©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.This is a database of marine invertebrate dispersal parameters and species ranges along the East Coast of North America.
The raw data for range was gathered from occurrence data in the GBIF dataset.
Life history was gathered from a Literature Review.
The complete dataset methodology is detailed in Pappalardo P, Pringle J, Wares J, and J Byers (2015): The location, strength, and mechanisms behind marine biogeographic boundaries of the east coast of North America. Ecography 38: 001–010, 2015
Pringle, J. M., Byers, J. E., Wares, J. P. (2015) Database of marine invertebrate dispersal parameters and species ranges from UNH lab_UNH-model in the Durham, NH from 1999-2011 (CoastBenthBiogeo project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version working) Version Date 2015-04-01 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/554871 [access date]
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