A Database of Historical Benthic Invertebrate Biodiversity Spanning 182 Years in Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island and Massachusetts)

To examine biodiversity trends over time, a master list was compiled of all benthic invertebrate species collected from the Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island, USA) beginning with Totten’s 1834 descriptions of mollusks, Leidy’s collections in 1855, Verrill and Smith’s surveys beginning in 1871, and studies at Alexander Agassiz’s Newport Marine Zoological Laboratory, 1873–1910. The list, spanning 182 years, was compiled from 104 sources and includes invertebrate macrofauna (>0.5 mm) and more limited studies of meiofauna. It currently holds over 1,200 unique taxa from 21 phyla. Information given for each collection record includes: current accepted scientific name, when and where sampled, by whom (with citation), gear used, and full taxonomic hierarchy. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Hale, S., M. Hughes, and H. Buffum. Historical Trends of Benthic Invertebrate Biodiversity Spanning 182 Years in a Southern New England Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 41(6): 1525–1538, (2018).

为探讨生物多样性随时间的变化趋势，编制了一份涵盖自1834年Totten对贝类的描述、1855年Leidy的采集、1871年起Verrill和Smith的调查以及1873-1910年在Alexander Agassiz的Newport海洋动物学实验室的研究以来，从美国罗德岛Narragansett湾收集的所有底栖无脊椎动物物种的清单。该清单跨越182年，由104个来源汇编而成，包括大于0.5毫米的无脊椎动物大型群和关于微型生物的更为有限的研究。目前，该清单包含来自21个门类超过1,200个独特的物种。每个采集记录提供的信息包括：当前接受的学名、采样时间及地点、采集者（附引用）、使用的工具和完整的分类等级。此数据集与以下出版物相关联：Hale, S., M. Hughes, 和 H. Buffum. 《跨越182年，新英格兰南部潮间带底栖无脊椎动物生物多样性的历史趋势》，Estuaries and Coasts 41(6): 1525–1538, (2018)。