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IOW Natural History & Archaeological Society Marine Invertebrate Records 1853- 2011

Dataset homepage

Citation

Isle of Wight Local Records Centre (2017). IOW Natural History & Archaeological Society Marine Invertebrate Records 1853- 2011. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/d9amhg accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-27.

Description

Records of cnidaria, decadopa and echinoderms for shores and inshore waters in the vicinity of the Isle of Wight. Some data is historical but new sightings are being added to the dataset. Therefore it is not yet complete.

Purpose

The majority of the records have come from volunteers as part of the activities of the Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society whose objectives include the promotion and advancement of the study of the flora, faua geology and archaeology of the county.

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Records from 1980s and onwards have been checked and confirmed by a local expert; prior to this the records have been scrutinised and assisgned to taxons in line with recent taxomonic developments

Method steps

  1. Historic data before 1970s has come from books and journals. Data from the last 40 years has mostly come from ad hoc field survey by local experts and enthusiasts, though there have been some targetted surveys, including surveys done for the Nature Conservancy Council

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Isle of Wight and nearby waters. The records are largely ad-hoc and coverage is incomplete. The records in this dataset were provided with four or six figure grid-references but these grid references refer to the approximate central location of sites and hence may not represent the actual location of the species occurrence.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Isle of Wight Local Records Centre
Isle of Wight Council
Newport
PO30 2QS
Isle of Wight
homepage: http://www.wildonwight.co.uk/lrc/
metadata author
Isle of Wight Local Records Centre
Isle of Wight Council
Newport
PO30 2QS
Isle of Wight
homepage: http://www.wildonwight.co.uk/lrc/
distributor
NBN Atlas
Unit F, 14 - 18 St Mary's Gate, Lace Market
Nottingham
NG1 1PF
Nottinghamshire
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Anne Marston
administrative point of contact
email: lrc@iow.gov.uk
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