This file includes taxonomic data used to produce group, genus, and species catalogues. The data was collected from 1968 to 1979 in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific freshwater areas.
These datasets have been converted from their legacy file
structures and encoding schemes so they can be used by
contemporary computers that are based upon the ASCII
character-encoding scheme. Each dataset will require
specialized software such as a statistical tool, to
interpret and analyze the content in each file. The attached
codebook describes the file’s structure and defines the
variables contained in each field. Each code book is a
compilation of the summary description of the dataset as
provided by the creating department. As such, it is
available in English only.