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Barnacle, fucoid, and mussel recruitment

This data set describes differences in macroalgal stands and mussel beds between ice scour disturbances in sheltered intertidal shores between 1997-2007. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Swan's Island, Maine (44 o 10' N, 68 o 25' W) Sites Georeferenced: No Timespan: 1997-2007 Sampling Frequency: Annually Methods: Barnacle recruitment was...MORE

WoRMS- World Register of Marine Species

A species list of marine organisms, with current taxonomic information, including any synonomies that might exist. Can search by geographic region. Dataset available here: http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php Available with CC-BY license, cite individual pages as listed on those pages. Suggested citation for entire database: Boxshall, G.; Mees, J.; Costello, M. J.; Hernandez,...MORE

Continuous Plankton Recorder

The Continuous Plankton Recorder is a device developed by Sir Alister Hardy in 1931. Since then, his effort has been standardized and continued by the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science . Research and merchant ships are equiped with a planton recording device that is towed near-surface for up...MORE

New Zealand NIWA Biological Obervations

New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Marine Biodata is available at OBIS ; includes occurrence details of New Zealand marine fauna and flora from around the coastline and offshore. Information is assimilated from a variety of sources including unpublished data sets and data digitised from journal...MORE

South West Pacific OBIS Data

The South West Pacific OBIS section provides a compilation of their data available at OBIS ; The South West Pacific section of OBIS is administered by the New Zealand National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research that includes surveys of fish, invertebrates, and algea. The OBIS dataset includes species name,...MORE

Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program

The Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program 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 waters. The AZMP aims to increase the Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans capacity to understand, describe,...MORE

US GAP Protected Areas Database for the US (PAD-US)

The USGS Gap Analysis Program (GAP) PAD-US is the national inventory of U.S. terrestrial and marine protected areas that are dedicated to the preservation of biological diversity and to other natural, recreation and cultural uses, managed for these purposes through legal or other effective means. Lands in PAD-US are mainly...MORE

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Census of Marine Zooplankton

A compliation of marine zooplankton occurance from sample collections, species information, community genes and genomes, and BLAST search. are available at OBIS . The OBIS compiled data includes species name, individual count, lat/lon, and some environmental correlates like depth and salinity. Dataset Location: OBIS Census of Marine Zooplankton ; CMarZ...MORE

St. Croix USVI Fish Assessment

Fish and macroinvertebrate abundance and size data collected for reefs and seagrass habitats surounding St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) by the Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessments Biogeography Team are available at OBIS . The OBIS compiled data includes species name, individual count, lat/lon, and some...MORE

Georges Bank Plankton

A short-term time series of plankton at multiple depths for Georges Bank. Data are available at OBIS . The OBIS compiled data includes species name, individual count, lat/lon, and some environmental correlates like depth and salinity. Dataset Location: OBIS Georges Bank Plankton ; Companion Length Data Direct Download: OBIS Georges...MORE