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: Heim, R.R., Jr., J.H. Lawrimore, D.B. Wuertz, A.M. Waple, and T.W.R. Wallis
Dataset Title: Corn Moisture Stress Index
Dataset Series Name: National Climate Impact Indicators
Dataset Release Date: 2007-01-17
Dataset Publisher: NCDC
Online Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cie/cmsi.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1900-01-01
Stop Date: 2006-12-31
Data Center
National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
Dataset ID: NCDC_CornMoistureStressIndex1900-2006

Data Center Personnel
Name: JAY LAWRIMORE
Email: jay.lawrimore at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
Climate Monitoring Branch
National Climatic Data Center
City: Asheville
Province or State: NC
Postal Code: 28801-5001
Country: USA
Publications/References
Heim, R.R., Jr., J.H. Lawrimore, D.B. Wuertz, A.M. Waple, and T.W.R. Wallis, 2003: The REDTI and MSI, two new national climate impact indices. Journal of applied meteorology, 42 (10), 1435-1442 (October 2003).
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2009-02-11
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-12-13

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