Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

Data Sets

Services / Tools

Ancillary Descriptions

Are you using a browser that doesn't support JavaScript or have you disabled JavaScript?

If you have disabled JavaScript, you must re-enable JavaScript to use this page.
Or you can view this record using the Text Only Format.

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History - Marine Birds, Mammals, and Fishes Data

Entry ID: Canada_NSMNH_MarineBirdMammFish

[ Update this Record ]

This data set description is a member of a collection.
Click to see members of this collection.

Summary

Abstract: 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 New Brunswick, Newfoundland, the
Northwest Territories, and other parts of North America. The ichthyology
collection is the most extensive with over 2800 specimens. Temporally,
specimens were collected from 1873 to 2002.The data set was developed from the
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History (NSMNH) - Museum Information Management
System (MIMS) as an electronic catalogue of specimen and collecting
information.

Spatial Data Organization Information -
Direct Spatial Reference: point

Related URL

Link: VIEW EXTENDED METADATA

Description: GeoConnections Discovery Portal. Canada's IDN Node.

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

N: 75.0

S: 35.0

E: -45.0

W: -130.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

Dataset Title: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History - Marine Birds, Mammals, and Fishes Data

Dataset Release Date: 20040303

Dataset Release Place: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dataset Publisher: Government of Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1873-01-01

Stop Date: 2002-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > CARBON DIOXIDE

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Data Center

Climate Change Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Data Center URL: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: CLIMATE CHANGE DIVISION CONTACT Phone: (202) 343-9990 Contact Address: Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. City: Washington, DC Postal Code: 20004 Country: USA

Publications/References

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2012), INVENTORY OF U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SINKS: 1990 – 2010, EPA 430-R-12-001, 1-60, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D. C., http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/Downloads/ghgemissions/US-GHG-Inve...

Siegenthaler, U., T. F. Stocker, E. Monnin, D. Lüthi, J. Schwander, B. Stauffer, D. Raynaud, J.M. Barnola, H. Fischer, V. Masson-Delmotte, and J. Jouzel (2005), Stable carbon cycle-climate relationship during the late Pleistocene, 310, 5752, 1313–1317, Science

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-06-28

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-07-03

Reformat as FGDC document

View Text Only Format

[ Update this Record ]