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Ecological and oceanographic overview of the Napu'saqnuk / St. Mary's River Estuary, Nova Scotia, an ecologically significant area candidate under Canada's Fisheries Act / Meredith S. Fraser, Aimee Gromack,...: Fs97-6/3649E-PDF

"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.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Maritimes Region, issuing body.
  • Bedford Institute of Oceanography, issuing body.
TitleEcological and oceanographic overview of the Napu'saqnuk / St. Mary's River Estuary, Nova Scotia, an ecologically significant area candidate under Canada's Fisheries Act / Meredith 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.
Series title
  • Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 1488-5379 ; 3649
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-87).
  • Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • Dartmouth, NS : Science Branch and Aquatic Ecosystems Branch, Maritimes Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 2024.
  • ©2024
Author / Contributor
  • Fraser, Meredith S., author.
Description1 online resource (xiii, 107 pages) : charts, illustrations, maps.
ISBN9780660745688
Catalogue number
  • Fs97-6/3649E-PDF
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