Abstract
Latitudinal and Seasonal Changes in Intertidal Sea Surface Temperature Along the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia, Canada
Highlights
Sea surface temperature (SST) is a commonly monitored variable in marine sciences, because it plays a key role in several oceanographic processes (Stewart, 2008; Deser et al, 2010; Kämpf and Chapman, 2016) and influences marine species distribution (Sanford, 2014; Henderson et al, 2017; Vallée et al, 2019)
We focused on monthly changes in intertidal SST, following the approach used to describe basic offshore SST patterns (Loder and Wang, 2015; Larouche and Galbraith, 2016)
The underlying data are valuable because they were measured in situ, a better approach than those that measure SST remotely, which are less reliable for intertidal habitats (Smale and Wernberg, 2009)
Summary
Sea surface temperature (SST) is a commonly monitored variable in marine sciences, because it plays a key role in several oceanographic processes (Stewart, 2008; Deser et al, 2010; Kämpf and Chapman, 2016) and influences marine species distribution (Sanford, 2014; Henderson et al, 2017; Vallée et al, 2019). For intertidal environments along the Nova Scotia coast, the latitudinal and seasonal variation in SST remains largely unknown. Knowledge on intertidal SST patterns is important, for example, to predict changes in the biogeography of intertidal species as conditions change (Sagarin et al, 1999; Mieszkowska et al, 2006; Adey and Hayek, 2011; Khan et al, 2018). In this Data Report, we document for the first time the latitudinal and seasonal variation of intertidal SST along the Nova Scotia coast. The goals of this Data Report are to identify the main latitudinal and seasonal patterns in intertidal SST and to provide the underlying data set to help advance coastal marine science in this region and to allow other researchers to make comparisons with other regions
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