MBON POLE TO POLE: ROCKY SHORE BIODIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Citation
https://marinebon.github.io/p2p/index.html https://doi.org/10.15468/4ai154 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The MBON Pole to Pole effort seeks to develop a framework for the collection, use and sharing of marine biodiversity data in a coordinated, standardized manner leveraging on existing infrastructure managed by the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS; IOC-UNESCO), the GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). The MBON Pole to Pole aims to become a key resource for decision-making and management of living resource across countries in the Americas for reporting requirements under the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Aichi Targets of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This collection corresponds to the species registered on intertidal rocky shores of Massachusetts, using the MBON Pole to Pole sampling protocol for Rocky Shores, with funding from the National Science Foundation (OCE-1635989)
Sampling Description
Study Extent
This study was done in eight sites across the Gulf of Maine between 2016 to 2019.Sampling
Sampling is organized following a stratified design, which includes LOCATIONS, SITES, and STRATA. Note that LOCATIONS are separated by 30 – 100’s of kilometers. For each LOCATION on this case it was only one. Those SITES will be separated by units of kilometers (maximum 5 km). The selected site was divided in TWO STRATA (tidal levels) parallel to the coastline using the almost universal biologically-based characteristics of rocky shores of high- and mid zones. In each stratum 5 QUADRATS were sampled, pictures from relevant animals were taken and animals and macroalgae samples were considered for further taxonomic identifications. In the 5 QUADRATS within each stratum (tidal level), slow moving animals are counted and the percentage cover of space occupied by invertebrates and algae. The latter includes those organisms that cover a considerable fraction of the rock surface and that are too many to be counted or cannot be easily separated into individuals; e.g., barnacles, mussels, some colonial invertebrates, including zoanthids and ascidians, algal turfs or macroalgae. Organisms adhering directly to the rock surface and moving across it are considered the “primary layer”. If canopy-forming organisms such as macroalgae are present, then these are moved aside for counts, cover and photographs in order to effectively quantify the primary layer. The composition of the canopy- the secondary layer- should also be conducted.Quality Control
Taxonomic validity was verified using the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS; www.marinespecies.org) and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS; https://obis.org/)Method steps
- Samples were processed following the rocky shore intertidal protocol developed during the Marine Biodiversity Workshop: from the Sea to the Cloud, at Praia do Segredo, São Sebastião, Brasil. August 6-10, 2018.
Additional info
MARINE DATA HARVESTED BY OBIS A MBON POLE TO POLE PROJECT DATA SETTaxonomic Coverages
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Dynamena
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Semibalanus balanoides
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Ulva lactuca
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Hildenbrandia
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Mytilus edulis
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Ulva intestinalis
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Littorina littorea
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Littorina obtusata
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Ascophyllum nodosum
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Chondrus crispus
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Mastocarpus stellatus
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Vertebrata lanosa
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Nucella lapillus
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Francis Choioriginator
position: Researcher
Northeastern University
US
Brian Helmuth
metadata author
position: Professor, Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences and School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Northeastern University
430 Nahant Road
Nahant
01908
MA
US
email: b.helmuth@northeastern.edu
homepage: http://www.northeastern.edu/helmuthlab/
Brian Helmuth
owner
position: Professor, Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences and School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Northeastern University
430 Nahant Road
Nahant
01908
MA
US
email: b.helmuth@northeastern.edu
homepage: http://www.northeastern.edu/helmuthlab/
Brian Helmuth
administrative point of contact
position: Professor, Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences and School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Northeastern University
430 Nahant Road
Nahant
01908
MA
US
email: b.helmuth@northeastern.edu
homepage: http://www.northeastern.edu/helmuthlab/