IOW Natural History & Archaeological Society Marine Invertebrate Records 1853- 2011
Citation
Isle of Wight Local Records Centre (2022). IOW Natural History & Archaeological Society Marine Invertebrate Records 1853- 2011. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/d9amhg accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-20.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 developmentsMethod steps
- 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
originatorIsle of Wight Local Records Centre
metadata author
Isle of Wight Local Records Centre
distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Anne Marston
administrative point of contact
email: lrc@iow.gov.uk