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CIAT Land Use Project

Entry ID: CGIAR_CIAT_LANDUSE

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Summary

Abstract: The Land Use Project has been involved in a WWF-led initiative to map global
rivers and watersheds, called HydroSHEDS. This data is now being released for
Latin America, with Asia and Africa to follow shortly, providing unrivaled
information on the hydrology of the earth. HydroSHEDS uses high-resolution
topographic data to model flow directions and flow accumulations, resulting in
detailed data on ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: World Wildlife Fund, CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information

Dataset Title: CIAT Land Use Project

Dataset Publisher: CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information

Online Resource: http://gisweb.ciat.cgiar.org/sig/inicio.htm

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL LAND

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > LAND USE CLASSES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

OCEANS

Project

OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR

Access Constraints See SCAR-MarBIN data policy at http://www.scarmarbin.be/datapolicy.php

Use Constraints See SCAR-MarBIN data policy at http://www.scarmarbin.be/datapolicy.php

Ancillary Keywords

krill

southern ocean

euphausiacea

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Fisheries Institute, Hamburg

Data Center

Marine Biodiversity Information Network, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, International Council for Science

Data Center URL: http://www.scarmarbin.be/
Dataset ID: Euphausiacea GAMLR

Data Center Personnel
Name: BRUNO DANIS Phone: +32(0)2 6274139 Fax: +32(0)2 6274277 Email: bruno.danis at scarmarbin.be Contact Address: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences 29 Rue Vautier City: Brussels Postal Code: 1000 Country: BELGIUM

Distribution

Distribution Format: www

Fees: free

Personnel

VOLKER SIEGEL

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: volker.siegel at vti.bund.de

GRAHAM HOSIE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3364

Fax: +61 3 6232 3158

Email: graham.hosie at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

BRUNO DANIS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +32(0)2 6274139

Fax: +32(0)2 6274277

Email: bruno.danis at scarmarbin.be

Contact Address:

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

29 Rue Vautier

City: Brussels

Postal Code: 1000

Country: BELGIUM

Publications/References

A. Atkinson, V. Siegel , E. Pakhomov, P. Rothery (2004): Long-term decline in
krill stock and increase in salps within the Southern Ocean. Nature 432:
100-103

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-03-09

Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-03-30

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