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Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Database Non-freshwater Non-fish Specimens

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Publication Date
Start Date
1833
End Date
2011

Summary

This dataset contains the non-freshwater specimens from the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) database, which was established as a central repository for spatially referenced biogeographic accounts of introduced aquatic species. This dataset does not include any marine fish. The NAS program provides scientific reports, online/real-time queries, spatial data sets, regional contact lists, and general information. The data is made available for use by biologists, interagency groups, and the general public. The geographical coverage is the United States.

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OBIS-USA Enrollment Journal NAS_nonfish_20150303.docx 47.4 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
USGS_NAS_nonFishMBG_20150416.csv
“DarwinCore:Occurrence”
4.4 MB text/plain; charset=windows-1252
USGS_NAS_intermediatefile_20150303.csv 3.57 MB text/plain; charset=windows-1252
2015-03-04_OBIS_Marine_nonfish_Records.csv 2.89 MB text/plain; charset=windows-1252
NAS_Nonfish_Records.R 17.52 KB text/plain; charset=windows-1252
Taxonomy Hierarchy Matt_forNASnonfish.r 7.69 KB text/plain; charset=windows-1252
worms_lut_20150226_matched.csv 14.43 KB text/plain; charset=windows-1252

Purpose

The purpose of the NAS database is to track the distribution of aquatic species that are introduced outside of their native range.

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  • Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) - USA Dataset Collection

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Updated by M. Cannister Processed by A. Benson

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Alternate Titles

  • usgs_nas_nonfish

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