Dataset: McMurdo epifauna species list

Name: Epifauna species list use for a benthic community survey at 17 sites in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica from 2002 to 2014
Published: 2018-10-01
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:-77.5283 E:166.77 S:-77.9317 W:163.1683

Temporal Extent: 2002-01 - 2014-01

Project:

Community Dynamics in a Polar Ecosystem: Benthic Recovery From A Large Scale Organic Enrichment in the Antarctic (Antarctic Benthic Recovery)

Decadal Variation in Antarctic Marine Benthic Ecosystems (McMurdo Marine Benthos)

Development of a Remotely Operated Vehicle for Under Sea Ice Research in Polar Environments (SCINI)

Food web dynamics in an intact ecosystem: the role of top predators in McMurdo Sound (McMurdo Predator Prey)

Principal Investigator:

Stacy Kim (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, MLML)

Contact:

Stacy Kim (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, MLML)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2018-10-01

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Epifauna species list use for a benthic community survey at 17 sites in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica from 2002 to 2014

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Description

Related datasets:
McMurdo epifauna: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/745874
McMurdo sediment: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/746035

Methods & Sampling

This species list was used for a benthic community survey in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. See dataset McMurdo epifauna: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/745874 for details of this survey.

Note that "data_column_name" in this dataset (McMurdo epifauna species list) contains the exact column names in the "McMurdo epifauna" dataset so the two datasets can be related.

Each identification has an AphiaID column. More information about these organisms can be found at the World Register of Marine Species. (e.g. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129542).

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing notes:
* This dataset was generated from identifications from the "McMurdo epifauna" dataset https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/745874. Taxonomic data was originally provided along with the "McMurdo epifauna" dataset but was broken out into a separate species list and is served as the "McMurdo epifauna species list."
* The associated aphia IDs and associated phylum...subspecies columns was obtained from the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) on 2018-09-13.
* Taxonomic names and common names separated into separate columns.

Data Files

File
epifauna_species_list.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 8.67 KB) MD5:77041add38e3c63e65c2bb85564de7da Primary data file for dataset ID 746999

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Polar Programs	PLR-0944511
NSF Antarctic Sciences	ANT-0842064
NSF Office of Polar Programs (formerly NSF PLR)	PLR-0619622
NSF Division of Polar Programs	PLR-0126319

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
McMurdo_epifauna_2002-2014			McMurdo Station	Stacy Kim (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
AphiaID	Aphia ID for taxonomic identification. See World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) for more information about Aphia IDs	unitless	taxon_code
Class	Class	unitless	class
Comment	Comments about organism. Includes descriptive or common names.	unitless	comment
data_column_name	Name of the column in the dataset "McMurdo epifauna" https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/745874 relating to the organism	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Family	Family	unitless	family
Genus	Genus	unitless	genus
identification	Taxanomic identification of organism (lowest possible taxonomic category)	unitless	taxon
Order	Order	unitless	order
Phylum	Phylum	unitless	phylum
Species	Species	unitless	species
Subspecies	Subspecies	unitless	taxon

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Dataset: McMurdo epifauna species list