Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-24T09:25:29Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 189 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]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.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_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?[GCMD]OBIS.NFM_FishCollection -59.5,47.8,-58.5,48.7 1985-08-19T00:00:00Z 2011-09-08T00:00:00Z 2012-11-07T05:00:00Z

Formerly known as the Newfoundland Museum, the Rooms has the mandate to collect, catalogue, conserve, preserve, study and exhibit historic resources and to enlighten and educate the people respecting ...

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?[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]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_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]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]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]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]OBIS.DFO_MAR_Kohler_FishEggsLarvae_GSL -64.575,45.825,-59.175,48.825 1965-05-25T00:00:00Z 1975-08-29T00:00:00Z 2011-10-27T04:00:00Z

This report contains tabular data on abundance and distribution of 54 species or categories of fish eggs and larvae caught on stations spread throughout the Gulf of St. Lawrence, mainly south of the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.SAHFOS -80.0,30.0,20.0,70.0 1946-05-05T00:00:00Z 2003-03-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-29T04:00:00Z

The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) is an international charity registered in the UK, that operates the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey. The Foundation has been collecting ...

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]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.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.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]obis.accdc -68.68,43.39,-52.77,56.43 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

The Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre (ACCDC) collects data on rare species and natural communities in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and Labrador ...

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_ltm_fish 145.35114,-23.890882,152.66856,-14.523517 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-04-21T04:00:00Z

Data Summary - About 50 selected reefs throughout the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) are sampled in the AIMS Long-term Monitoring Project (LTMP). A visual census of fish on fixed transects (3 sites per ...

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]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_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]COPAS_I_Chile -73.6,-37.0,-70.0,-16.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1983-08-01T00:00:00Z 2010-09-14T04:00:00Z

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]NOAAPR_RfFish 2000-08-01T00:00:00Z 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z 2010-09-14T04:00:00Z

This fish and benthic composition database is the result of a mutlifaceted effort described below. The intent of this work is five fold: 1) To spatially characterize and monitor the distribution, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAASTC_RfFish 2001-02-01T00:00:00Z 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z 2010-09-14T04:00:00Z

This fish and benthic composition database is the result of a multifaceted effort described below. The intent of this work is five fold: 1) To spatially characterize and monitor the distribution, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAASTJ_RfFish 2001-07-01T00:00:00Z 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z 2010-09-14T04:00:00Z

This fish and benthic composition database is the result of a multifaceted effort described below. The intent of this work is five fold: 1) To spatially characterize and monitor the distribution, ...