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Distribution of deep-sea sponges in the North Atlantic - Data from the SponGES project
Citation
Davies, A.; (2021): Distribution of deep-sea sponges in the North Atlantic - Data from the SponGES project. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/6707
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To the extent possible under law, the person who associated CC0 with this dataset has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset.

Description
This database has been designed to hold data pertaining or related to the distribution of deep-sea sponges from the North Atlantic. All data was collected as part of the SponGES project, an EU funded (Horizon 2020, 2016-2021) project. The data here in largely comprises previously unpublished distribution records and records not digitized or available in other online databases.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Benthos, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, Sponges, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, A, North Atlantic, EurOBIS calculated BBOX
Geographical coverage
A, North Atlantic [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -179,9995; MinLat: -77,8167 - MaxLong: 179,9985; MaxLat: 88,7805 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: -179,9995; MinLat: -77,8167 - MaxLong: 179,9985; MaxLat: 88,7805 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
15 February 1879 - 17 June 2019
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Release date: 2022-09-02
Metadatarecord created: 2021-06-01
Information last updated: 2025-03-26