UAM Insect Observations (Arctos)

Occurrence
Latest version published by University of Alaska Museum of the North on Jun 29, 2024 University of Alaska Museum of the North
Publication date:
29 June 2024
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This dataset is pulled from the literature, other non-digitized collections, and databases. It is restricted to Alaskan non-marine arthropod records. Most records are not georeferenced.

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 40,790 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.

Occurrence (core)
40790
Multimedia 
211

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:

University of Alaska Museum Observation data (non-marine arthropods)

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Alaska Museum of the North. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: ecca1a3e-3b7d-4229-8a7a-d106997e6d03.  University of Alaska Museum of the North publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Occurrence

Contacts

Derek Sikes
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Curator of Insects
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
99775-6960 Fairbanks
AK
US
Laura Russell
  • Programmer
VertNet Programmer
David Bloom
  • Programmer
VertNet Coordinator
John Wieczorek
  • Programmer
Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
Dusty McDonald
  • Point Of Contact
Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum

Geographic Coverage

North America, Asia

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Insecta, Arachnida, Entognatha, Chilopoda, Branchiopoda, Malacostraca, Maxillopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Crustacea, Turbellaria, Ostracoda

Class Insecta

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 1800 to present

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers ecca1a3e-3b7d-4229-8a7a-d106997e6d03
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