Benthic species from the tropical Pacific surrounding New Caledonia
New_Caledonia

Dataset credit

iOBIS and New_Caledonia

Abstract

The dataset is the result of a sampling of the western and central Pacific benthic fauna during the last 30 years in the MUSORSTOM program. The taxonomic information is coming from the taxonomic papers published. The locality mentioned for each species were checked by the author of the papers.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

N/A

References

Bertrand RICHER DE FORGES (IRD) & Philippe BOUCHET (MNHN). 1998. Benthic species from the tropical Pacific. IRD-Noumea

Data on iOBIS. 2008. http://iobis.org/mapper/?resource_id=264, obtained on 2011-10-11

Original data source. http://www.mnhn.fr/, obtained on 2008-06-30

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Bertrand Richer de Forges

Attributes

Overview

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
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SEAMAP ID103150264
Seabirds0
Marine mammals7
Sea turtles0
Total7
Date, Begin
Date, End
Latitudes-22.83 - -20.78
Longitudes165.45 - 167.50
PlatformVarious
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
SourceiOBIS
Updated2011-10-12