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Discovery Investigations Biological Database Citation Martin & Cunningham (2009) Discovery Investigations Biological Database. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1888 Contact: Martin, Philip Availability: Restricted The data are withheld from general circulation and disclosure but access may be obtained on a case-by-case basis through negotiation Notes: Release with permission of the appropriate parties Description Dataset contains abundance and distribution data of Fish, Amphipoda, Mysida and Cephalopoda extracted from the Discovery Reports which were compiled following the Discovery Investigations between 1925 and 1951. more The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises undertaken between 1925 and 1951 initially to provide a scientific basis for the management of the Southern Ocean whaling fishery. The investigations have contributed hugely to our understanding of the ecosystems of the Southern Ocean by indicating the importance of krill in the system and discovering the Antarctic Polar Convergence. The Discovery Investigations also provide one of the oldest series of circumpolar scientific cruises and thus provide a potentially invaluable source of historical data. Scope Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Data, Marine Genomics, Southern Ocean, PS, Southern Ocean, Amphipoda, Cephalopoda, Mysida, Pisces Geographical coverage PS, Southern Ocean [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 30 November 1925 - 10 March 1950 Unknown Parameters Count Contributors Natural Environment Research Council; British Antarctic Survey (BAS), more, data creator, data manager, database developer Dataset status: In Progress Data type: Data Data origin: Literature research Metadatarecord created: 2009-03-04 Information last updated: 2009-06-08 | ||||
