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Living marine legacy of Gwaii Haanas I: Marine plant baseline to 1999 (OBIS Canada)

Entry ID: obis.gwaii_marplants

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Summary

Abstract: The database covers the Haida Gwaii archipelago on the West Coast of Canada, including all species of the Haida Gwaii region from any published source, accessible collection and unpublished observations from scientists. Lists all marine plant species and maps their distributions from the first records (1911) to 1999 and includes 348 seaweed and 4 seagrass species from 456 intertidal to shallow subtidal locations. This inventory had detailed regional starting points (Hawkes et al. 1978; Scagel et al. 1993) and >90% of the plant species are represented by specimens in the Phycological Herbarium of the University of British Columbia Botany Department.

Purpose: These data are for display on the OBIS portal and associated mapping programs and for download to personal computers for ad-hoc end-user analysis.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 54.3

S: 51.8

E: -130.75

W: -133.5

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Sloan, N.A. and P.M. Bartier

Dataset Title: Living marine legacy of Gwaii Haanas I: Marine plant baseline to 1999

Dataset Series Name: Parks Canada-Technical Reports in Ecosystem Science

Dataset Release Date: 2004

Dataset Release Place: Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dataset Publisher: OBIS Canada

Version: 1

Data Presentation Form: Digital

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
Canada_DFO_GwaiiHaanasMarPlants

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1897-01-01

Stop Date: 2000-07-17

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA > CYANOBACTERIA (BLUE-GREEN ALGAE)

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MICROALGAE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

INLAND WATERS

OCEANS

Project

OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE

Access Constraints None.

Use Constraints Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any); and acknowledge the use of the OBIS facility.

For information purposes, email to obissupport@marine.rutgers.edu the full citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any constituent part.

Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS.

Ancillary Keywords

QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS

GWAII HAANAS

HAIDA GWAII

Data Center

Canada Regional Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node

Data Center URL: http://www.marinebiodiversity.ca/OBISCanada

Data Center Personnel
Name: OBIS CANADA ADMINISTRATION Email: OBISCanada at dfo-mpo.gc.ca Contact Address: Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006 City: Dartmouth Province or State: Nova Scotia Postal Code: B2Y 4A2 Country: Canada