Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (CSIC)
Number of records published in GBIF

315

Contact

Administrative Contact

Anna Díaz Lorca

Administrative Contact

Beatriz Morales-Nin

Administrative Contact

Silvia Pérez Mayol

Telephone

+34 971611818

Address

C/ Miquel Marquès, 21
Esporles
07190
Islas Baleares
ESPAÑA

Email

adiaz@imedea.uib-csic.es

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Colección de otolitos: IMEDEA-OTO

Description

IMEDEA-OTO includes more than 300 lots of Actinopterygian fish otoliths, with a total of approximately 43,000 samples, from the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (CSIC-UIB) thanks to the different campaigns led by Dr. Beatriz Morales-Nin. The samples come mainly from the Mediterranean Sea, the Antarctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. There are representations of 157 species and 52 different families. The most represented orders are Perciformes, Gadiformes, Scorpaeniformes, Salmoniformes, respectively. The otoliths are whole or in dry preservation. The collection continues to grow.

Overall information

Goals

Determination of the age and population parameters of osteitian fish. Microcomposition of calcified tissues as physiological indicators and of the water masses in which individuals have lived. Larval biology studies. Validation of the periodicity of growth structures.

Strengths

Amplia cobertura de biotopos, desde el costero hasta el abisal. Series temporales de otolitos de especies comerciales epipelagicas y demersales. Otolitos de hábitats extremos como el oceáno profundo y aguas antárticas. Cobertura para algunas especies desde la fase larvaria a adulta. Otolitos de especies costeras marcados con queladores del calcio.

Taxonomic coverage

Scientific names

Actinopterygii.

Common names

Actinopterygii.

Geospatial coverage

The samples come basically from the Mediterranean Sea, the Antarctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

Geographic description

Las muestras proceden básicamente del mar Mediterráneo, del océano Antártico y del océano Atlántico.

Collection period

1979-2018.

Datasets of the collection/database

Types of objects

Organismos preservados no vivos.

Digitalization

Nº of copies / records

382

Nº of species

157

Percentage of computerization

100

Percentage of georeferenced registers

10

Does it include Type specimens?

No

Map of Specimens

Access to datasets

  • Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB): IMEDEA-OTO