We are excited to share that the newest dataset from “MARINe” (Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network) has been published! This new dataset, titled, “MARINe/PISCO: Intertidal: MARINe Coastal Biodiversity Surveys: Swath Surveys Summarized”, includes over 11,000 occurrences of Echinoderms, Molluscs, and Arthropods along the Pacific Coast of North America.

Special Sauce

This particular dataset is extra tasty because it is partly a product of the “Marine Biodiversity Data Mobilization Workshop 2024”, an annual workshop to facilitate mobilization of data to OBIS and GBIF. GBIF-US and OBIS-USA have co-organized and co-led this workshop for the past three years, and we’re always stoked to see a dataset cross the finish line!

But there’s more! This data came to fruition through the support of the Central & Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS), the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), and the U.S. Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON).

What is MARINe?

“MARINe” (Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network) has now published four rocky intertidal long-term monitoring and biodiversity surveys to OBIS and GBIF! It is the largest and longest-running effort of its kind, spanning the Pacific Coast of North America, with some sites having been sampled for as much as 30 years. These surveys shed light on intertidal impacts caused by disturbances (e.g., El Nino events, oil spills) and detect shifts in community composition due to disease, species introductions, and climate change.

The four MARINe datasets have contributed to almost 23,000 download events from OBIS, about 17,000 download events from GBIF, and been cited by 31 peer-reviewed publications¹ since first being published.

The OBIS- and GBIF-mediated datasets can be accessed here:

• MARINe Long-Term Monitoring Surveys: Sea Stars and Katharina: OBIS, GBIF

• MARINe Long-Term Monitoring Surveys: Photo Plots and Transects Summarized: OBIS, GBIF

• MARINe Coastal Biodiversity Surveys: Swath Surveys Summarized: OBIS, GBIF

• MARINe Coastal Biodiversity Surveys: Point Contact Surveys Summarized: OBIS, GBIF

Footnotes

1. Not sure how GBIF citations and literature tracking works? See these two links to learn more:
   • https://www.gbif.org/citation-guidelines
   • https://www.gbif.org/literature-tracking

Citations

• Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe), Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO), Raimondi P (2024). MARINe/PISCO: Intertidal: MARINe Coastal Biodiversity Surveys: Swath Surveys Summarized. Version 1.3. United States Geological Survey. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt-obis.gbif.us/resource?r=marine_cbs_swath_surveys&v=1.3