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Plymouth Marine Fauna between 1833-1957
Citation
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (2011), Records for Plymouth Marine Fauna between 1833-1957. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/350
Contact: Lear, Daniel
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
This is a digitised version of the third edition of the Plymouth Marine Fauna. It contains a complete list of every fauna species found from Exmouth to Dodman Point (near Penare, Cornwall) as of its publication in 1957. Samples were collected by scientists at The Marine Biological Association. more

In general the area covered by the list stretches along the coast from Start Point in Devon to Looe in Cornwall and southwards to the outer Channel grounds. In addition, records are included for Salcombe, Torbay and Exmouth, and very occasionally elsewhere, such as the north coast of Cornwall. This edition was edited by Dr. D.P. Wilson and Mr. G.M. Spooner.
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Fish, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Data, Marine Genomics, Species distribution, Taxonomy, ANE, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone, Animalia
Geographical coverage
ANE, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
1833 - 1957
Taxonomic coverage
Animalia [WoRMS]
Contributors
Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), more, data creator, data provider
Lear, Daniel
Dataset status: In Progress
Metadatarecord created: 2004-07-15
Information last updated: 2017-08-04
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