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Benthic species from the tropical Pacific surrounding New Caledonia
Citation
Bertrand RICHER DE FORGES (IRD) & Philippe BOUCHET (MNHN). 1998. Benthic species from the tropical Pacific. IRD-Noumea. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3128
Contact: Richer de Forges, Bertrand
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Description
Benthic species from the tropical Pacific surrounding New Caledonia. more

The dataset is the result of sampling of the western and central Pacific benthic fauna during the last 30 years in the MUSORSTOM program. The taxonomic information is coming from the taxonomic papers published. The localities mentioned for each species were checked by the author of the papers.
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Species, Taxonomy, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, I, Pacific
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -179,96; MinLat: -29,77 - MaxLong: 179,99; MaxLat: 24,94 [WGS84]
I, Pacific Stations [Marine Regions]
Western and central Pacific
Coordinates: MinLong: -179,96; MinLat: -29,77 - MaxLong: 179,99; MaxLat: 24,94 [WGS84]
Parameter
Distribution
Contributors
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Department Systematics and Evolution, data creator
Bouchet, Philippe
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; Centre de Nouméa, data provider
Richer de Forges, Bertrand
Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), more, data provider
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Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2012-07-18
Information last updated: 2012-07-18
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