Marine biological observation data from coastal and offshore surveys around New Zealand
Citation
Mackay K (2017). Marine biological observation data from coastal and offshore surveys around New Zealand. Version 1.5. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pzpgop accessed via GBIF.org on 2017-08-23.Description
Occurrence details of New Zealand marine fauna and flora from around the coastline and offshore. Information is assimilated from a variety of sources including unpublished data sets and digitised from journal articles. Where the source is from a published paper the source paper citation is listed at the record level.Sampling Description
Study Extent
Marine species occurrence data collated from research events along the coast and in New Zealand waters.Sampling
Biological data was sampled in-situ using a variety of equipment such as trawls, pots, grabs, dredges, and beach surveys.Quality Control
The scientific names have been mapped to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), using the online taxon match tool. All sampling locations have been plotted on a map to perform a visual check. The most important check would be to see if all sampling locations are (1) in the marine and/or brackish environment and (2) within the described sampling area.Method steps
- Data was then assimilated from digital and non digital sources (such as journal publications, reports, work sheets) into a central dataset.
Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
South western Pacific Ocean, including the New Zealand region
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Kevin Mackayoriginator
position: Marine Database Manager
NIWA
Wellington
NZ
homepage: http://www.niwa.co.nz
Kevin Mackay
metadata author
position: Marine Database Manager
NIWA
Wellington
NZ
homepage: http://www.niwa.co.nz
Kevin Mackay
administrative point of contact
position: Marine Database Manager
NIWA
Wellington
NZ
homepage: http://www.niwa.co.nz