IMIS

Beginning in 1999 selected invertebrates began to be systematically recorded in the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys. This is an OBIS-formatted view of selected invertebrate species from these surveys. Refer to the parent metadata records for more information about the surveys. OBIS Schema fields implemented in this data set are: InstitutionCode, CatalogNumber, Citation, FieldNumber, Collector, YearCollected, MonthCollected, DayCollected, TimeOfDay, StartYearCollected, StartMonthCollected, StartDayCollected, StartTimeOfDay, EndYearCollected, EndMonthCollected, EndDayCollected, EndTimeOfDay, ContinentOcean, Locality, StartLatitude, StartLongitude, EndLatitude, EndLongitude, Latitude, Longitude, MinimumDepth, MaximumDepth, Temperature, SampleSize, ScientificName, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, ObservedWeight, ObservedIndividualCount. Additional fields that can be provided upon request: Gear, GearDescription, MinimumSize, MaximumSize, AverageSize, AverageSize5cm