Description
The freshwater benthic macroinvertebrate collection has 545 lots, over 4100 specimens, in 151 families, 463 genera and 330 species all preserved in 70% ethanol and collected from 2006 to present. The majority of the specimens were collected as part of the CSULB Stream Ecology and Assessment Laboratory (SEAL) bioassessment efforts funded through the California State Water Boards and the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program. Most of the specimens were collected from the Santa Ana and San Jacinto watersheds. All specimens have undergone external quality control by entomologists at the Aquatic Bioassay Laboratory in Chico, California. Most specimens are at the genus level and many have been identified to species. All taxonomy follows the Standard Taxonomic Effort of the Southwestern Association of Freshwater Invertebrate Taxonomists (SAFIT). A separately housed teaching collection is used for instruction in General Entomology.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence 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 545 records.
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California State University Long Beach Vertebrate Collections
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GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: ec08f57c-de39-481e-9f2c-adf189d0f2df. California State University, Long Beach publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.
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Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
Most specimens were collected from the Santa Ana and San Jacinto watersheds.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [33.486, -118.235], North East [34.425, -116.147] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Benthic macroinvertebrates of southern California.
| Class | Bivalvia, Gastropoda, Hirundinea, Insecta, Malacostraca |
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| Order | Trombidiformes |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1996-08-24 / 2011-07-19 |
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| Alternative Identifiers | http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=csulb_benthicinv |
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