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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