Description
Of the over 230 species included in the current species list, three are considered to be Critically Endangered or Endangered at global scale, including the critically endangered goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara), endangered Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) and the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini). All three of these species have been, and continue to be, impacted by commercial fisheries.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 225 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Alicea E, Earl C (2023). Laughing Bird Caye National Park management plan 2011 - 2016: a component of Belize's world heritage site: Fishes Checklist. Version 2.1. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/59lxtd
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is OBIS Secretariat. 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.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 86a7c9bb-a4f5-48ee-bfce-f137bfcf4868. OBIS Secretariat publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
Occurrence
Contacts
- Originator
Geographic Coverage
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [16.074, -88.355], North East [18.199, -87.489] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Fishes
| Superclass | Agnatha |
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| Unranked | Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes |
Sampling Methods
No Description available
Method step description:
- See Github Project and R Notebook for dataset construction methods
Bibliographic Citations
- Alicea, Eileen (2010). Laughing Bird Caye National Park management plan 2011 - 2016 : a component of Belize's world heritage site.
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS
| Purpose | These data were made accessible through UNESCO's eDNA Expeditions project to mobilize available marine species and occurrence datasets from World Heritage Sites. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 86a7c9bb-a4f5-48ee-bfce-f137bfcf4868 |
| https://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/resource?r=belize-barrier-reef-alicea-2010 |