The Southwestern Pacific Regional OBIS Node contains marine biodiversity data primarily from New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone. Data likely includes species presence records from a series of research trawl surveys for fisheries management and decades of marine invertebrate research sampling. The dataset is a work in progress, with new data continually being added, and aims to eventually cover an area from Antarctica to Fiji.
Use Cases
- Modeling species distribution and biodiversity patterns based on trawl survey and invertebrate sampling data
- Analyzing long-term changes in marine populations based on decades of research sampling
- Mapping the presence and range of coralline algae around the New Zealand coast
Strengths
- Data originates from official fisheries management research surveys conducted by New Zealand's Ministry of Fisheries
- Includes data from several decades of marine invertebrate research, suggesting a temporal depth
- Geographic scope is defined as the New Zealand EEZ, part of the Southern Ocean, and the Ross Sea
Limitations
- Row count, column definitions, and file formats are unknown, limiting suitability assessment
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- NIWA's Marine Biodata Information System (MBIS), serving data to the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
- Collection Method
- Research trawl surveys and marine invertebrate research sampling
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- South West Pacific, including New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone, part of the Southern Ocean, the Ross Sea, with a future goal to cover from Antarctica to Fiji