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Echinoid Antarctic database
Citation
Archived data
Availability: Commercially available
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Description
This interactive database synthesizes the results of more than 100 years of Antarctic expeditions. more

This interactive database synthesizes the results of more than 100 years of Antarctic expeditions. It comprises information about 81 echinoid species present south of the Antarctic convergence. It includes illustrated keys for the determination of the species and information about their morphology and ecology (text, illustrations and glossary), their distribution (maps and histograms of bathymetrical distribution). The sources of the information (bibliography, collections and expeditions) are also provided.
Scope
Themes:
Biology
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bibliographic information, Biogeography, Taxonomy, Antarctica, Echinoida
Geographical coverage
Antarctica [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
1872 - 2002
Taxonomic coverage
Echinoida [WoRMS]
Parameters
Taxonomy
Contributor
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (IRScNB/KBIN), more, data owner
Danis, Bruno
Related datasets
Previous version:
Antarctic Echinoids: an interactive database, more
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Dataset information:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2005-07-12
Information last updated: 2007-11-21
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