aFs97-6/3649E-PDF
100	1 |aFraser, Meredith S., |eauthor.
245	10|aEcological and oceanographic overview of the Napu'saqnuk / St. Mary's River Estuary, Nova Scotia, an ecologically significant area candidate under Canada's Fisheries Act / |cMeredith S. Fraser, Aimee Gromack, Melisa C. Wong, Holly Blackmore, Ben Collison, Emmanuel Devred, Brent A. Law, Hunter Stevens, Madison Stewart, Angelica Whiteway, Kristen L. Wilson, Yongsheng Wu, Vanessa Zions.
264	1|aDartmouth, NS : |bScience Branch and Aquatic Ecosystems Branch, Maritimes Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, |c2024.
264	4|c©2024
300	|a1 online resource (xiii, 107 pages) : |bcharts, illustrations, maps.
336	|atext|btxt|2rdacontent
337	|acomputer|bc|2rdamedia
338	|aonline resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
490	1 |aCanadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, |x1488-5379 ; |v3649
504	|aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 79-87).
520	|a"This overview of Napu’saqnuk / St. Mary’s River estuary summarizes what is known about its key physical and biological components. Napu’saqnuk is an Ecologically Significant Area (ESA) candidate under Canada’s Fisheries Act. The estuary exhibits a strong estuarine gradient in salinity, water temperature, and bottom sediments. This gradient supports diverse habitats including bare rock and sand/mud sediments, macroalgae, and seagrasses (eelgrass, widgeongrass). The distribution and species composition of macrophyte communities vary along the estuary and support fishes including the American Eel, Rainbow Smelt, Gaspereau, and Atlantic Salmon. Napu’saqnuk is a regionally unique and highly natural ecosystem within the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, with few barriers to fish passage, low human impacts, and no current industrial development"--Abstract, page xii.
546	|aIncludes abstract in French.
650	0|aMarine ecological regions|zNova Scotia.
650	6|aÉcorégions marines|zNouvelle-Écosse.
710	1 |aCanada. |bDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans. |bMaritimes Region, |eissuing body.
710	2 |aBedford Institute of Oceanography, |eissuing body.
830	#0|aCanadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences ;|v3649.|w(CaOODSP)9.504449
856	40|qPDF|s16.40 MB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2024/mpo-dfo/Fs97-6-3649-eng.pdf