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Ireland's BioBlitz

Records of all species recorded during Ireland's BioBlitz



Geographic Coverage: The island of Ireland



Temporal Coverage: 2011 onwards



Species Groups recorded: liverwort, bacterium, quillwort, insect - hymenopteran, protozoan, hairworm (Nematomorpha), insect - true bug (Hemiptera), false scorpion (Pseudoscorpion, foraminiferan, slime mould, bony fish (Actinopterygii), comb jelly (Ctenophora), insect - moth, jawless fish (Agnatha), lichen, spider (Araneae), Invertebrates - terrestrial an, insect - beetle (Coleoptera), insect - caddis fly (Trichopte, stonewort, alga, terrestrial mammal, millipede, flatworm (Turbellaria), cartilagenous fish (Chondricht, rotifer, echinoderm, insect - scorpion fly (Mecopte, bird, sponge (Porifera), insect - thrips (Thysanoptera), insect - butterfly, insect - mayfly (Ephemeroptera, insect - true fly (Diptera), peanut worm (Sipuncula), crustacean, conifer, diatom, insect - orthopteran, tunicate (Urochordata), arrow worm (Chaetognatha), annelid, marine mammal, tapeworm (Cestoda), mollusc, bryozoan, insect - alderfly (Megaloptera, acarine (Acari), insect - lacewing (Neuroptera), ribbon worm (Nemertinea), flowering plant, harvestman (Opiliones), coelenterate (=cnidarian), insect - silverfish (Thysanura, reptile, ginkgo, centipede, insect - dragonfly (Odonata), hornwort, moss, insect - earwig (Dermaptera), horsetail, springtail (Collembola), clubmoss, fungus, fungoid, fern, insect - stonefly (Plecoptera), insect - flea (Siphonaptera), insect - bristletail (Archaeog, amphibian



Dataset Status: Complete



Additional Information: For additional information on Ireland's BioBlitz see http://bioblitz.biodiversityireland.ie/

Simple

Alternate title

ie.nbdc.dataset.IrelandsBioBlitz

Date (Creation)
2014-02-27
Date (Publication)
2023-01-25
Date (Revision)
2023-01-25
Citation identifier
INSPIRE UUID / ie.nbdc.dataset.IrelandsBioBlitz
Purpose

Part of the BioBlitz event involves different sites competing against one another to see which site could record the most species over a 24 hour period. BioBlitz is held annually and is intended to raise awareness of biodiversity recording and conservation.

Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Point of contact

GemetInspireTheme

  • Species distribution

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

  • wildlife

  • organism

  • wildlife conservation

  • environmental conservation

  • wildlife habitat

  • habitat

  • wildlife protection

  • nature protection

  • wildlife sanctuary

  • protected area

  • species

  • ecological parameter

  • environment

  • ecosystem

  • synecology

  • ecosystem analysis

  • ecosystem research

  • environmental research

  • biodiversity

National Biodiversity Data Centre

  • National Biodiversity Data Centre

  • NBDC

  • biodiversity data centre

  • publishToISDE

ISO 3166

  • Ireland

Use limitation

Creative Commons licence conditions apply

Use limitation

Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
License
Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type
Vector
Distance
100  m
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
2002-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2022-12-31T00:00:00

Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
0

Vertical CS

No information provided.

Vertical datum

Reference system identifier
EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29903

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25

Distribution format
Name Version

CSV, Excel

RFC 1480, Office 2010

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189

View charts and maps information regarding data

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/csv

https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/Download?datasetId=189

Download as CSV (zipped)

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Species distribution

Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0

Date (Publication)
2013-12-10
Explanation

The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Alternate title

INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass
No
Statement

The quality is high. Data were most collected by recognised experts and all records have been validated.



Data Capture Method: Principally field observations of species encountered



Data Capture Purpose: Part of the BioBlitz event involves different sites competing against one another to see which site could record the most species over a 24 hour period. BioBlitz is held annually and is intended to raise awareness of biodiversity recording and conservation.



Original Format: Spreadsheet & Recorder 6

Metadata

File identifier
ie.nbdc.dataset.IrelandsBioBlitz XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2023-01-25T11:06:20.8343059
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile

Metadata standard version

1.2

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Point of contact
Dataset URI

http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189

 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

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Keywords

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

biodiversity ecological parameter ecosystem ecosystem analysis ecosystem research environment environmental conservation environmental research habitat nature protection organism protected area species synecology wildlife wildlife conservation wildlife habitat wildlife protection wildlife sanctuary
GemetInspireTheme

Species distribution
National Biodiversity Data Centre

NBDC National Biodiversity Data Centre biodiversity data centre publishToISDE


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