Description
Scientific collection of fishes (including the specimens, otoliths and scales) from Natural History Museum of the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal (NatMIP).
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 58 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Costa D, Gomes N, Fernandes M, Antunes C (2022): NatMIP Fish Collection. v1.5. Natural History Museum of the Iberian Peninsula - NatMIP ("Museu de História Natural da Península Ibérica"). Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=natmip_fishes&v=1.5
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Natural History Museum of the Iberian Peninsula - NatMIP ("Museu de História Natural da Península Ibérica"). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: efe6f935-c7bf-4f15-a0e9-9b28aff5b01e. Natural History Museum of the Iberian Peninsula - NatMIP ("Museu de História Natural da Península Ibérica") publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
The scientific fish collection from NatMIP (Natural History Museum of the Iberian Peninsula) includes specimens, otoliths and scales, with Iberian and non-native species.
Bounding Coordinates | South West [35.124, -12.129], North East [45.213, 3.955] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
All fishes were identified to specific rank.
Kingdom | Animalia (Animals) |
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Phylum | Chordata (Chordates) |
Class | Actinoperygii (Ray-finned fishes), Cephalaspidomorphi (Lampreys) |
Sampling Methods
The collection methods performed were: i) Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl net; ii) Fyke nets; iii) Electric fishing; iv) Glass eel fishing bycatch; v) Sein net; vi) Trammel net; vii) Fishing rod; viii) Beam trawl; ix) Gill net.
Study Extent | Collections were carried out mainly in Iberian river basins, during routine sampling or in some specific campaigns. |
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Quality Control | The data control and quality from the fish collection has been taken care of by the NatMIP curatorial team, in which Dr. Carlos Antunes is the main responsible for checking the data collected. |
Method step description:
- The collections were carried out in thesis development studies, as well as in fish population monitoring studies, mainly along the hydrographic Minho River basin, and which may be consulted in the following links: https://aquamuseu.cm-vncerveira.pt/pages/477 / https://pt.pecriominho.org/pisces
Additional Metadata
Purpose | The aim for publishing this dataset is providing information about the fishes scientific collection (organisms, otoliths and scales) of the Natural History Museum of the Iberian Peninsula (NatMIP). |
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Maintenance Description | This data will be continuing to supply throughout the sampling of specimens. |
Alternative Identifiers | efe6f935-c7bf-4f15-a0e9-9b28aff5b01e |
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=natmip_fishes |