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Merseyside BioBank (unverified)

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Citation

Merseyside BioBank (2020). Merseyside BioBank (unverified). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/iou2ld accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-13.

Description

This dataset contains all records held by Merseyside BioBank as the Local Records Centre for North Merseyside, with the exception of those which have been submitted via the MBAN network. Records include all taxa which have not yet been through a formal verification process.

Purpose

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Confidence in this dataset is moderate. The records in this dataset have not yet been subject to formal verification. Once they have been, those records which do not pass verification will be removed. NBN Record Cleaner validation checks have been applied.

Method steps

  1. Most of these records were provided by data-suppliers in electronic formats mostly spreadsheets which we manipulated and then imported to Recorder 6 via the import tool. Others were captured by Merseyside BioBank staff and volunteers from a variety of paper sources.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

These records are from all parts of North Merseyside (Sefton, St Helens, Knowsley and Liverpool) only.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Merseyside BioBank
metadata author
Merseyside BioBank
distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Ben Deed
administrative point of contact
email: Info@MerseysideBioBank.org.uk
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