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Echinoid Antarctic database

Archived data
Availability: Commercially available
A charge significantly exceeding the cost of data collection and delivery is made for usage of the data

Description
This interactive database synthesizes the results of more than 100 years of Antarctic expeditions. more

This interactive database synthesizes the results of more than 100 years of Antarctic expeditions. It comprises information about 81 echinoid species present south of the Antarctic convergence. It includes illustrated keys for the determination of the species and information about their morphology and ecology (text, illustrations and glossary), their distribution (maps and histograms of bathymetrical distribution). The sources of the information (bibliography, collections and expeditions) are also provided.

Scope
Themes:
Biology
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bibliographic information, Biogeography, Taxonomy, Antarctica, Echinoida

Geographical coverage
Antarctica [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1872 - 2002

Taxonomic coverage
Echinoida [WoRMS]

Parameters
Taxonomy

Contributor
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (IRScNB/KBIN), moredata owner

Related datasets
Previous version:
Antarctic Echinoids: an interactive database, more

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Dataset information:

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2005-07-12
Information last updated: 2007-11-21
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