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Data Set Citation:
When using this data, please cite the data package:
Laurence Madin . Madin Phoenix Islands Protected Area Blue Water Diving - 2008 klr.34.3 (http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/metacat/klr.34.3/nceas)

General Information:
Title:	Madin Phoenix Islands Protected Area Blue Water Diving - 2008
Identifier:	klr.34
Keywords:	jellyfish SCUBA hydromedusa scyphomedusa larvacean salp siphonophore blue-water

Data Table, Image, and Other Data Details:
Metadata download:	Ecological Metadata Language (EML) File
Data Table:	JEDI Template.txt ( View Metadata )

Involved Parties

Data Set Creators:

Individual:

Laurence Madin

Organization:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

Position:

Director of Research

Address:

266 Woods Hole Rd.,

Fenno 139 (MS# 39),

Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050

Phone:

1 508 289 2515 (voice)

Email Address:

lmadin@whoi.edu

Data Set Contacts:

Individual:

Laurence Madin

Organization:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

Position:

Director of Research

Address:

266 Woods Hole Rd.,

Fenno 139 (MS# 39),

Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050

Phone:

1 508 289 2515 (voice)

Email Address:

lmadin@whoi.edu

Individual:

Kelly Robinson

Organization:

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Position:

PhD Candidate

Address:

101 Bienville Blvd.,

Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528 USA

Phone:

251-861-2141 x2289 (voice)

Email Address:

krobinson@disl.org

Associated Parties:

Individual:

Kelly Robinson

Organization:

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Position:

PhD Candidate

Address:

101 Bienville Blvd.,

Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528 USA

Phone:

251-861-2141 x2289 (voice)

Email Address:

krobinson@disl.org

Individual:

Dr. William 'Monty' Graham

Organization:

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Position:

Senior Marine Scientist

Address:

101 Bienville Blvd.,

Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528 USA

Phone:

251-861-2141 ext. 2272 (voice)

Email Address:

mgraham@disl.org

Individual:

Dr. Carlos Duarte

Organization:

Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados

Position:

Profesor de investigación

Address:

C/ Miquel Marquès, 21,

07190 Esporles,

Islas Baleares, Spain

Phone:

+34 971611725 (voice)

Email Address:

carlosduarte@imedea.uib-csic

Individual:

Robert Condon

Organization:

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Position:

Research Faculty

Address:

101 Bienville Blvd.,

Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528 USA

Phone:

251-861-2141 x7546 (voice)

Email Address:

rcondon@disl.org

Data Set Characteristics

Geographic Region:

Geographic Description:

Phoenix Islands, west Pacific Ocean

Bounding Coordinates:

West:	-178.0 degrees
East:	-170.375 degrees
North:	-2.375 degrees
South:	-9.375 degrees

Time Period:

Begin:

2007-10-05

End:

2007-10-13

Taxonomic Range:

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Chordata

Classification:

Rank Name:	Class
Rank Value:	Appendicularia

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Chordata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Appendicularia

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Copelata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Oikopleuridae

Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
Rank Value:	Megalocerus

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Chordata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Thaliacea

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Salpida

Classification:

Rank Name:	Family
Rank Value:	Salpidae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Chordata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Thaliacea

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Salpida

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Salpidae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Cyclosalpa

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	affinis

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Chordata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Thaliacea

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Salpida

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Salpidae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Weelia

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	cylindrica

Classification:

Rank Name:	Phylum
Rank Value:	Cnidaria

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Cnidaria

Classification:

Rank Name:	Class
Rank Value:	Cubozoa

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Cnidaria

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Hydrozoa

Classification:

Rank Name:	Order
Rank Value:	Anthoathecatae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Cnidaria

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Hydrozoa

Classification:

Rank Name:	Order
Rank Value:	Leptothecatae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Cnidaria

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Hydrozoa

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Leptothecatae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Aequoreidae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Aequorea

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	globosa

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Cnidaria

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Hydrozoa

Classification:

Rank Name:	Order
Rank Value:	Siphonophorae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Cnidaria

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Hydrozoa

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Siphonophorae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Forskaliidae

Classification:

Rank Name:	Genus
Rank Value:	Forskalia

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Cnidaria

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Scyphozoa

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Semaeostomeae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Pelagiidae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Pelagia

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	noctiluca

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Ctenophora

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Tentaculata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Cestida

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Cestidae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Cestum

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	veneris

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Ctenophora

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Tentaculata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Lobata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Eurhamphaeidae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Eurhamphaea

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	vexilligera

Classification:

Rank Name:

Phylum

Rank Value:

Ctenophora

Classification:

Rank Name:

Class

Rank Value:

Tentaculata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Order

Rank Value:

Lobata

Classification:

Rank Name:

Family

Rank Value:

Leucotheidae

Classification:

Rank Name:

Genus

Rank Value:

Leucothea

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	milticornis

Sampling, Processing and Quality Control Methods

Step by Step Procedures
Step 1:
Description:	Bluewater diving Data were collected using bluewater SCUBA techniques.

Data Set Usage Rights

Usage restricted to Global Jellies Working Group members.

Access Control:
Auth System:	knb
Order:	denyFirst

Additional Metadata

Metadata download:

Ecological Metadata Language (EML) File

NCEAS

Involved Parties

Data Set Characteristics

Sampling, Processing and Quality Control Methods

Bluewater diving

Data Set Usage Rights