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Estuarine Demersal Fish of Brazil (Tropical and Subtropical WSAOBIS, BRAZIL)

Entry ID: Estuarine_Demersal_Fish_WSA_OBIS

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Summary

Abstract: Estuarine Demersal Fish of Brazil is based on two publications, species captured in 4 Brazilian estuaries between latitudes 0 and 25 degrees South and 22 Brazilian estuarine locations with published lists of their respective inhabiting fish species, from equatorial to subtropical environments.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -0.17	S: -33.0	E: -34.82	W: -52.67

Min Depth: 0 M Max Depth: 20 M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Fabio Lang da Silveira and Rubens M. Lopes

Dataset Title: Estuarine Demersal Fish of Brazil

Dataset Release Date: 24 December 2009

Dataset Release Place: Sao Paulo City

Version: 1.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1982-01-01

Stop Date: 2006-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA > BRAZIL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 100 m
Longitude Resolution: 100 m
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 meters - < 250 meters

Science Keywords

OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > DELTAS

OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES

OCEANS > AQUATIC SCIENCES

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ECONOMY

OCEANS

Instrument

VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

FISH NETS
TRAPS
NETS

Project

OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE

Quality Reference collection of organisms available at different research institutions in Brazil. Taxonomy checked in ITIS, CoL and WoRMS.

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

Habitat coverage: Coastal Marine

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

International Ocean Biogeographic Information System

Data Center URL: http://www.iobis.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: EDWARD VANDEN BERGHE Phone: (732) 932-6555 x 565 Fax: (732) 932-8578 Email: evberghe at marine.rutgers.edu, evberghe at iobis.org Contact Address: Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers University 71 Dudley Road City: New Brunswick Province or State: NJ Postal Code: 08901-8521 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Format: OBIS Schema

Fees: None

Personnel

FABIO LANG DA SILVEIRA

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 55 (11) 3091-7619

Fax: 55 (11) 3091-7802

Email: fldsilve at usp.br

Contact Address:

Departamento de Zoologia, IB USP - Caixa Postal 11461

City: Sao Paulo

Province or State: Sao Paulo

Postal Code: 05422-970

Country: BRAZIL

Publications/References

- Joyeux, J.-C; Giarrizzo, T.; Macieira, R.M.; Spach, H.L; Vaske Jr, T. 2008. Length-weight relationships for Brazilian fishes along a latitudinal gradient. J. Appl. Ichthyol., 1-6 ISSN 0175-8659
- Andrade-Tubino, M. F., A. L. R. Ribeiro & M. Vianna. 2008. Space-Temporal organization of demersal fish assemblages in Brazilian estuarine ecosystems: a synthesis. Oecol. Bras., 12 (4):640-661, ISBN 858582801-X

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2010-02-21

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-02-23

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