Realm: Marine
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate shelf and seas ecoregions
Central latitude: 44.210853
Central longitude: -106.505293
Duration: 6 years, from 2000 to 2005

1401 records

94 distinct species

Across the time series Molgula manhattensis is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

collecting invertebrates from embayments across the United States. Panama and Australia. Invertebrate collecting devices called settling plates are deployed at marinas. commercial and military docks in several embayments each year. Settling plates are constructed of both wood and PVC (polyvinyl chloride) so that both wood-boring species and hard surface foulers can be collected. Unit of abundance = AggregatedPresence, Unit of biomass = NA

Citation(s)

Ruiz, G.M., Fofonoff, P.W., Steves, B., Huber, T., Larson, K., McCann, L., Hitchcock, N.G., Hines, A.H. & Carlton, J.T. (2005) North American Sessile Marine Invertebrate Survey. Available at: http://www.iobis.org/mapper/?dataset=106, accessed 2012.