| one publication added to basket [242505] | Global biogeographical data bases on marine fishes: caveat emptor
In: Diversity and Distributions. Blackwell: Oxford. ISSN 1366-9516; e-ISSN 1472-4642, more
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Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Fish > Marine fish
Marine/Coastal |
| Author keywords |
Global data bases; Erroneous GIS data; Faulty biogeographical analyses |
| Abstract |
A review of georeferenced collection-site records for Caribbean shore-fishes served by major online distributors of aggregated biodiversity data found large-scale errors in over a third of the species and genera, in nearly two-thirds of the families. To avoid compromising the value of their services to the global science community online providers must actively address the question of data quality. |
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