This dataset has been compiled under INSROP project II.4.1 - Marine and
Anadromous Fish and Invertebrates
Project supervisor is:
Lars-Henrik Larson
Akvaplan-niva
P.O.Box 735
N-9001 Tromsų
Norway
Russian contact person is :
Boris Sirenko
Zoological Institute
Universitetskaya Nab. 1
199 034 St. Petersburg
Russia
Information has been gathered on the distribution of benthic invertebrates at
some 400 stations throughout the NSR. This information has been collected
during a period of nearly 100 years, and most of the samples has been collected by
the Zoological Institute (ZISP), St. Petersburg. The collection of ZISP contain
material from more than one hundred expeditions to the NSR area, starting in
1895. A limited nukber of surveys have been carried out in the eastern parts of
the NSR, and currently material from the Chukchi Sea collected in 1976,1988,1989
and 1995 has been identified at the ZISP. Information includes
For further information, see INSROP Working Paper No. 53 . 1996. And INSROP
Working Paper No. 99 - 1998.
Path: <NSR_DATA>\mafish\nsrinv
GeoDataset type: Shapefile with Point features.
Coordinate system: Latitude/longitude in decimal degrees
Label field: Id
* Cs.shp
445 Points, 1 descriptive field.
Fields: [<Name>] -- <Alias> (type of field)
[Id] -- "Station ID" (String, max. 16 characters)
Benthos sampling stations