Description
This dataset comprises the location of sampling stations, sampling information (methods) and some environmental data recorded during the Danish expeditions to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas 1908-1910. The data were digitized from the report of Schmidt (1912). This table was created and used as reference for the biogeographic data, which were published in three multi-part volumes. Three of these volumes with biogeographic data have been digitized already and are available through this IPT installation (see links below). For other volumes, only metadata have been created and are available through this IPT.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,566 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Tsompanou M, Faulwetter S, Nikolopoulou S, Mavraki D, Gerovasileiou V, Fanini L, Chatzinikolaou E (2016): Digitization of the Introduction to the Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-10 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas by J. Schmidt (1912)v1.3. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=thorexpeditionintroduction&v=1.3
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Hellenic Center for Marine Research. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 06a0baa1-f98c-47df-9980-4d29fc6f1ca1. Hellenic Center for Marine Research publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
Samplingevent; Mediterranean; Atlantic; Oceanographic expedition; pelagic; temperature; salinity; samples; metadata; Samplingevent; Samplingevent
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas: Pelagic Polychaetes | http://ipt.medobis.eu/manage/resource?r=thorexpedition_pelagicpolychaetes UTF-8 DwC-A |
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| Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas: Calcareous Algae | http://ipt.medobis.eu/manage/resource?r=thorexpedition_k1_calcareous_algae UTF-8 DwC-A |
| Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas: Engraulidae and Clupeidae | http://ipt.medobis.eu/manage/resource?r=thorexpedition_engraulidaeclupeidae UTF-8 DwC-A |
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Geographic Coverage
Includes stations reported in Schmidt J. (1912). Stations include Thor expeditions 1908-1910 but also earlier and later expeditions of Thor and -to less extent- other vessels
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [30.33, -29.88], North East [53.1, 29.83] |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1905-06-13 / 1912-01-07 |
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Project Data
Digitization of legacy literature to produce marine biogeographic datasets for the Mediterranean Sea area.
| Title | LifewatchGreece - Legacy Literature |
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| Identifier | Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas |
| Funding | This work was supported by the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (MIS 384676), funded by the Greek Government under the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT), ESFRI Projects, National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF). |
| Study Area Description | Physical data associated with the biogeographic papers published in other sections of the Thor reports were digitized |
| Design Description | The Mediterranean was sampled seasonally during the 1908-1910 expeditions; data from other areas -mainly NW Atlantic- are also reported, although the seasonal approach is missing. |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Data proceed from the logbooks of the research vessel Thor (1908-1910; 1905 and 1906 expeditions) as well as vessels Pangan, Ingolf, and commercial vessels. Data were presented as tables in the report by Schmidt (1912)Vol1 (Introduction).
| Study Extent | Consistently to the goal of the Thor expeditions, physical oceanographic data were collected in co-occurrence with sampling for pelagic species. Each sampling station, identified by geographical coordinates, is also characterized by a set of data regarding measurements of temperature and salinity, as well as observations of weather and bottom conditions. Date (and consequently season) and time of the day are provided in correspondence of each sampling event (more than one event could have occurred at a station, often in the case for different gears used and different depths sampled). |
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| Quality Control | Individual datasets were digitized manually from scanned documents. Original names regarding taxonomy and sampling location were kept as a reference. At the same time taxon names were cross-checked against the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS); while the original sampling coordinates were plotted using Google Earth in order to double check that they are located in the sea. All data were checked for inconsistencies, both for the range of values, but also compared to other datasets from the same series, collected at the same station. Any problematic records were recorded in a remarks field in the data. |
Method step description:
- Data were digitized by hand, then quality controlled, and published through the MedOBIS IPT installation.
Bibliographic Citations
- Schmidt, J. (1912). Report on the Danish oceanographical expeditions 1908-10 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas. Vol 1. Host and Sons, Copenhagen. 269 pp.
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS. Publication: Rescuing biogeographic legacy data: The "Thor" Expedition, a historical oceanographic expedition to the Mediterranean Sea. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e11054 (22 Dec 2016). https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e11054
| Alternative Identifiers | 06a0baa1-f98c-47df-9980-4d29fc6f1ca1 |
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| http://192.135.166.161/resource?r=thorexpeditionintroduction |