Comprehensive Historic Biodiversity Inventory List of Boston Harbor, 1861-2020
Dates
Publication Date
2024-05-20
Start Date
1860-12-31
End Date
2020-05-21
Citation
Putnam, A.B., Endyke, S.C., Taylor, J., Jones, A.R., and Staudinger, M.D., 2024, Comprehensive Historic Biodiversity Inventory List of Boston Harbor, 1861-2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1AUHDNM.
Summary
This data set is an amalgamation of records of marine and coastal species occurrence in the Boston Harbor. Taxon include marine mammals, shorebirds, fish, marine invertebrates, and marine macro algae. The earliest record acquired was from 1861. Records span through 2020. We curated records from federal and state agencies, peer reviewed and gray literature, and scientific grade research observations from public biodiversity database repositories.
Summary
This data set is an amalgamation of records of marine and coastal species occurrence in the Boston Harbor. Taxon include marine mammals, shorebirds, fish, marine invertebrates, and marine macro algae. The earliest record acquired was from 1861. Records span through 2020. We curated records from federal and state agencies, peer reviewed and gray literature, and scientific grade research observations from public biodiversity database repositories.
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BOHAHistoricBiodiversity.xml Original FGDC Metadata
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Purpose
This data was collected in support of the "A Novel Monitoring Framework to Assess Intertidal Biodiversity in Mixed Coarse Substrate Habitats Across the Boston Harbor Islands" project. It was developed because the Boston Harbor currently lacks a centralized list of the occurrence, distribution, and abundance of marine associated species.
