Freshwater biodiversity
Latest version published by The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) on Aug 9, 2018
Samples were collected as part of a FRST-funded freshwater biodiversity programme, between 1998 and 2004. Samples were collected from a range of freshwater habitats throughout New Zealand. Diatom species were listed from permanent slide mounts of diatom frustules (extracted from each sample by removing organic material using strong oxidisers). In most cases, the relative abundance of each species was noted using a scale of 1 (rare) to 5 (dominant). The slide collection is held at NIWA, with slides referenced by the sample number. Photographs of each specimen identified are held on NIWA's Atlas database.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence 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 3,088 records.
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| Data as a DwC-A file | download 3,088 records in English (100 KB) - Update frequency: not planned |
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| Metadata as an EML file | download in English (5 KB) |
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Keywords
Occurrence; Observation
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Geographic Coverage
Mainland New Zealand
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-47.095, 167.251], North East [-37.289, 177.355] |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1997-03-25 / 2004-02-18 |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | c7c1cc3c-7f15-493d-8501-e64b9ad3df6d |
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| https://gbifipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=fw_biodiversity |