NWARMS: Marine Species Register for the North Western Atlantic Ocean

Citation

Van Guelpen, L., G. Pohle, E. Vanden Berghe, and M.J. Costello (Eds.). 2005. Marine Species Registers for the North Atlantic Ocean. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.marinebiodiversity.ca/nonNARMS/ , version 1.0/2005. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/536

Contact: Van Guelpen, Lou

Dedicated website

Also accessible through:

www.huntsmanmarine.ca/narms_instructions.shtml

www.marinebiodiversity.ca/nonNARMS/search.jsp

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

Species lists for regions of the northwest North Atlantic Ocean. Each list spans diatoms to marine mammals, giving scientific and common names, synonyms, standardized classification, species ranges, other information, and references for each species. more

An authoritative species list for all major phyla of flora and fauna
A comprehensive list with standardized classification and common synonyms
Includes diatoms, dinoflagellates, marine algae, protists, most invertebrate groups, fishes, shore birds, reptiles, and marine mammals.

Also included for each species are the scientific authority, synonyms (those found in the literature used for this project, which are not inclusive), common names, ITIS taxonomic serial number when available, whether reviewed by ITIS, whether included in ITIS database, range and concentrations (chiefly in Atlantic waters), habitat, mode of life describing whether a species is planktonic, nektonic, benthic, or restricted to the intertidal zone, and references cited.

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Biodiversity, Species, Taxonomy, ANW, North West Atlantic

Geographical coverage

ANW, North West Atlantic Stations [Marine Regions]

From Davis Strait to Cape Hatteras

Parameters

Taxonomy

Contributors

Huntsman Marine Science Centre; Atlantic Reference Centre, data owner