Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-18T08:37:04Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 95 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NBID -178.37,23.06,-73.7,49.0 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z

The NBID is a quantitative database on abundances of individual benthic species by sample and study region, along with other synoptically measured environmental variables. The NBID component provides ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SEAMAP_LIVE_BOTTOM -97.2333,26.0052,-86.2833,30.2583 1982-06-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z

This data set consists of epibenthic organisms found in nets during trawls on the Texas-Louisiana-Mississippi continental shelf conducted as part of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ua_de_treelife -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

The Tree of Life is a collaborative web project, produced by biologists from around the world. On more than 2000 World Wide Web pages, the Tree of Life provides information about the diversity of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ETI_Underwaterflora 3.5,51.9,7.25,53.5 2012-11-26T05:00:00Z

This popular educational multimedia CD-ROM (in the Dutch language) presents a wealth of information on the typical underwater flora and fauna of the Netherlands. More than 300 common species are described ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1189_benthic_database 51.326668,-69.22784,161.06433,-50.33917 1986-01-26T00:00:00Z 2006-02-23T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

This project aims to assess the vulnerability of and risks to habitats in Australian fisheries in the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)/Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) of the Southern Ocean to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Species2000 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-06-26T04:00:00Z

Species 2000 has the objective of enumerating all known species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. It will also provide a simple ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WBD -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-06-25T04:00:00Z

ETI's World Biodiversity Database is a continuously growing taxonomic database and information system that aims at documenting all presently known species (about 1.7 million) and to make ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]um_animaldiversityweb -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-05-23T04:00:00Z

The Animal Diversity Web is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan. Students learn considerable detail about ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]mncn_dbb_faunaiberica -9.6,35.4,3.98,44.38 2012-05-23T04:00:00Z

Database of species for the Iberian Peninsula and surrounding areas, organised by phylum and covering all species from porifera (sponges) to chordata (birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians). ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]si_mnh_mammalspecies -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2012-05-23T04:00:00Z

The Mammal Species of the World (MSW) is a database of mammalian taxonomy. The names are organized in a hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, Genus and Species. Records include ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]zsl_zoorecord -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1864-02-02T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-05-22T04:00:00Z

The Zoological Record (ZR) is an annual index to worldwide zoological literature, first published in 1864. It is available in print, compact disc and online formats, providing access to world literature ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2792 60.0,-70.0,160.0,-50.0 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z 2009-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-07T04:00:00Z

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2792 See the link below for public details on this project. Australia's Census of Antarctic Marine Life project. This project is a part of the international ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]DAVIS_STP 77.85883,-68.65507,78.08167,-68.51921 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z 2010-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-04-13T04:00:00Z

Untreated, macerated wastewater effluent has been discharged to the sea at Davis Station since 2005, when the old wastewater treatment infrastructure was removed. This environmental assessment was ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2948_TRENZ_Stable_Isotopes 110.516,-66.35,110.6,-66.23 2006-11-08T00:00:00Z 2006-12-30T00:00:00Z 2012-04-13T04:00:00Z

A variety of epifaunal invertebrates were collected from hard substrates and soft sediment habitats at various sites in the Windmill Islands near Casey station in East Antarctica. Collected fauna ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]TRENZ 77.9667,-68.5833,110.5167,-66.2833 2006-11-01T00:00:00Z 2010-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-04-13T04:00:00Z

Project Objectives 1) To describe trophic relationships in near shore marine benthic ecosystems of East Antarctica and determine the importance of environmental forces (such as sea ice and primary ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]TRENZ_Stable_Isotopes 77.96667,-68.583336,110.51667,-66.28333 2006-11-01T00:00:00Z 2010-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-04-13T04:00:00Z

Project Objectives 1) To describe trophic relationships in near shore marine benthic ecosystems of East Antarctica and determine the importance of environmental forces (such as sea ice and primary ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2691 78.0,-68.0,111.0,-66.0 2005-10-01T00:00:00Z 2007-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-02T05:00:00Z

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2691 See the link below for public details on this project. Contaminants may persist in marine sediments and be re-suspended during storms or by the activity ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[IPEV]1124_2_IPEV_FR 2012-01-24T05:00:00Z

Collections d'histoire naturelle des organismes benthiques du plateau continental Antarctique et ses donn?es associ?es. Campagnes CEAMARC et REVOLTA.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2201 62.0,-68.0,111.0,-65.0 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-04T04:00:00Z

The natural world is a mosaic of different habitats and biological communities; the tiles of this mosaic may be small but the patterns formed can be measured at many scales from metres to thousands ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2300 62.0,-68.0,110.0,-65.0 2003-09-30T00:00:00Z 2005-03-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-29T04:00:00Z

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2300 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project---- Antarctic reefs, like their tropical counterparts, harbour ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OBIS.ARC -69.0,40.0,-24.0,68.0 1910-06-22T00:00:00Z 2005-12-09T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

This is the OBIS version of the Atlantic Reference Centre museum database for Canadian Atlantic marine organisms. Specimens represent invertebrates from sponges to tunicates, and fishes. The ichthyoplankton ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.bofetf -67.1667,44.25,-63.5,45.8333 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

The Bay of Fundy Species Information System provides taxonomic, biological and ecological information on diatoms, dinoflagellates, marine algae, most invertebrate groups, fishes, shore birds, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.gwaii_inv -145.0,49.5,-128.0,56.5 1800-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-06-14T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

The database covers the Haida Gwaii archipelago, including the contiguous waters of Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait, Queen Charlotte Sound and westward into the Northeast Pacific to 145 degrees W (based ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]obis.midi -70.48772,40.339455,-56.42369,47.03766 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-27T04:00:00Z

The goal of Marine Invertebrate Diversity Initiative (MIDI) is to provide information about marine invertebrates (animals without backbones). We hope to engage scientists, educators and students, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1229 110.0,-66.5,110.5,-66.0 1999-11-01T00:00:00Z 2003-02-28T00:00:00Z 2011-04-25T04:00:00Z

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1229 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- This project will develop a method to monitor human impacts ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AIMS_REEF_Bioresource_Library 97.64,-77.87,175.88,13.34 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-04-21T04:00:00Z

Collection of marine organisms for bioactivity screening, focused in the shallow waters off the coastlines of Queensland and Western Australia, beginning in 1987 and continuing to the present. Small ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]kenya_marine 37.90619,-4.71,41.74052,-0.02355909 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) is a State Corporation in the Ministry of Fisheries Development of the Government of Kenya. It is mandated to conduct aquatic research covering ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]madagascar_invertebrates 43.58,-23.38,43.58,-23.38 2001-07-29T00:00:00Z 2001-08-18T00:00:00Z 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

The Madagascar National Oceanographic Data Centre is attached to the University of Toliara. Some of the research achievements of the Oceanographic Data Centre are: a project for the protection of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]nigeria_marine -5.0,4.27417,5.89333,6.39722 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

The Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), was created from the Marine Research Division of the Federal Department of Fisheries. The Aquaculture department is mandated to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uct_sam 10.02,-39.02,26.78333,-29.0 2007-01-11T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T00:00:00Z 2010-11-04T04:00:00Z

This dataset the result of collaboration between the University of Cape Town and the iziko South African Museum. Three trawl surveys were undertaken, two on the west coast of South Africa, and one ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NMNH_Invertebrate_Zoology_Collection -180.0,-90.0,180.0,85.6 1820-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z 2010-07-21T04:00:00Z

NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections records, 8784 Bryozoa, 68401 Coelenterates, 220965 Crustacea, 75012 Echinoderms, 196851 Mollusks, 28853 Porifera, 16466 Tunicates, 171401 Worms, 93268 General; ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]JAMSTEC_Biological_Information_System_for_Marine_Life -155.1211,-32.835,173.8221,44.6583 1983-05-26T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2010-07-02T04:00:00Z

The Biological Information System for Marine Life, in short, BISMaL, is a web-based database constructed and operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). BISMaL ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MBUCV_inverts -68.3167,10.4,-62.283,11.95 1951-02-10T00:00:00Z 2000-03-10T00:00:00Z 2010-07-01T04:00:00Z

The dataset includes results from several studies carried out in the Venezuelan central coast en rocky shores, coral reefs, and sandy bottoms. Total Distribution Records 270 Total Number of Taxa ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]JAMSTEC_MARINE_BIOLOGICAL_SAMPLE_DATABASE 1987-05-22T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2010-06-22T04:00:00Z

Details of Marine Biological Samples which were collected during scientific missions of JAMSTEC ships (NATSUSHIMA, KAIYO, YOKOSUKA, KAIREI and MIRAI) or submersibles are registered in this database. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]COMARGE_Shirshov -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1956-06-29T00:00:00Z 1998-08-27T00:00:00Z 2010-06-11T04:00:00Z

The dataset represents preliminary identifications of benthic invertebrates collected on continental margins worldwide during 31 cruises of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MaineInvasives -70.7,42.6,-66.9,45.2 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z 1980-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-04-16T04:00:00Z

Records of the occurrences of marine and estuarine sponges, bryozoans and ascideans on the coast of Maine have been compiled from the historic literature spanning the time frame of 1843 to 1980. These ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]ArcOD_2007P6 -154.29,65.09,-9.496,88.919 1993-05-17T00:00:00Z 2003-04-25T00:00:00Z 2010-02-23T05:00:00Z

This dataset describes the Arctic plankton species and diversity in a study area northwest of Russia. It consists of a large database of 37,300 records from 1993-2003. A total of 434 species are represented.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MBARI_VARS_2000 -130.436,34.154,-119.916,45.936 2009-12-03T05:00:00Z

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) uses high-resolution video equipment to record hundreds of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives per year. In the first 20 years of ROV diving ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ifremer -104.29,-53.34,168.36,77.01 1967-08-01T00:00:00Z 2001-07-19T00:00:00Z 2009-10-14T04:00:00Z

The Biocean database was designed to gather the extremely large volume of data collected from different deep-sea ecosystem studies conducted by Ifremer's department of "Environnement Profond" and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AIMS_CReefs_NingalooReef 113.56,-23.055,114.048,-21.541 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-07-21T04:00:00Z

CReefs, a project of the Cenus of Marine Life, is an international cooperative effort to increase tropical taxonomic expertise, conduct a taxonomically diversified global census of coral reef ecosystems, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CEDAMAR -180.0,-78.48,180.0,84.3 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-24T04:00:00Z

Distribution of benthic deep sea organisms below 2000 m depth in world oceans, collected from different research vessels between 1868 and 2005. Data gathered from published scientific literature. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K054_1988_1989_NZ_1 166.6667,-77.85,166.6667,-77.85 1988-10-14T00:00:00Z 1988-11-24T00:00:00Z 2009-06-06T04:00:00Z

A dive site was selected at Cape Armitage to conduct a marine benthos survey. The water was approximately 25m deep and the bottom was found to be rocky and inhabited by sponges. Four sponge species ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K054_1988_1989_NZ_2 166.6667,-77.85,166.6667,-77.85 1988-10-14T00:00:00Z 1988-11-24T00:00:00Z 2009-06-06T04:00:00Z

A bacterial infection was found associated with two species of Antarctic sponges while conducting a survey of the benthic community at Cape Armitage. This infection was not observed in the first year ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K054_1987_1989_NZ_1 166.6667,-77.85,166.6667,-77.85 1987-11-05T00:00:00Z 1987-11-18T00:00:00Z 1988-10-14T00:00:00Z 1988-11-24T00:00:00Z 2009-06-06T04:00:00Z

A dive site was selected at Cape Armitage to conduct a marine benthos survey. The water was approximately 25m deep and the bottom was found to be rocky and inhabited by sponges. Other sites were ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K054_1991_1992_NZ_1 166.6667,-77.85,166.6667,-77.85166.75,-77.85,166.75,-77.85 1991-10-16T00:00:00Z 1991-11-09T00:00:00Z 2009-06-06T04:00:00Z

The reef community at Cape Armitage was surveyed over two seasons (1987/88 and 1988/89). This community exists on a fan like shallow slope platform. In the same season, Pram Point was initially assessed ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Eurobis_657 -5.34,51.33,-0.62,54.3 1993-09-06T00:00:00Z 2001-09-27T00:00:00Z 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z

This dataset includes the survey data that were commissioned and collected by Countryside Council for Wales. Note these data complement other datasets held by JNCC and the other country agencies that ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K023_2001_2002_NZ_4 165.3333,-78.0,165.3333,-78.0 2002-01-27T00:00:00Z 2002-02-06T00:00:00Z 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z

Marine sponges become entrained into glacial ice at the glacial-marine sediment interface and eventually become exposed on the upper surface of the glacier through processes of ablation. The transit ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]UNESCO_IOC_MarineOrganisms -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-24T04:00:00Z

The UNESCO IOC Register of Marine Organisms is an easily searchable database which is a component of the ETI World Biodiversity Database. The Register of Marine ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]Canada_ARC_InvertebratesFishes -69.0,40.0,-24.0,68.0 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

This is the Atlantic Reference Centre museum database for Canadian Atlantic marine organisms. Specimens represent invertebrates from sponges to tunicates, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Eurobis_640 -7.62,49.82,1.85,60.86 1764-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-03-25T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

A collection of marine life surveys collated by the Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) as part of their data access program. Surveys are either flagged as professional surveys or data collected ...