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Svalbard Tidal Zone data
Citation
Węslawski J. M. (1997). Svalbard tidal zone data. Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Oceanology (IOPAS), Poland. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/1494
Access data
Archived data
Availability: Restricted
The data are withheld from general circulation and disclosure but access may be obtained on a case-by-case basis through negotiation

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Description
Data were collected as part of wider coastal management programmes, sponsored by the Norwegian Polar Research Institute. The main purpose of this data collection was to present an ecological inventory of the Svalbard Archipelago and to map the areas of great biological importance.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Macroalgae
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Algae, Benthos, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Macrobenthos, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Rocky shores, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANE, Norway, Svalbard, EurOBIS calculated BBOX
Geographical coverage
ANE, Norway, Svalbard [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 13,642; MinLat: 74,3375 - MaxLong: 26,5141; MaxLat: 78,8185 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
1988 - 1993
Parameters
Density
Presence of biota
Contributors
Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Oceanology (IOPAN), more, data manager, data owner, data creator
Weslawski, Jan Marcin
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
(Partly) included in:
LargeNet database, more
Publication
Describing this dataset
Weslawski, J.M.; Wiktor, J.; Zajaczkowski, M.; Futsaeter, G.; Moe, K.A. (1997). Vulnerability assessment of Svalbard intertidal zone for oil spills. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 44: 33-41, more
Weslawski, J.M.; Zajaczkowski, M.; Wiktor, J.; Szymelfenig, M. (1997). Intertidal zone of Svalbard: 3. Littoral of a subarctic, oceanic island: Bjornoya. Polar Biol. 18(1): 45-52, more
Weslawski, J.M.; Wiktor, J.; Zajaczkowski, M.; Swerpel, S. (1993). Intertidal zone of Svalbard: 1. Macroorganism distribution and biomass. Polar Biol. 13(2): 73-79, more
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Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2009-03-02
Metadatarecord created: 2007-10-04
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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