Taxa occurrences from benthic near-shore surveys in Southwest New Brunswick, Bay of Fundy, Canada in July and August 2007

This dataset includes qualitative descriptions of video transects conducted across the seafloor in the Quoddy region, Bay of Fundy, Canada, along with quantitative occurrence and abundance of 29 taxa (using a modified SACFOR scale: Abundant, Common, and Occasional to Rare), including the biogenic habitat-forming horse mussels, Modiolus modiolus and tunicate species, Boltenia ovifera.

Seafloor substrates are qualitatively described, and sample clips (six seconds long, equating to 50-200 cm linear distances) were taken at 1-min intervals from each of the 36 transects (recorded across 14 cassette tapes). Full methodology and descriptive results are documented in Owen et al. 2026. References: Owen, M.D., Strong, M.B, Lawton, P. and Teed, L.L. 2026.