Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-26T08:53:19Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 220 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.DFO_Quebec_Groundfish -69.3165,47.2552,-55.4048,52.1115 2004-08-16T00:00:00Z 2010-08-31T00:00:00Z 2013-01-09T05:00:00Z

Data collection containing the principle biological characteristics of fishes and invertebrates caught in trawl tows during stratified random sampling surveys carried out in the northern Gulf of St. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.DFO_Gulf_CAMP -65.66,45.6237,-61.017,47.8177 2004-05-03T00:00:00Z 2011-09-29T00:00:00Z 2012-10-16T04:00:00Z

During 2003, the Stewardship and Environmental Science Sections of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Gulf region Oceans and Science Branch collaborated in developing a monitoring program ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.DFO_CnA_Multispecies -70.0,58.0,-63.7,63.0 2007-10-12T00:00:00Z 2007-10-25T00:00:00Z 2012-03-19T04:00:00Z

The DFO Central and Arctic Region multi-species stock assessment surveys began in 1999 and planned to continue indefinitely. Seven study areas are defined within the spatial extents outlined here; ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.AZMP-Maritimes -70.0,42.0,-40.0,56.0 1998-07-06T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-11-16T05:00:00Z

The AZMP was implemented in 1998 with the aim of collecting and analyzing the biological, chemical, and physical data to detect and monitor seasonal and interannual variability in eastern Canadian ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.AZMP-Quebec -70.0,42.0,-40.0,56.0 1998-07-06T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-11-16T05:00:00Z

The AZMP was implemented in 1998 with the aim of collecting and analyzing the biological, chemical, and physical data to detect and monitor seasonal and interannual variability in eastern Canadian ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.copepod_distrib -94.9,74.66,-94.9,74.66 1983-03-25T00:00:00Z 1989-09-08T00:00:00Z 2011-11-16T05:00:00Z

This dataset includes data collected from the ice station set up in Resolute Passage, 74 degrees 40'N and 94 degrees 54'W between the years 1983 to 1989. Plankton samples were collected using ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.arctic80s_bioness -90.0,55.0,-56.5,77.1 1980-07-29T00:00:00Z 1983-08-14T00:00:00Z 2011-11-16T05:00:00Z

These data are an OBIS formatted product derived from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada BioChem database. The purpose of this study was to look at the vertical distribution of all major species of zooplankton ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.BioChem_PEI_Phytoplankton_Monitoring_Program -63.883,46.041,-62.485,46.605 2001-09-26T00:00:00Z 2003-12-03T00:00:00Z 2011-11-16T05:00:00Z

Inlets of Prince Edward Island (PEI) provide an important source of income, offered by the rapidly growing molluscan shellfish (mostly blue mussels, Mytilus edulis) aquaculture industry. At the same ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.DFO_MAR_Hudson70_Forams -157.0,-10.0,-150.0,55.0 1970-05-08T00:00:00Z 1970-06-05T00:00:00Z 2011-11-16T05:00:00Z

Twenty-nine plankton tows were collected at different water depths in the equatorial and northern Pacific Ocean during the Hudson 70 cruise. Thirty planktonic foraminiferal species, belonging to eleven ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.BioChem_GullyPlankton2006-2007 -59.07,43.67,-58.7,44.07 2006-04-22T00:00:00Z 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z 2011-11-16T05:00:00Z

Submarine canyons are common features of continental margins off both coasts of North America. The Sable Gully is a submarine canyon located approximately 40 km east of Sable Island on the eastern ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.dfogfsdbinv -69.98,39.97,-56.48,47.85 1999-07-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-11-16T05:00:00Z

Beginning in 1999 selected invertebrates began to be systematically recorded in Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys. This is an OBIS-formatted ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CMAR_SEFHES 146.54,-42.74,150.49,-36.35 1993-07-23T00:00:00Z 1997-01-16T00:00:00Z 2011-11-15T05:00:00Z

These data were collected over the period 1993-1996 (-7) as part of the CSIRO Fisheries South East Fishery Habitat Ecosystem Study in Australia, on four research cruises of the vessel Southern Surveyor ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.DFOgfsDBfish -69.98167,39.97217,-56.48833,47.85 1970-07-06T00:00:00Z 2007-03-20T00:00:00Z 2011-11-15T05:00:00Z

This is the OBIS-formatted view of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys. This data is created using a Structured Query Language (SQL) program ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]North_Mangroves_WSA_OBIS -50.4021,-2.8125,-41.8125,-0.1456 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-15T05:00:00Z

The Western South Atlantic mangrove ecosystems of Brazil, roughly 85% of 7,367 km of coastline covering 16 States, on the North Region is based on 18 publications and some of them were kindly indicated ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Northeast_Mangroves_WSA_OBIS -45.3522,-18.103,-34.7832,-1.4832 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-15T05:00:00Z

The Western South Atlantic mangrove ecosystems of Brazil, roughly 85% of 7,367 km of coastline covering 16 States, on the Northeast Region is based on 8 publications.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]South_Mangroves_WSA_OBIS -48.854,-28.5018,-48.3264,-25.3833 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-15T05:00:00Z

The Western South Atlantic mangrove ecosystems of Brazil, roughly 85% of 7,367 km of coastline covering 16 States, on the South Region is based on 7 publications.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Southeast_Mangroves_WSA_OBIS -48.0159,-25.09,-39.7393,-18.5923 1954-06-01T00:00:00Z 2010-07-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-15T05:00:00Z

The Western South Atlantic mangrove ecosystems of Brazil, roughly 85% of 7,367 km of coastline covering 16 States, on the Southeast Region is based on 19 publications.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Polychaeta_in_Mussismilia_hispida -46.9122,-25.3859,-45.214,-23.7966 1996-03-17T00:00:00Z 2006-04-12T00:00:00Z 2011-11-15T05:00:00Z

- Version 1.0. Polychaeta worms associated with the stony coral Mussismilia hispida (Verril, 1868) from Laje de Santos and Alcatrazes islands off the coast of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Twelve colonies ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Types_collection_Carcinolgy_MN_UFRJ -178.5166,-63.2776,78.3499,44.0816 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-15T05:00:00Z

The data set presented herein is a version with geographic references from the on-line catalog (www.carcino.mn.ufrj.br) of the types collection from the Carcinology Sector of Museu Nacional/UFRJ. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Extreme_South_BR -53.3699,-34.5951,-48.2831,-29.326 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-11T05:00:00Z

This dataset includes coastal marine, estuarine and lagoon records of organisms south of the mangrove ecosystems in Brazil ? part of Santa Catarina State and all of Rio Grande do Sul State. (under ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BR_nonindigenous_species -52.2286,-32.3021,-44.2854,2.0392 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-11T05:00:00Z

This dataset includes the results of the survey of non-indigenous species known to occur along the coast of Brazil and listed in Lopes, R.M. (ed.) 2009. Informe sobre as especies exoticas invasoras ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BR_Offshore_Islands -41.8083,-22.5249,-41.5,-22.2749 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-11T05:00:00Z

The dataset is to report on the known biodiversity of marine islands along the coast of Brazil and that are not connected with the continent by any motorway transport system. (under construction)

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Previous_fisheries_REVIZEE_Program -57.7999,-35.8494,-29.35,7.7666 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-11T05:00:00Z

The aim of the original publication source is to make available relevant information collected in reports, technical documents and publications on fishery surveys, assessment and explanatory fishing ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Cnidaria_Sao_Paulo_2000-2010_and_Brazil -49.0499,-29.1333,-25.0,-20.5256 1946-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-09T05:00:00Z

Using as baseline "Lista dos Cnidaria registrados na costa Brasileira" of 1999, the new records visible in SinBiota/OBIS and extracting information out of the publications for 2000-2010, http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v11n1a/pt/abstract?inventory+bn0161101a2011, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CMAR_GBR_SBD 142.705,-24.485,153.105,-10.705 2003-09-17T00:00:00Z 2006-03-04T00:00:00Z 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z

The benthic invertebrate, plant, mobile invertebrate and fish biodiversity of the 200,000 km? area of the GBR shelf seabed was sampled by a 200 m tow of a 1.5 m epibenthic sled at 1191 sites, and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.gastropod -69.21,-54.85,-64.1,-40.72 2006-03-01T00:00:00Z 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z

The study was carried out in the Patagonian coasts from San Antonio's Port (40? S) to Ushuaia (54?S). Samples were taken in 37 places, port and low marine traffic areas, from June 2006 to April 2008.Sample ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]adu_cwac 16.46,-34.72,32.88,-22.22 1983-07-15T00:00:00Z 2006-09-30T00:00:00Z 2011-07-22T04:00:00Z

The Coordinated Waterbird Counts (CWAC) project was launched in 1992. The objective of CWAC is to monitor South Africa's waterbird populations and the conditions of the wetlands which are important ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]adu_safring -76.33,-71.9,73.5,72.25 1899-12-30T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-22T04:00:00Z

The South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING) administers bird ringing in southern Africa, supplying rings, ringing equipment and services to volunteer and professional ringers in South Africa and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]adu_birp 16.46,-34.77,32.86,-22.61 1906-02-05T00:00:00Z 2007-05-20T00:00:00Z 2011-07-22T04:00:00Z

BIRP is a joint project of BirdLife South Africa (BLSA), and the Animal Demography Unit (ADU), based at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The basic purpose of BIRP is to compile a comprehensive catalogue ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.OTNDFOSPINYDOGFISHTAG -66.379,43.636,-64.614,45.316 2009-08-19T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-05T04:00:00Z

To determine if spiny dogfish remain in Canadian waters or if they cross over the US/Canadian border to American waters. The results would have an effect on the joint management of the dogfish fishery ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.DFO_CnA_MultispeciesSurveys -70.0,58.0,-63.7,63.0 2007-10-12T00:00:00Z 2007-10-25T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

The DFO Central and Arctic Region multi-species stock assessment surveys began in 1999 and planned to continue indefinitely. Seven study areas are defined within the spatial extents outlined here; ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Mangroves_WSAOBIS -48.02,-28.5,-36.51,-0.4 1954-06-01T00:00:00Z 2004-08-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-21T04:00:00Z

'Despite their strategic importance, mangroves are under threat worldwide. They are sacrificed for salt pans, aquaculture ponds, housing developments, roads, port facilities, hotels, golf courses, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]ArcOD_2006B3 170.0,0.0,0.0,85.0 1861-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z

This dataset describes the Arctic component of the marine invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute RAN (in Russian; in English: ZIN RAS Russian Academy of Sciences), one of the largest ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]ArcOD_2007B2 -169.869,64.082,-168.0,64.966 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z

Macrobenthic infauna collections were made to investigate potential changes in community structure (abundance, biomass, diversity) in the Chirikov Basin, northern Bering Sea between 1986 and 2002; ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]ArcOD_2006B4 -168.8,65.783,-162.033,68.3 1976-09-05T00:00:00Z 1976-09-16T00:00:00Z 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z

Epibenthos of the southeastern Chukchi Sea, inclusive of Kotzebue Sound, was sampled in 1976. Otter trawl, condend, was lined with 31.8mm (1.25"). mesh for retention of fish and epifauna. Crustaceans ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]elm_molluscs -161.57,-46.93,179.52,58.18 1886-06-15T00:00:00Z 2005-09-16T00:00:00Z 2011-05-09T04:00:00Z

The East London (EL) Museum's major natural history collections are molluscs and birds.They also have smaller collections of other marine invertebrates, mammals, skeletons (mammals), reptiles, palaeontology, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]cl_udec_copas_copepoda_01 -73.712,-36.516,-70.1333,-20.0 2002-08-20T00:00:00Z 2009-06-24T00:00:00Z 2010-11-29T05:00:00Z

Copepods are numerically dominant and are major contributors to zooplankton biomass in the coastal upwelling zone of the eastern South Pacific. This data set comprises the majority of planktonic species ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]cl_udec_copas_fishes_01 -73.6,-37.0,-70.0,-16.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1983-08-01T00:00:00Z 2010-11-29T05:00:00Z

This data base includes deep-water fishes and fishes collected at northern Chile during El Ni?o conditions in 1983-84. These fishes were collected and identified by Ismael Kong, who was a highly prestigious ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]cl_udec_copas_eufausidos_01 -98.0,-45.0,-72.0,-30.0 2007-08-21T00:00:00Z 2008-04-17T00:00:00Z 2010-11-29T05:00:00Z

This data base covers the spatial and temporal distribution of most euphausiids species dominating the coastal and oceanic areas of Central/southern Chile. This region is an important fishery area ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]cl_udec_copas_unap_phytoplankton -70.459,-22.17,-70.069,-20.474 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-10-01T00:00:00Z 2010-11-09T05:00:00Z

PATACHE: Title: Monitoring of the Structure of Phytoplankton Community in Collahuasi's Mining Project at Port Area in Punta Patache, Chile. Project funded by the mining company Do?a In?s de Collahuasi. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]cl_udec_copas_foraminiferos_01 -73.301,-30.184,-73.171,-29.003 1991-11-07T00:00:00Z 1998-06-19T00:00:00Z 2010-11-09T05:00:00Z

Seasonal and interannual changes in the flux of planktic foraminifera were studies in the Humboldt Current System off Coquimbo (30?S, 73?,15W), using material collected by time series sediment traps ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]cl_udec_copas_foraminiferos_02 -85.28,-2.73,-80.13,1.37 1973-05-18T00:00:00Z 1973-05-28T00:00:00Z 2010-11-09T05:00:00Z

The Ecuadorian sea is characterized for being a zone of oceanic convergence among hot waters proceeding from the Gulf of Panama and cold waters of Humboltd's Current from the south of the continent. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]kenya_marine 37.90619,-4.71,41.74052,-0.02355909 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) is a State Corporation in the Ministry of Fisheries Development of the Government of Kenya. It is mandated to conduct aquatic research covering ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]madagascar_corals 43.58,-23.38,43.58,-23.38 2001-07-29T00:00:00Z 2001-08-18T00:00:00Z 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

The Madagascar National Oceanographic Data Centre is attached to the University of Toliara. Some of the research achievements of the Oceanographic Data Centre are: a project for the protection of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]madagascar_diatoms 43.61,-23.38,43.68,-23.35 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z 2004-10-31T00:00:00Z 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

The Madagascar National Oceanographic Data Centre is attached to the University of Toliara. Some of the research achievements of the Oceanographic Data Centre are: a project for the protection of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]madagascar_dinoflagelles 43.61,-23.38,43.68,-23.35 2002-12-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

The Madagascar National Oceanographic Data Centre is attached to the University of Toliara. Some of the research achievements of the Oceanographic Data Centre are: a project for the protection of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]madagascar_fish 43.58,-23.38,43.58,-23.38 2001-07-29T00:00:00Z 2001-08-18T00:00:00Z 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

The Madagascar National Oceanographic Data Centre is attached to the University of Toliara. Some of the research achievements of the Oceanographic Data Centre are: a project for the protection of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]madagascar_invertebrates 43.58,-23.38,43.58,-23.38 2001-07-29T00:00:00Z 2001-08-18T00:00:00Z 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

The Madagascar National Oceanographic Data Centre is attached to the University of Toliara. Some of the research achievements of the Oceanographic Data Centre are: a project for the protection of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]nigeria_marine -5.0,4.27417,5.89333,6.39722 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

The Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), was created from the Marine Research Division of the Federal Department of Fisheries. The Aquaculture department is mandated to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uct_sam 10.02,-39.02,26.78333,-29.0 2007-01-11T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T00:00:00Z 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

This dataset the result of collaboration between the University of Cape Town and the iziko South African Museum. Three trawl surveys were undertaken, two on the west coast of South Africa, and one ...