Occurrence

Fish species counts in 3, 20x40 m transects, Panama, 1980-2010

Latest version published by OBIS Secretariat on 03 October 2023 OBIS Secretariat
Publication date:
03 October 2023
Published by:
OBIS Secretariat
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

This dataset present fish species counts in three 20x40 m transects. The surveys were conducted at the Uva Island coral reef (7o48’46”N, 81o45’35”W), Gulf of Chiriquí, Panama from 1980 to 2010 during both the wet and dry seasons. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/516234

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 1,770 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

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Glynn P, Fong P, Earl C (2023). Fish species counts in 3, 20x40 m transects, Panama, 1980-2010. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/orijco

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: 7be24b2a-5e25-4cba-b017-685cb2b4d7b4.  OBIS Secretariat publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Occurrence

Contacts

Peter Glynn
  • Originator
Peggy Fong
  • Originator
Chandra Earl
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Processor
eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
OBIS Secretariat
  • Point Of Contact
Secretariat
OBIS

Geographic Coverage

Coiba National Park

Bounding Coordinates South West [7.815, -81.759], North East [7.815, -81.759]

Taxonomic Coverage

Fishes

Superclass Agnatha
Unranked Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes

Sampling Methods

No Description available

Method step description:

  1. See Github Project and R Notebook for dataset construction methods

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Glynn, P., & Fong, P. (2014). Fish species counts in 3, 20x40 m transects, Panama, 1980-2010 (EPac Corals projects I-VII). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.516234.1

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.
Alternative Identifiers 10.25607/orijco
7be24b2a-5e25-4cba-b017-685cb2b4d7b4
https://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/resource?r=coiba-glynn-fong-2014