Dataset

Biodiversity of benthic assemblages on the Arctic continental shelf: historical data from Canada (1955 to 1977)

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This dataset contains the species distribution information related to the following publication: Cusson, M., Archambault, P., and Aitken, A. 2007. Biodiversity of benthic assemblages on the Arctic continental shelf: historical data from Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series 331:291-304 WARNING: this historical perspective contains information associated with a number of reports including Wacasey JW, Atkinson EG, Glasspoole L (1979). A version of the data associated with this publication is already accessible through OBIS (iobis.org/explore/#/dataset/2669). A decision was made to retain these data records in this resource as the objective of this resource is to serve as a data repository for the Cusson et al 2007 publication.

Citation: Cusson M (2018): Biodiversity of benthic assemblages on the Arctic continental shelf: historical data from Canada (1955 to 1977). v1.4. Canadian node of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS Canada). Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=cusson_arcticbenthos&v=1.4

Published: June 08, 2021 at 22:00

URL: http://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=cusson_arcticbenthos

7,869
occurrence records
822
taxa
661
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 7,869
100.0%
scientificNameID 29 63
1.2%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
ON_LAND 994
12.6%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 440
5.6%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 94
1.2%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE 42
0.5%
NO_MATCH 30
0.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data