Sampling event

1776-1997 Paul F. Clark North East Atlantic Crab Atlas

Latest version published by Marine Biological Association on 13 June 2022 Marine Biological Association
A detailed distribution of true crabs (Brachyura) in the North-East Atlantic. Approximately 11,200 marine record cards were collated. Data obtained from literature records, crab material held in collections of the British Museum (Natural History), field record cards returned by individuals, specimens held in institutions and organisations other than the British Museum, biological surveys and collecting expeditions.

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 10,988 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

  • Event (core)
    10988
  • ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
    82810
  • Occurrence 
    10988

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Clark P F (2022): 1776-1997 Paul F. Clark North East Atlantic Crab Atlas. v2.4. Marine Biological Association. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://doi.org/10.17031/fyi30u

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Marine Biological Association. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Samplingevent; Samplingevent

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Paul F Clark
Researcher
Natural History Museum
London
GB

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH)
Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH)
Plymouth
GB

Who filled in the metadata:

Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH)
Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH)
Plymouth
GB

Who else was associated with the resource:

User
Data Team

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 10.17031/fyi30u
doi:10.17031/fyi30u
https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ipt/resource?r=dasshdt00000071