Universidad Simon Bolivar. Museo de Ciencias Naturales (MCN-USB).
Entry ID: MCN-USB

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Summary
Abstract: The dataset of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Simon Bolivar contains 3 groups of sub-datasets from different projects carried out in the Venezuelan Caribbean and Atlantic front since 2000. Most of the registers come from two localities, the Morrocoy National Park in the central-west of Venezuela, and the east upwelling zone. Most represented groups are peracarid crustaceans and gastropods among other invertebrates.

The MCN-USB is registered at the Dirección de Fauna of the Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales under the code MI-001.

Total Distribution Records: 10654
Total Taxa: 636
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 12.29   S: 8.8   E: -57.95   W: -70.88

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Patricia Miloslavich and Alberto Martín
Dataset Title: Marine invertebrate collection from several projects at the Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan Caribbean
Dataset Series Name: MCB-USB
Dataset Release Date: 2008
Dataset Release Place: Venezuelan
Dataset Publisher: Museo de Ciencias Naturales – Universidad Simon Bolivar
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-01-01
Stop Date: 2008-12-31
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
Data Center
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, U.S. Department of Commerce Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GFDL USER SUPPORT
Phone: 609-452-6500
Fax: 609-987-5063
Email: help at gfdl.noaa.gov
Email: GFDL.Climate.Model.Info at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA
Princeton University
201 Forrestal Road
Campus/Rte. 1
P.O. Box 308
City: Princeton
Province or State: NJ
Postal Code: 08542
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: online
Distribution Format: netcdf
Fees: none
Publications/References
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-05-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-07-02

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