The dispersal of benthic marine invertebrates by kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published on 10 October 2018
Publication date:
10 October 2018
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No organization
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 2163 See the link below for public details on this project. Records of observations of kelp rafts passing within 50 m of one side of the vessel over replicated periods of 1 hour. Data collected over subantarctic latitudes only. Records include: size, species, presence/absence of holdfast, latitude and longitude, ship speed.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Smith, S. D. A. (2008). Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean. Global Ecology and Biogeography (ASAC_2163)

Rights

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

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Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Community structure; Migration

External data

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Online dataset http://iobis.org/explore/#/dataset/228 UTF-8 HTML
Metadata http://www.vliz.be/imis/iobis/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1792 UTF-8 HTML

Contacts

OBIS Secretariat
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
BE
Stephen Smith
  • Point Of Contact

Geographic Coverage

PS, Southern Ocean - http://marineregions.org/mrgid/1907

Bounding Coordinates South West [45, 150], North East [53, 159]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date 1996-11-01

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Alternative Identifiers http://ipt.iobis.org/obis/resource?id=imis_dasid_1792