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MBA/MarLIN-Collated Marine Life Survey Datasets
Contact: Lear, Daniel

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Description
As part of the Marine Biological Association’s role as a marine node of the UK National Biodiversity Network (http://www.nbn.org.uk). more

Marine datasets from a variety of sources have been collected, converted and archived by the MarLIN team. The data feeds into the NBN and then onto GBIF & OBIS.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Birds, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Biology > Invertebrates, Biology > Macroalgae, Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Biogeography, Birds, Marine mammals, Taxonomy, Ireland, UK

Geographical coverage
Ireland [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1764 - 2005

Contributors
Parr, Jondata creator
Hiscock, Keithdata creator

Related datasets
Child datasets:
Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) marine survey data (Professional), more
Marine Life Survey Data (collected by volunteers) collated by MarLIN, more
(Partly) included in:
Benthic occurrences, habitat maps, and species traits, more
Following version:
DASSH Data Archive Centre Statutory Agency and commercial marine surveys, more

Publication
Describing this dataset
Hiscock, K.; Tyler-Walters, H. (2006). Assessing the sensitivity of seabed species and biotopes: The Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN), in: Queiroga, H. et al. (Ed.) Marine biodiversity: patterns and processes, assessment, threats, management and conservation: Proceedings of the 38th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Aveiro, Portugal, 8-12 September 2003. Developments in Hydrobiology, 183: pp. 309-320. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-1127-z, more
Hiscock, K. (2002). Practical application of Marine Life Information Network (www.marlin.ac.uk) resources for environmental protection and management (poster), in: Brown, M. et al. The Colour of Ocean Data: International Symposium on oceanographic data and information management, with special attention to biological data. Brussels, Belgium, 25-27 November 2002: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 11: pp. 65, more

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2004-06-28
Information last updated: 2013-12-04
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy