Collections databases and online resources
Drawing of the analysing room on board HMS Challenger
This page summarises the databases and online resources relating to collections housed in the Natural History Museum that might be useful for ocean acidification research. It is organised by collection.
For information about the content of the databases and resources, and a guide to how to use them, consult the individual collection pages.
British coralline algae
British coralline algae collection
Buckley collection
- Complete Buckley collection database Excel (91.5 KB)
Chagos Islands corals
- Specimen-level Chagos Islands coral collections database Excel (658.5 KB)
Chagos Islands coral collections
Discovery expeditions
- Discovery stations database Excel (23.0 MB)
- Discovery ocean bottom deposit samples database Excel (330.5 KB)
- Discovery residues database Excel (134.5 KB)
- Discovery foraminifera type slides are included within the complete Heron-Allen foraminifera type slide collection database Excel (6.0 MB)
- Zoological Discovery collections can be found via the Zoology specimen database
HMS Challenger expedition
- Challenger stations database Excel (207.5 KB)
- Challenger ocean bottom deposit samples database Excel (269.0 KB)
- Challenger residues database Excel (54.0 KB)
- Database of Challenger foraminifera type slides in the Heron-Allen collection Excel (75.5 KB)
- Zoological Challenger collections can be found via the Zoology specimen database
- Challenger taxonomic and summary reports (www.19thcenturyscience.org)
- Summary of the scientific observations and results at each Challenger observing station (www.19thcenturyscience.org)
- Challenger charts and station information (University of Kansas Natural History Museum website)
Heron-Allen type slides
Ocean bottom deposits
- Sea-Sed online database - includes worldwide seabed samples housed in EU institutions, including the Natural History Museum
Ocean bottom deposit collection
Ocean bottom residues
- Residue collection summary Excel (37.5 KB)
- Challenger residues database Excel (54.0 KB)
- Discovery residues database Excel (134.5 KB)
- HEMS Mabahiss residues database Excel (74.0 KB)
- Porcupine residues database Excel (40.5 KB)
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Excel files
If you are unable to open any Excel file on this page, please email the project coordinator Jeremy Young to request the document in another format.