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National Museums Scotland marine strandings Z.2014.21

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Citation

National Museums Scotland (2021). National Museums Scotland marine strandings Z.2014.21. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6ioqfr accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-01-29.

Description

A selection of specimens of marine mammals and reptiles collected from stranding events around the Scottish coastline. The specimens were registered into National Museums Scotland collections in 2014. This data set includes specimens collected between 2005 - 2013 but it is not a comprehensive list of all marine vertebrate specimens in the NMS collections from that time. Further collection information can be found via the National Museums Scotland online collections database https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/search-our-collections/

Sampling Description

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  1. Direct observations

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Contacts

originator
National Museums Scotland
Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1JF
Scotland
GB
homepage: https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections-research/collections-departments/natural-sciences/
metadata author
National Museums Scotland
Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1JF
Scotland
GB
homepage: https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections-research/collections-departments/natural-sciences/
distributor
NBN Atlas
Unit F, 14 - 18 St Mary's Gate, Lace Market
Nottingham
NG1 1PF
Nottinghamshire
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Nick Fraser
administrative point of contact
email: Nick.Fraser@nms.ac.uk
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