Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-23T07:52:31Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 55 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]APIS 48.88,-69.2256,150.43,-58.93 1984-11-11T00:00:00Z 2000-01-10T00:00:00Z 2013-02-05T05:00:00Z

APIS data were collected between 1994 and 1999. This dataset also includes some historical data collected between 1985 and 1987. Both aerial and ship-board surveys were conducted. Studies on the behaviour ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BioGoMx_HRI -97.86,18.14,-80.26,30.67 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-07-31T00:00:00Z 2012-01-24T05:00:00Z

The Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database (BioGoMx) was based on a comprehensive biotic inventory of the Gulf of Mexico sponsored by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI), ...

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]OBIS.ARC -69.0,40.0,-24.0,68.0 1910-06-22T00:00:00Z 2005-12-09T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.bofetf -67.1667,44.25,-63.5,45.8333 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

The Bay of Fundy Species Information System provides taxonomic, biological and ecological information on diatoms, dinoflagellates, marine algae, most invertebrate groups, fishes, shore birds, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.CMN_FISHCOLLECTION -178.93,-40.0,178.0,85.81 1863-08-01T00:00:00Z 2002-07-09T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

This digital database contains an OBIS formatted version of all fish records held at the Canadian Museum of Nature and collected from Canada and the United States as well as from associated marine ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.groundfish_atlas -75.0,35.0,-50.0,61.0 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

Fishery-independent groundfish data for the east coast of North America from Cape Hatteras to the US/Canadian border and for Bay of Fundy through the Scotian Shelf. Time period is 1970-95. Efforts ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.gwaii_marplants -133.5,51.8,-130.75,54.3 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-07-17T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

The database covers the Haida Gwaii archipelago on the West Coast of Canada, including all species of the Haida Gwaii region from any published source, accessible collection and unpublished observations ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.gwaii_inv -145.0,49.5,-128.0,56.5 1800-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-06-14T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

The database covers the Haida Gwaii archipelago, including the contiguous waters of Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait, Queen Charlotte Sound and westward into the Northeast Pacific to 145 degrees W (based ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.midi -70.48772,40.339455,-56.42369,47.03766 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

The goal of Marine Invertebrate Diversity Initiative (MIDI) is to provide information about marine invertebrates (animals without backbones). We hope to engage scientists, educators and students, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.nsmnh -130.0,35.0,-45.0,75.0 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

This is the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History database for marine organisms, including birds, mammals, and fishes. It contains mostly Nova Scotia material but there is also representation from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AIMS_REEF_Bioresource_Library 97.64,-77.87,175.88,13.34 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-04-21T04:00:00Z

Collection of marine organisms for bioactivity screening, focused in the shallow waters off the coastlines of Queensland and Western Australia, beginning in 1987 and continuing to the present. Small ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AIMS_GBR_NSCorals 145.35114,-21.0,152.66856,-14.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-04-21T04:00:00Z

Surveys of coral community structure, composition and diversity were carried out at nearshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 466 sites on 96 reefs between Mackay and Cooktown (latitude ...

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]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]MaineInvasives -70.7,42.6,-66.9,45.2 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z 1980-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-04-16T04:00:00Z

Records of the occurrences of marine and estuarine sponges, bryozoans and ascideans on the coast of Maine have been compiled from the historic literature spanning the time frame of 1843 to 1980. These ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CascoBay_PortlandHarbor -70.27,43.6,-69.95,43.85 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1980-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-04-16T04:00:00Z

The soft bottom macrobenthic communities of Casco Bay and Portland Harbor, Maine were sampled in April 1980 in order to provide an environmental benchmark. Fifty-six subtidal stations were occupied ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.HEXACORALLIA -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2010-03-02T05:00:00Z

A compilation of publications concerning taxonomy, nomenclature, and geographic distribution of extant hexacorallians - members of cnidarian orders Actiniaria (sea anemones in the strict ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]mcm_seals 11.68,-34.98,26.11,-17.47 1974-04-08T00:00:00Z 2001-06-01T00:00:00Z 2009-10-29T04:00:00Z

Marine and Coastal Management (MCM) is one of four branches of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. It is the regulatory authority responsible for managing all marine ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]aims_reef_bruvs 141.0,-25.0,153.0,-9.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-10-02T04:00:00Z

Recordings of marine organism attracted to baited underwater video cameras (BRUVS). BRUVS are deployed in groups of 4-6, separated by approximately 450 m, for approximately 60 minutes. The spacing ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AROBIS.eseals_II -69.0,-54.83,-35.9,-3.85-109.2592,-56.5,-66.4911,-0.3147 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-26T00:00:00Z 2009-08-26T04:00:00Z

Database with number of individuals and distribution of the southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) of Pen?nsula Vald?s, Argentina,breeding colony. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AROBIS.seabirds -69.15,-55.0667,-61.8833,-38.9667 1990-11-19T00:00:00Z 2005-12-30T00:00:00Z 2009-08-06T04:00:00Z

Updated distribution of sixteen species of seabirds along the Patagonian coast. Number of breeding pairs at colonies of penguins, cormorants, gulls and terns were ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AROBIS.INIDEP -69.02,-62.23,-37.19,-34.04 1961-05-29T00:00:00Z 2006-10-09T00:00:00Z 2009-08-06T04:00:00Z

ENGLISH Fishes collection hosted in National Research Institute and Fishery Development (INIDEP) under curatorial of Ichthyologic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AROBIS.EcocentroBallenas -65.25,-42.97,-63.57,-42.01 2003-11-15T00:00:00Z 2005-09-31T00:00:00Z 2009-08-06T04:00:00Z

Database containing unpublished information about the position of south Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena australis) in the Bah?a Nueva (located between 42? 41' 55" S - 64? 59' 38" W and 42? 47' 08" ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AIMS_LTM_NS 145.35114,-23.9,152.66856,-16.5 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-07-21T04:00:00Z

Surveys of coral species richness were carried out at nearshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia in conjunction with surveys of size structure and percentage cover of hard and soft coral ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AIMS_REEF_LTM 145.44,-23.35,150.97,-16.0 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z

Surveys of coral species richness were carried out at nearshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia in conjunction with surveys of size structure and percentage cover of hard and soft coral ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Ant_Echinoids_SCARMarBIN -180.0,-80.0,180.0,-45.0 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-28T04:00:00Z

"Antarctic Echinoids" is an interactive database synthesising the results of more than 100 years of Antarctic expeditions. It comprises information about 81 echinoid species ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_OZCAM_MAGNT 145.883,-27.467,153.24,-9.533130.35,-12.8,130.35,-12.8 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-15T04:00:00Z

The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) collections place the region's art, history and culture, and natural history in an Australian and international ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_OZCAM_MV_Mammalogy -91.8333,-77.85,178.0,52.9 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-01-15T05:00:00Z

This data source pertains to Museum Victoria's Mammalogy Collection. Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museums organisation, is the State Museum for Victoria (Australia), responsible ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]nagisa1 -147.73555,33.6941,135.3658,60.484444 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-30T00:00:00Z 2009-01-15T05:00:00Z

This dataset provides data collected during the Natural Geography In Shore Areas (NaGISA) quantitative global nearshore census. The data is coming in (i.e. the dataset is continually being added to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AIMS_REEF_GBR_corals 145.1,-20.82,149.29,-14.65 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

A number of Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) research activities involve monitoring different aspects of coral reefs. Surveys of coral community structure, composition and diversity were ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uct_algae 1.15,-60.14,40.03,-14.45 1865-11-15T00:00:00Z 2005-08-22T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

The Bolus Herbarium algal collection is the most comprehensive collection in South Africa. Though housing collections from the whole of the South African coastline and also from Namibia, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_OZCAM_MV_Entomology 143.9667,-38.5333,145.0,-37.8167 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

This data source pertains to Museum Victoria's Entomology Collection. Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museums organisation, is the State Museum for Victoria (Australia), responsible ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_OZCAM_MV_Ichthyology -179.2667,-77.5,179.9833,62.7 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

This data source pertains to Museum Victoria's Ichthyology Collection which comprises bony fish, cartilagenous fish and lancelets. Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museums organisation, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_OZCAM_MV_MarineInvertebrates -176.0,-76.9167,178.1833,80.6 1864-05-01T00:00:00Z 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

This data source pertains to Museum Victoria's Marine Biology collections which comprise invertebrate (non insect) taxa. Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museums organisation, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_OZCAM_MV_Ornithology 48.3,-67.8333,179.9667,-9.1167 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

This data source pertains to Museum Victoria's Ornithology Collection. Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museums organisation, is the State Museum for Victoria (Australia), responsible ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_OZCAM_MAGNT_Ichthyology 145.883,-27.467,153.24,-9.533 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

This data source pertains to the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory's (MAGNT) Ichthology (fish) collections. The MAGNT collections place the region's art, history and culture, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_OZCAM_MAGNT_Mollusca 130.35,-12.8,130.35,-12.8 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

This data source pertains to the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) Mollusca collections. MAGNT places the region's art, history and culture, and natural history ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NIO_COLLECTION 0.0,0.0,93.07,22.47 1970-12-13T00:00:00Z 1996-02-04T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, India is premier oceanographic research institution in India. It has a strong biological oceanography division which maintains biological ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_OZCAM_QM_Crustacea 140.8333,-27.36666,153.1667,-12.25 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

This data source pertains to the Queensland Museum's Crustacea Collection. The collection includes around 22,000 catalogued specimens. Its strengths lie in the decapod groups including ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_OZCAM_QM 140.8333,-27.36666,153.1667,-12.25 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

The Queensland Museum is valued as an innovative, exciting and accessible museum of science, environment and human experience of international standing. The Queensland Museum (QM) provides ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_HMAP -67.78,51.32,154.18,85.0 1611-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2008-12-23T05:00:00Z

The HMAP database (http://www.hull.ac.uk/hmap) is an open access facility that currently comprises time series of commercial catches covering the period 1611-2000. It is a growing resource and extends ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS_OZCAM_MV 48.3,-67.833,179.9667,-9.1167-91.8333,-77.85,178.0,52.9143.9667,-38.5333,145.0,-37.8167-179.2667,-77.5,179.9833,62.7-176.0,-76.9167,178.1833,80.6 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-05-22T04:00:00Z

Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museums organisation, is the State Museum for Victoria (Australia), responsible for the care of the state's collections, conducting research, and providing ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GoMA-Intertidal_Biodiversity -70.65833,43.08417,-66.96444,44.815 2005-06-27T00:00:00Z 2005-08-27T00:00:00Z 2008-05-07T04:00:00Z

Epibenthic macroinvertebrate communities were examined at six rocky intertidal locations along the Maine shore. Sampled locations were distributed across nearly the entire coast of Maine from Kittery ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]scarmarbin_SOMBASE -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-55.0 2007-04-09T04:00:00Z

Understanding where organisms live and why they live there is the key aim of ecology. SOMBASE is a tool for looking at marine molluscs in the seas around Antarctica. Using a database and the latest ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]scarmarbin_ABBED 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-02-26T05:00:00Z

Admiralty Bay is one of the best studied sites in the maritime Antarctic. The first benthos data has been recorded in 1906 and knowledge is constantly gained by the research activities of permanent ...