State of the Ocean Report for the Scotian Shelf and the Gulf of Maine Large Ocean Management Area

The State of the Ocean Reports for the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine are modular and consist of a context document and theme-based papers. These are posted on the Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee's website, COINAtlantic. COIN is short for "Coastal and Ocean Information Network". These reports update earlier ecosystem status reports from 2004. The "Ecosystem Status and Trends Report for the Gulf of Maine and Scotian Shelf" published by DFO in 2010 may also be of interest.

Scotian Shelf

Ocean Acidification
Climate Change and its Effects on Ecosystems, Habitats and Biota
Scotian Shelf in Context
At risk species theme paper
Marine Habitats and Communities theme paper
Trophic structure theme paper
Ocean Noise theme paper
Waste and debris theme paper
Invasive Species
Water and Sediment Quality

Gulf of Maine

Over the past few years deep sea exploration in the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine using the remotely operated platform for ocean science (ROPOS), equipped with video camera, has revealed the biodiversity of these deep-sea areas. The tiny sampling seen here includes: a sea pen soft coral, an Orange roughy, a "Dumbo" octopus (genus Grimpoteuthis) so-named for its resemblance to the famous elephant and last, a deep-sea red crab, Chaecon quinquedens

Gulf of Maine in Context
Climate change and its effects on humans theme paper
Climate change and its effects on ecosystems, habitats and biota theme paper
Coastal ecosystems and habitats theme paper
Microbial Pathogens and Toxins theme paper
Marine Invasive Species theme paper
Emerging issues theme paper