Vascular Plants of the Porya Guba Archipelago, White Sea, Russia
Citation
Kozhin M N (2021). Vascular Plants of the Porya Guba Archipelago, White Sea, Russia. Version 1.1. Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/debprd accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-24.Description
We present a dataset of vascular plant distributions in the Porya Guba Archipelago (White Sea), totalling 10,855 observations collected during 2008–2015 and, to a minor extent, in 2017, which are referable to 390 species belonging to 63 families. All observations were georeferenced to island centers with a precision of half an island length. This dataset offers a complete and dense coverage of all the 222 islands in the Porya Guba Archipelago.Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
The Porya Guba Bay is situated in the White Sea in the northwest of European Russia. It belongs to Tersky District of Murmansk Region and is part of the Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve. Porya Guba is the largest bay in the Kandalaksha Gulf; its complex coastline forms eight larger inlets with numerous small islands spread along the coast. The territory of the Porya Guba Archipelago totals 14 718 ha, of which the land (222 islands) occupies 601 ha. In 1975, the Kandalaksha Gulf was included in the list of Wetlands of International Importance as a habitat for water birds.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Mikhail N. Kozhinoriginator
position: senior researcher
Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve
Lineinaya 35
Kandalaksha
184042
Murmansk Region
RU
email: mnk_umba@mail.ru
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-0287
Mikhail N. Kozhin
metadata author
position: senior researcher
Avrorin Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute KSC RAS
Fersman St. 18A
Apatity
184209
Murmansk Region
RU
email: mnk_umba@mail.ru
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-0287
Mikhail N. Kozhin
administrative point of contact
position: senior researcher
Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve
Lineinaya 35
Kandalaksha
184042
Murmansk Region
RU
email: mnk_umba@mail.ru
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-0287