BioBlitz Barcelona 2010-14

Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona

Acronym: BioBlitz Barcelona 2010-14 LSID
Life Science Identifier (LSID):

78ba4493-432d-4458-8696-7901cbe5e113

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Description

The project BioBlitz Barcelona is held once a year. From 2010 up to now the BioBlitz BCN has assembled experts and citizens in order to survey the biodiversity in several areas of the city of Barcelona, mainly in urban parks. At the beginning the Natural History Museum of Barcelona and the University of Barcelona have coordinated the tasks. At the present time the organization is driven by the Museum and the Friends of the Museum. The whole data from the first five editions (2010 - 2014) are compiled and published.

Goals

Information from BioBlitz Bcn is intended to increase the knowledge of the biodiversity in the city of Barcelona. In a broad perspective. Collected data set is managed by technicians of the environmental agency of the City Hall of Barcelona.

Strengths

Protistas, fungi, plants and animals.

How to cite

Atienza, D. et al.(2015) Volunteers prospecting the biodiversity of Barcelona: a summary of the first five editions of BioBlitz BCN (2010-2014).

Collection period

2010-06-06 / 2014-05-31.

Taxonomic range

Kingdoms covered include: Animalia, Fungi, Plantae and Protista.

The BioBlitz Barcelona 2010-14 collection includes members from the following taxa:
Annelida, Arthropoda, Ascomycota, Bacillariophyta, Basidiomycota, Bryophyta, Chlorophyta, Chordata, Cyanobacteria, Dinophyta, Euglenozoa, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Mollusca, Mycetozoa, Noteridae, Ochrophyta, Platyhelminthes, Prasinophyta and Tracheophyta.

Geographic range

The municipality of Barcelona is located at the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, surrounded by mountains chains and the Mediterranean Sea. For the purposes of the BioBlitz Barcelona, some of the biggest urban parks have been selected.

Number of specimens in the collection

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Sub-collections

The BioBlitz Barcelona 2010-14 collection contains these significant collections:

Metadata last updated on 2023-08-25 11:50:27.0

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