Dataset: Range_Taxonomy_LifeHistory
Deployment: lab_UNH-model

Database of marine invertebrate dispersal parameters and species ranges

Principal Investigator:

James E. Byers (University of Georgia, UGA)

James M. Pringle (University of New Hampshire, UNH)

Co-Principal Investigator:

John P. Wares (University of Georgia, UGA)

Contact:

Paula Pappalardo (University of Georgia, UGA)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Current State:

Final with updates expected

Version:

working

Version Date:

2015-04-01

Data URL:

Description

This is a database of marine invertebrate dispersal parameters and species ranges along the East Coast of North America.

The raw data for range was gathered from occurrence data in the GBIF dataset.

Life history was gathered from a Literature Review.

The complete dataset methodology is detailed in Pappalardo P, Pringle J, Wares J, and J Byers (2015): The location, strength, and mechanisms behind marine biogeographic boundaries of the east coast of North America. Ecography 38: 001–010, 2015

Methods & Sampling

Data Processing Description

More information about this dataset deployment

Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-0961344	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
OCE-0961830	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
phylum	the Phylum of the species	text	phylum
class	the Class of the species	text	class
order	the Order of the species	text	order
family	the Family of the species	text	family
genus_species	the binomial species name	text	species
type_of_dispersal	short” or “long” as defined in reference. If the there is a 'q'(instead of question mark) after “short” or “long” it means the dispersal style was guessed from taxonomic inference	text	no_bcodmo_term
range_min	the southern-most extent of the species range	number	no_bcodmo_term
range_max	the northern-most extent of the species range	number	no_bcodmo_term
N_occur	the number of valid and geo-referenced species occurrences used to calculate range	number	count
median_depth_occur	the median depth of the water at the location of GBIF occurrences	meters	depth
references	a short pointer to the literature source for life history data; the full reference is in the file in the metadata section	text	reference_paper

Database