Falkland Islands seaweed taxa list
Data and Resources
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Last Updated | November 20, 2023, 10:15 (PST) |
| Created | January 30, 2020, 05:21 (PST) |
| Region | Falkland Islands |
| Language | eng |
| Topic Category | Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment |
| Temporal Extent Start | 2013-01-01 |
| Temporal Extent End | 2013-12-31 |
| Dataset Reference Date | 2013 |
| Lineage | Collections and surveys were conducted in two periods of 2013 (Jan-Mar and Nov-Dec) in the intertidal (at low tide) and in the subtidal coastal areas of twenty four sampling locations around the Falkland Islands. As sampling technique were used: Scuba diving, snorkeling and manual collection respectively in subtidial and intertidial areas. Seaweed specimens were collected as entire thalli, which were subsequently conserved as herbarium specimens on Bristol paper or (for specimens < 1 cm) on microscope slides using acetocarmine as fixative and dye and 50 % Karo syrup as embedding medium. Algal specimens were investigated in the field with a small compound microscope with 25x, 100x and 750x magnification. In the laboratory more detailed microscopic investigations were conducted using a ZEISS Axio imager D2TM compound microscope at magnifications 40x-10x and documented using Zeiss Zen 2011TM image processing software. All specimens were kept in silica gel and CTAB buffer for further molecular techniques. |
| West Longitude | -61.4548 |
| South Latitude | -52.9257 |
| East Longitude | -57.6865 |
| North Latitude | -50.9992 |
| Spatial Reference System | WGS84 |
| Responsible Organisation Name | Hidden (personal data protection) |
| Contact Mail Address | Hidden (personal data protection) |
| Responsible Party Role | Hidden (personal data protection) |
| Access Limitations | Restricted, data commercially sensitive |
| Use Constraints | Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply |
| Resource Reference | Please acknowledge data source as: Alexandra Mystikou "Seaweed Biodiversity around the Antarctic Convergence in the South Atlantic" MSc September 2015, University of Aberdeen and South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) |
| Data Format | csv, shape |
| Update Frequency | not planned |
| Accuracy | 5 metres resolution for the coordinates of the sampling locations 100% accuracy for the identification of the taxa |
| Resource Type | Dataset |
| Original Title | Hidden (internal use only) |
| Metadata Date | 2016-02-10 |
| Metadata Point of Contact | datamanager@saeri.ac.fk |
| Contact Consent | Contact details hidden |
| Unique Resource ID | FK-SAERI-253 |
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