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Metadatabase view - dataset: French rivers - invertebrate database

General information

dataset entry ID:
BF_W_91-R-4
name of the dataset:
full name of the dataset:
French rivers - invertebrate database
type of dataset (more information):
species distribution data
data type:
point data/observation data
keywords according to GCMD:
topic:
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
ISO topic category according to ISO 19115:
Biota, Environment, Inland Waters
INSPIRE keywords according to GEMET:
own science keywords:
Macroinvertebrates, rivers

Technical and administrative specifications

data format:
MySQL
operating system:
Win XP
current access level:
internal
currently available through GBIF:
no
exchange planned:
no
Do you plan to publish the data on the Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal:
update level:
continuously updated
contact details:
metadata contact person:
first, last name:
Mathias
 
Ferreol
email:
mathis.ferreol@cemagref.fr
technical contact person:
first, last name:
Mathias
 
Ferreol
email:
mathis.ferreol@cemagref.fr
scientific contact person:
first, last name:
Virginie
 
Archaimbault
email:
virginie.archaimbault@cemagref.fr
comments:
[Metadata were harvested from the WISER metadatabase (http://www.wiser.eu/results/meta-database/details.php?id1=76&id2=31) by the BioFresh team.]

Intellectual property rights and citation

dataset creator (data compiler):
contact name:
French Ministery of Environment
data contributors to/owners of this dataset:
single
criteria for using this dataset:
other/additional criteria (please specify)
other/additional criteria:
contact data provider for specifications
citation of this dataset:
title and journal (name, number, pages):
http://www.wiser.eu - Water Bodies in Europe: Integrative Systems to assess Ecological status and Recovery (Version **).
year:
year of access
version (if applicable):
version number from website
citation of the metadata:

dataset related references:
reference 1:
author(s):
Schmidt-Kloiber, A., S. J. Moe, B. Dudley, J. Strackbein & R. Vogl
title:
The WISER metadatabase: the key to more than 100 ecological datasets from European rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Hydrobiologia.
year:
2012
doi:
10.1007/s10750-012-1295-6
reference 2:
author(s):
Moe, S. J., A. Schmidt-Kloiber, B. J. Dudley & D. Hering
title:
The WISER way of organising ecological data from European rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters. Hydrobiologia.
year:
2012
doi:
10.1007/s10750-012-1337-0

General data specifications

regional coverage of the dataset:
spatial extent of the dataset:
national
continents:
Europe
spatial extent (bounding coordinates):
southernmost latitude [°]:
51.204586
northernmost latitude [°]:
42.295064
westernmost longitude [°]:
-4.989746
easternmost longitude [°]:
8.364789
        
minimum altitude:
-4
 
metres
maximum altitude:
4810
 
metres
countries:
Europe: France
European ecoregions according to Illies (WFD):
Pyrenees (ER2), Italy, Corsica and Malta (ER3), Alps (ER4), Western Highlands (ER8), Central Highlands (ER9), Western Plains (ER13)
ecosystem type:
rivers
covered timeframe:
year from
1982
 
year to:
2008

Site specifications

coordinate system/grid data:
datum (e.g. WGS84):
Lambert
site coding:
site coding available:
yes
numerical
number of digits:
7
example:
1001122
number of sites:
>1000
exact number of sites:
2200

Biological data

biological data origin:
specify project:
specify method:
organism group addressed:
macro-invertebrates

Sample resolution

macro-invertebrates

taxonomic resolution:
order, family, genus
comments:
25% Genus
taxonomic coding:
sample specifications:

Other specifications

GIS layers, shape files related to the dataset:
others/details:
land cover
river networks
geology
air temperature...
availability of photos:
no
availability of maps:
no
quality control procedures:
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