Newfoundland and Labrador shelf

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continental shelf marine ecoregion

The Newfoundland and Labrador shelf is a broad, shallow marine region off eastern Canada known for its cold waters, rich fisheries, and influence on North Atlantic ocean circulation and ecosystems.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Grand Banks of Newfoundland 3

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental shelf ⓘ
marine ecoregion ⓘ
associatedWith North Atlantic cod collapse in the early 1990s ⓘ
climate variability in the North Atlantic ⓘ
borderedBy Newfoundland and Labrador shelf self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grand Banks of Newfoundland

Labrador Sea ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ecoregionType cold-temperate shelf ecosystem ⓘ
hasCharacteristic broad ⓘ
cold waters ⓘ
high biological productivity ⓘ
rich fisheries ⓘ
shallow ⓘ
hasHabitat benthic habitats ⓘ
ice-associated habitats ⓘ
pelagic habitats ⓘ
hasProcess intense spring phytoplankton bloom ⓘ
seasonal sea ice cover ⓘ
strong seasonal stratification ⓘ
hasResearchFocus ecosystem change ⓘ
fisheries dynamics ⓘ
impacts of climate change ⓘ
ocean circulation ⓘ
importantFor commercial fisheries ⓘ
marine biodiversity ⓘ
migratory marine mammals ⓘ
seabird populations ⓘ
influencedBy Labrador Current ⓘ
atmospheric forcing over the North Atlantic ⓘ
influences North Atlantic marine ecosystems ⓘ
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic ocean circulation
knownFor capelin stocks ⓘ
cod stocks ⓘ
groundfish fisheries ⓘ
shellfish fisheries ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Atlantic Ocean
locatedOffCoastOf Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
Eastern Canada ⓘ
surface form: eastern Canada
oceanographicFeature mixing of cold Labrador Current and warmer Atlantic waters ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area ⓘ
subjectTo fisheries management by Canada ⓘ
international scientific monitoring ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Labrador Current → adjacentTo → Newfoundland and Labrador shelf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Banks of Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador shelf → borderedBy → Newfoundland and Labrador shelf self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Banks of Newfoundland
Treaty of Paris (1783) → fishingArea → Newfoundland and Labrador shelf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Banks of Newfoundland
Labrador Current → flowsPast → Newfoundland and Labrador shelf ⓘ