Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-23T12:05:30Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 514 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.marwhale -75.0,35.0,-40.0,70.0 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-04-22T04:00:00Z

This is an OBIS formatted version of the Canadian government's Department of Fisheries and Oceans Maritimes Region database for visual sightings of cetaceans (e.g. whales, dolphins and porpoises) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AADC-00099 -180.0,-70.0,180.0,-40.0 1990-06-01T00:00:00Z 2010-03-27T00:00:00Z 2013-03-07T05:00:00Z

This dataset contains results from Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) surveys in the Southern Ocean. When the opportunity arises, zooplankton species, numbers and abundance data are recorded on a ...

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]OBIS.BaumgartnerZooplankton_1999 -66.6,42.8,-61.9,44.9 1999-07-30T00:00:00Z 2001-08-26T00:00:00Z 2013-01-22T05:00:00Z

Oceanographic surveys were conducted in the lower Bay of Fundy and Roseway Basin during the summers of 1999, 2000 and 2001. Zooplankton sampling was conducted in all years from NOAA Ship ?Delaware ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.DFO_BioChem_BedfordBasin -63.64,44.688,-63.64,44.688 1995-10-04T00:00:00Z 2002-12-30T00:00:00Z 2012-12-10T05:00:00Z

Bedford Basin is a marine embayment encircled by the municipality of Halifax region, which is the most highly populated area in the Canadian Atlantic zone. In 1991, a time series was established to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1189_benthic_database 51.326668,-69.22784,161.06433,-50.33917 1986-01-26T00:00:00Z 2006-02-23T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

This project aims to assess the vulnerability of and risks to habitats in Australian fisheries in the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)/Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) of the Southern Ocean to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]Tags_heard_1949 73.3,-53.2,73.8,-53.0 1949-09-05T00:00:00Z 1960-11-05T00:00:00Z 2012-09-21T04:00:00Z

At Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean, seals were branded between 1949-1953. Seal length was measured in feet and inches. Recaptures of seals were made up until 1955, and growth and age-specific ...

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.FRB_CalanusSeries -139.35,45.09,-61.5,81.833 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z 1958-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-12T04:00:00Z

In 1947 the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (FRB) initiated the Eastern Arctic Investigations. These were seasonal marine biological investigations led by Prof. M.J. Dunbar from McGill University, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SEAMAP-SA -81.44,28.756,-75.52,35.229 1986-11-03T00:00:00Z 2010-11-12T00:00:00Z 2012-02-22T05:00:00Z

Written by OBIS-USA using excerpts from MRRI and SEAMAP-SA Homepages MRRI staff, funded by the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program - South Atlantic (SEAMAP-SA) of the National Marine ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AADC-00859 158.8,-54.5,158.9,-54.4 1994-12-06T00:00:00Z 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z 2012-02-09T05:00:00Z

The dataset includes data on all fur seals tagged at Macquarie Island since 1989. The dataset includes information on the sex and species of individuals, information on their reproductive histories, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]MARMAP_BongoNets -81.3,27.36,-75.1,35.27 1973-10-24T00:00:00Z 1980-07-28T00:00:00Z 2012-02-01T05:00:00Z

Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1973 to 1980 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL).

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]MARMAP_BottomLongline -80.14,27.93,-78.09,32.73 1983-09-06T00:00:00Z 2000-09-20T00:00:00Z 2012-02-01T05:00:00Z

Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1983 to 2000 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). Bottom Longlines are constructed ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]MARMAP_FlyNet -80.33,31.67,-76.81,34.32 1980-05-15T00:00:00Z 1987-04-14T00:00:00Z 2012-02-01T05:00:00Z

Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1980 to 1987 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). The 40/54 Fly Net (12.2-m headrope ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]MARMAP_IsaacsKiddMidwaterTrawl -79.02,32.35,-78.38,32.79 1979-02-09T00:00:00Z 1979-08-13T00:00:00Z 2012-02-01T05:00:00Z

Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from February to August 1979 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). The trawl consists ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]MARMAP_KaliPole -79.24,32.07,-77.98,32.84 1983-08-05T00:00:00Z 1986-06-03T00:00:00Z 2012-02-01T05:00:00Z

Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1983 to 1986 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). Kali poles are "off-bottom" ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]MARMAP_NeustonNets -81.31,27.35,-75.12,35.28 1973-10-24T00:00:00Z 1980-07-28T00:00:00Z 2012-02-01T05:00:00Z

Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1973 to 1980 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL).

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]MARMAP_ShortBottomLongline -80.28,29.91,-76.12,34.19 1979-02-22T00:00:00Z 2000-08-16T00:00:00Z 2012-02-01T05:00:00Z

Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1979 to 2000 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). The short bottom longline consists ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]MARMAP_YankeeTrawl -81.37,28.74,-74.95,35.36 1973-10-23T00:00:00Z 1980-07-29T00:00:00Z 2012-02-01T05:00:00Z

Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1973 to 1980 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). The Yankee trawl is a bottom ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]ME_DMR_Trawl -70.83,42.85,-66.87,44.82 2000-10-30T00:00:00Z 2009-11-05T00:00:00Z 2012-02-01T05:00:00Z

The Maine-New Hampshire Inshore Trawl Survey is conducted twice a year, for five weeks at a time, always starting in New Hampshire and ending off Grand Manan. The spring surveys start the first week ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CRED_Benthic_Algae_Photoquad 166.65,-14.56,-178.37,28.46 2002-09-10T00:00:00Z 2008-04-07T00:00:00Z 2012-01-31T05:00:00Z

Abstract written by OBIS-USA using excerpts from CRED homepage. Despite the non-flattering images of ?pond scum? many people often associate with algae, marine macrophytes have proven themselves ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CRED_Benthic_REA_Belt 166.65,-14.56,-178.37,28.46 2007-09-21T00:00:00Z 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z 2012-01-31T05:00:00Z

Abstract written by OBIS-USA using excerpts from CRED homepage. Corals are the defining species in one of the highest diversity marine ecosystems, coral reefs. CRED studies of corals address basic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CRED_Fish_REA 166.67,-14.89,-178.39,28.46 2000-09-09T00:00:00Z 2010-12-08T00:00:00Z 2012-01-31T05:00:00Z

Abstract written by OBIS-USA using excerpts from CRED homepage. Quantitative assessment and monitoring of shallow reef fish assemblages is conducted around the US Pacific Islands as an integral part ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CRED_Fish_TDS 166.61,-14.88,-178.33,28.43 2000-09-09T00:00:00Z 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z 2012-01-31T05:00:00Z

Abstract written by OBIS-USA using excerpts from CRED Homepage Quantitative assessment and monitoring of shallow reef fish assemblages is conducted around the US Pacific Islands as an integral part ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MARMAP_Blackfish -80.61,30.72,-76.55,34.38 1977-05-17T00:00:00Z 1989-09-14T00:00:00Z 2012-01-31T05:00:00Z

Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1977 to 1989 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). Blackfish traps were set on ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MARMAP_Chevron -80.91,27.27,-76.09,34.61 1988-05-24T00:00:00Z 2000-10-19T00:00:00Z 2012-01-31T05:00:00Z

Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1988 to 2000 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). Chevron traps were set on live-bottom ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MARMAP_FloridaAntillean -80.61,30.42,-76.55,34.38 1980-06-21T00:00:00Z 1989-09-14T00:00:00Z 2012-01-31T05:00:00Z

Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1980 to 1989 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). Florida Antillean traps were ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.DFO_BioChem_GBSS_Phyto_74 -67.54,41.49,-66.28,44.29 1974-08-08T00:00:00Z 1974-08-17T00:00:00Z 2012-01-27T05:00:00Z

During August, 1974, a cruise was conducted into the waters off Nova Scotia and Bay of Fundy and data were collected on the temperature, salinity and density profiles at 46 stations. Measurements ...

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]STOCS_MAFLA_Benthic -97.33,25.64,-82.25,30.31 1974-05-16T00:00:00Z 1978-02-20T00:00:00Z 2012-01-20T05:00:00Z

Benthic organisms data were collected using sediment sampler and net casts BELLOWS and other platforms in the Gulf of Mexico from 16 May 1974 to 20 February 1978. Data were collected and submitted ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]VINPCoralTransplantStudy -64.78883,18.347164,-64.727715,18.369267 1999-05-26T00:00:00Z 2009-04-04T00:00:00Z 2012-01-20T05:00:00Z

In a pilot project in the Caribbean (Virgin Islands National Park, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands), storm-produced fragments of Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis, and Porites porites were collected ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]WHOI_Benthic_Fauna -82.0,24.0,-49.04,49.1 1881-10-10T00:00:00Z 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-19T05:00:00Z

Benthic fauna data has been collected from 1881 to the present by the National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratories at Woods Hole, MA (early years Bureau of Fisheries) and Sandy Hook, NJ (formerly ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SMCCInverts -86.0,30.39,-67.0,44.39 1969-09-01T00:00:00Z 2006-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-01-19T05:00:00Z

This Invertebrate Database includes the data relating to the specimens collected by my students in the Invertebrate Zoology course taught as part of the Applied Marine Biology and Oceanography (AMBO) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBISAU_CMAR_ALB_ZOO 141.15,-12.75,141.75,-12.55 1986-03-10T00:00:00Z 1988-03-18T00:00:00Z 2012-01-18T05:00:00Z

The biomass and species composition of tropical zooplankton in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia, were examined monthly for three years between March 1986 and March 1988. Zooplankton ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WEBSEC -168.933,68.9,-162.4,70.567 1970-09-27T00:00:00Z 1970-10-18T00:00:00Z 2012-01-18T05:00:00Z

Midwater invertebrates were collected in the southeastern Chukchi Sea. A 1.8m Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl was used at 20 stations to collect 81 semi-quantitative samples; a 3m otter trawl was used ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BuckIslandFish -64.63764,17.78317,-64.61123,17.80164 2001-07-18T00:00:00Z 2001-08-22T00:00:00Z 2012-01-17T05:00:00Z

Because cryptic fishes are difficult to accurately survey, they are undersampled components of coral reef habitats. Fifty-eight enclosed stations were sampled in shoreline, nearshore reef, lagoon, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]TAGS 35.0,-68.0,-80.0,-42.0 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-01-12T05:00:00Z

This database is a compendium of histories of known age seals (Weddell and Southern elephant) from observations across the Southern Ocean but focussed on Macquarie Island, Marion Island, Heard Island, ...

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]OBIS.DFO_BioChem_PhytoplanktonMonitoring_GeorgesBank_and_ScotianShelf_1974 -67.54,41.49,-66.28,44.29 1974-08-08T00:00:00Z 1974-08-17T00:00:00Z 2011-11-15T05:00:00Z

During August, 1974, a cruise was conducted into the waters off Nova Scotia and Bay of Fundy and data were collected on the temperature, salinity and density profiles at 46 stations. Measurements ...

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.