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Atlantic Reference Centre Museum of Canadian Atlantic Organisms - Invertebrates and Fishes Data (OBIS Canada)

Entry ID: OBIS.ARC

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Summary

Abstract: This is the OBIS version of the Atlantic Reference Centre museum database for Canadian Atlantic marine organisms. Specimens represent invertebrates from sponges to tunicates, and fishes. The ichthyoplankton collection is the most extensive, with complete holdings from many scientific broad-scale surveys. Geographic coverage is the Arctic to Cape Cod and the coast to the slope water. Temporally, most specimens were collected from the 1960s to the present.

Purpose: These data are for display on the OBIS portal and associated mapping programs and for download to personal computers for ad-hoc end-user analysis.

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Link: GET DATA

Description: OBIS Advanced Search Result 1980-present

Link: GET DATA

Description: OBIS ACON MAP 1980-present

Link: GET DATA

Description: OBIS Advanced Search Result 1910-79

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Description: OBIS ACON MAP 1910-79

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 68.0

S: 40.0

E: -24.0

W: -69.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Van Guelpen, L.

Dataset Title: Atlantic Reference Centre Museum of Canadian Atlantic Organisms - Invertebrates and Fishes Data

Dataset Series Name: Atlantic Reference Centre Digital Collections

Dataset Release Date: 2006

Dataset Release Place: Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dataset Publisher: OBIS Canada

Version: 2

Data Presentation Form: Digital

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
Canada_ARC_InvertebratesFishes

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1910-06-22

Stop Date: 2005-12-09

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT

LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL CHEMISTRY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

Access Constraints ACCESS BY DISCUSSION AND ARRANGEMENT

Use Constraints USE BY DISCUSSION AND ARRANGEMENT

Ancillary Keywords

AIR FLOW

AIR QUALITY

Originating Center

EIC/ITE

Data Center

Center for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood, Natural Environment Research Council, UK

Data Center URL: http://www.ceh.ac.uk/index.html
Dataset ID: EIC24_ENVIRONMENTAL_CHANGE

Data Center Personnel
Name: TIM MOFFAT Phone: +44 1487 773381 Phone: +44 1487 773467 Email: t.moffat at ite.ac.uk Contact Address: Environmental Information Centre Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Monks Wood City: Huntingdon Province or State: Cambs Postal Code: PE17 2LS Country: UK