Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database (BioGoMx)
OBIS-USA

iOBIS and OBIS-USA

The Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database (BioGoMx) was based on a comprehensive biotic inventory of the Gulf of Mexico sponsored by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI), Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, which resulted in the book: Felder, D. L. and D. K. Camp (eds). 2009. Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. 1393 pp.

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Original data obtained from no_url and registered into iOBIS on 2010-01-12. This dataset on OBIS-SEAMAP is a subset of marine mammal, seabird and/or sea turtle records from the dataset on iOBIS (Total number of records: 126292) harvested into OBIS-SEAMAP on 2011-10-11

Dataset Creator: Moretzsohn, F., J. Brenner, P. Michaud, J.W. Tunnell, and T. Shirley

Dataset Title: Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database (BioGoMx)

Dataset Release Date: January 1, 2010

Dataset Release Place: OBIS-USA

Dataset Publisher: Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI), Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC), Corpus Christi, Texas.

Version: 1.0

Data Presentation Form: Database

Online Resource: http://www.iobis.org/

Data on iOBIS. 2010. http://iobis.org/mapper/?resource_id=1545, obtained on 2011-10-11

Original data source. no_url, obtained on 2010-01-26

Overview

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downlodable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission unless otherwise noteded below.

The attributes of this dataset are compatible with the OBIS Schema, then reformatted to the OBIS-SEAMAP schema. If you would like to get the data in the OBIS Schema, please visit iOBIS Portal.