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Marine Biodiversity of Cape Cod
MBL’s collecting area
Cape Cod represents a major boundary between two biogeographic sub-provinces
Location
Pappalardo et. al, 2015
The Woods Hole Marine Region provides both temporal depth and broad taxonomic breadth.
Marine Biodiversity is well documented
• The Woods Hole Marine Region has been surveyed and inventoried for over 200 years.
• Cape Cod Bay and Gulf of Maine also extensively documented
Thousands of papers, surveys, specimens, inventories from 1825 through 2015. View here.
• Over 750 publications (and growing) from 1670 verify the occurrence, range and abundance of marine species
• Multiple comprehensive regional surveys
• Over 500K occurrence records already digitized
The Woods Hole Marine Region provides a deep and broad view of biodiversity
Longest continuous sea surface temperature series for North America (2016=129 years)
Broad of phylogenetic scope, comprehensive listings, small footprint
Woods Hole Marine Region
Gray Museum (now at Peabody), Herbaria (MBL)
Geo-referenced tissue and molecular samples
Invasive Species
Charismatic Elasmobranchs
Marine Mammals
Gray Seal
Harbor SealRisso’s Dolphin
Humpback Whale
Employing new technologies
Employing new technologies in the field