10.25607/giyrkr 3fd08e44-6c9a-43e7-98d0-d3fc0e41d478 https://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/resource?r=belize-barrier-reef-villela-2003 P.C. Villela Peter Sale Gerardo Gold-Bouchot Björn Kjerfve Chandra Earl UNESCO eDNA Scientific Officer c.earl@unesco.org Chandra Earl UNESCO eDNA Scientific Officer c.earl@unesco.org processor 2023-09-20 eng The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS), extending from Isla Contoy on the north of the Yucatan Peninsula to the Bay Islands of Honduras, includes the second longest barrier reef in the world. It is approximately 1,000 km long and spans over four countries and two trans-boundary areas: Chetumal Bay, between Belize and Mexico; and the Gulf of Honduras, between Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. The MBRS is unique in the Western Hemisphere due to its length, composition of reef types, and diverse assemblage of corals and related species. The MBRS contributes to the stabilization and protection of coastal landscapes, maintenance of coastal water quality, and serves as breeding and feeding grounds for marine mammals, reptiles, fish and invertebrates, many of which are of commercial importance. The MBRS is also of immense socioeconomic significance providing employment and a source of income to an estimated one million people living in adjacent coastal areas. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml marine, harvested by iOBIS To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. Belize Barrier Reef Reserve -88.355 -87.489 18.199 16.074 Fishes Superclass Agnatha unranked Chondrichthyes unranked Osteichthyes These data were made accessible through UNESCO's eDNA Expeditions project to mobilize available marine species and occurrence datasets from World Heritage Sites. notPlanned OBIS Secretariat OBIS Secretariat helpdesk@obis.org See Github <a href="https://github.com/iobis/mwhs-data-mobilization">Project</a> and <a href="https://iobis.github.io/mwhs-data-mobilization/notebooks/belize_barrier_reef_reserve_system/Villela_et_al_2003"> R Notebook</a> for dataset construction methods 2023-09-20T15:03:29.501+00:00 dataset Villela P, Sale P, Gold-Bouchot G, Kjerfve B, Earl C (2023). Selected Methods for Monitoring Physical and Biological Parameters for Use in the Mesoamerican Region: Fishes Checklist. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/giyrkr Villela, P.C. & Sale, Peter & Gold-Bouchot, Gerardo & Kjerfve, Björn. (2003). MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF SYSTEMS PROJECT: MANUAL OF METHODS FOR THE MBRS SYNOPTIC MONITORING PROGRAM. Selected Methods for Monitoring Physical and Biological Parameters for Use in the Mesoamerican Region. 3fd08e44-6c9a-43e7-98d0-d3fc0e41d478/v2.xml