United States Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Occurrence Observation
Latest version published on 11 September 2015
Publication date:
11 September 2015
Published by:
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Description

The Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database (NAS) information resource is an established central repository for spatially referenced biogeographic accounts of introduced aquatic species. The NAS website provides scientific reports, online/real-time queries, spatial data sets, distribution maps, fact sheets, and general information.

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 5,006 records.

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

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Keywords

Occurrence

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Contacts

Pam Schofield
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Fish Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
  • 7920 NW 71st Street
32653 Gainesville
FL
US
  • 352-378-3530
Abigail Benson
  • Metadata Provider
  • User
  • Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey

Geographic Coverage

The estuarine and marine waters of the United States and its Territories including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and Guam, as well as the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.

Bounding Coordinates South West [8.635, -170.23], North East [61.305, -59.648]