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        <title xml:lang="eng">iNaturalist Research-grade Observations Marine Subset</title>
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            <individualName>
                <surName>iNaturalist contributors</surName>
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            <organizationName>iNaturalist</organizationName>
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            <individualName>
                <surName>iNaturalist</surName>
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            <organizationName>iNaturalist</organizationName>
            <address>
                <deliveryPoint>PO Box 150357</deliveryPoint>
                <city>San Rafael</city>
                <administrativeArea>CA</administrativeArea>
                <postalCode>94915</postalCode>
                <country>US</country>
            </address>
            <electronicMailAddress>help@inaturalist.org</electronicMailAddress>
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            <individualName>
                <surName>Marine Biological Association</surName>
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            <organizationName>Marine Biological Association</organizationName>
            <address>
                <city>Plymouth</city>
                <administrativeArea>Devon</administrativeArea>
                <postalCode>PL1 2PB</postalCode>
                <country>GB</country>
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            <electronicMailAddress>info@mba.ac.uk</electronicMailAddress>
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        <pubDate>
            2026-09-01
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        <language>eng</language>
        <abstract>
            <para>
        Observations from iNaturalist.org, an online social network of people sharing biodiversity information to help each other learn about nature, that have been filtered for marine observations only by the Marine Biological Association. They are updated at a monthly basis.</para><para>
        Observations included in this archive met the following requirements:
      </para><para>
        * Published under one of the following licenses or waivers:
        1) https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/, 2) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, 3) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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        * Achieved one of following iNaturalist quality grades: Research
      </para><para>
        * Created on or before 2026-07-20 15:00:18 -0700
      </para><para>
        You can view observations meeting these requirements at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?created_d2=2026-07-20+15%3A00%3A18+-0700&amp;d1=1600-01-01&amp;license=CC0%2CCC-BY%2CCC-BY-NC&amp;quality_grade=research
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            <para>This work is licensed under a <ulink url="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode"><citetitle>Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License</citetitle></ulink>.</para>
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            <licenseName>Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International</licenseName>
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                <url function="information">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations</url>
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            <online>
                <url function="download">https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ipt/archive.do?r=inaturalist-marine</url>
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                <geographicDescription>Bounding Box</geographicDescription>
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                    <westBoundingCoordinate>-0</westBoundingCoordinate>
                    <eastBoundingCoordinate>0</eastBoundingCoordinate>
                    <northBoundingCoordinate>89.99</northBoundingCoordinate>
                    <southBoundingCoordinate>-84.413</southBoundingCoordinate>
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            </geographicCoverage>
            <temporalCoverage>
                <rangeOfDates>
                    <beginDate>
                        <calendarDate>1768-09-17</calendarDate>
                    </beginDate>
                    <endDate>
                        <calendarDate>2026-07-20</calendarDate>
                    </endDate>
                </rangeOfDates>
            </temporalCoverage>
        </coverage>
        <purpose><para>
        iNaturalist.org is a website where anyone can record their observations from nature. Members record observations for numerous reasons, including participation in citizen science projects, school projects, and personal fulfillment.
      </para></purpose>
        <acknowledgements><para>DTO-BioFlow project funded from the European Union's Horizon Programme (GA No. 101112823) and the UK Horizon Europe Guarantee Scheme (Project Reference 10078985).</para></acknowledgements>
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            <description>
                <para></para>
            </description>
            <maintenanceUpdateFrequency>monthly</maintenanceUpdateFrequency>
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        <contact>
            <individualName>
                <surName>iNaturalist</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>iNaturalist</organizationName>
            <address>
                <deliveryPoint>PO Box 150357</deliveryPoint>
                <city>San Rafael</city>
                <administrativeArea>CA</administrativeArea>
                <postalCode>94915</postalCode>
                <country>US</country>
            </address>
            <electronicMailAddress>help@inaturalist.org</electronicMailAddress>
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                <description>
                    <para>Observation recorded and verified by the community</para>
                </description>
            </methodStep>
            <qualityControl>
                <description>
                    <para>Data in the DNADerivedData extension is not subject to quality control. Sequences are capitalized, but are otherwise included verbatim. iNaturalist provides no way for users to verify that a sequence is similar to others associated with the same taxon or others associated with the same locus, nor does it enforce any formatting beyond capitalization.</para>
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                <citation identifier="https://doi.org/10.17031/0bbcjx">iNaturalist contributors, iNaturalist (2026). iNaturalist Research-grade Observations Marine Subset. Version 2.0. Marine Biological Association. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.17031/0bbcjx</citation>
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