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MBON POLE TO POLE: SANDY BEACH BIODIVERSITY OF YUCATAN COAST

Citation

Guerra-Castro E (2019): MBON POLE TO POLE: SANDY BEACH BIODIVERSITY OF YUCATAN COAST. v1.3. Caribbean OBIS Node. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.iobis.org/mbon/resource?r=yucatan_sandybeach2018&v=1.3 https://doi.org/10.15468/g7kwfh accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-07-02.

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 sandy beaches of the State of Yucatan, Mexico, using the MBON P2P sampling protocol for sandy beaches, with funding from the LANRESC UNAM-CONACYT (Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera, Universidad NAcional Autonoma de Mexico - CONACyT)

Sampling Description

Study Extent

All the coast of Yucatán state including Celestún, Sisal, Progreso, Telchac Puerto, Dzilam and El Cuyo

Sampling

Three linear transects, spaced more than 3 meters and less than 10 meters apart. The distance of the upper limit of the transects on each site was determined from a fixed reference point, starting immediately below the high tide level(below the drift line) to the lower level of the swash. Sampling were done on three to six equidistant points along the transects. Sampler was a corer of 15 centimeters in diameter, reaching up to 25 centimeters in the sediment.

Quality Control

Taxonomic validity of taxa names was verified using www.marinespecies.org

Method steps

  1. Samples were processed following the 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

Taxonomic Coverages

Intertidal sandy beach macrofauna. All organisms were identified to the lowest taxonomic resolution possible, in most cases to species level.
  1. Meioceras nitidum
    rank: species
  2. Alaba incerta
    rank: species
  3. Musculus lateralis
    rank: species
  4. Modiolus squamosus
    rank: species
  5. Oligochaeta
    rank: class
  6. Amastigos delicatus
    rank: species
  7. Polyophthalmus pictus
    rank: species
  8. Scolelepis (Scolelepis) lighti
    rank: subspecies
  9. Scolelepis (Scolelepis) vossae
    rank: subspecies
  10. Salvatoria
    rank: genus
  11. Exogone bondi
    rank: species
  12. Syllis gracilis
    rank: species
  13. Syllis
    rank: genus
  14. Namanereis amboinensis
    rank: species
  15. Excirolana braziliensis
    rank: species
  16. Excirolana mayana
    rank: species
  17. Tylos marcuzzii
    rank: species
  18. Exosphaeroma diminutum
    rank: species
  19. Lysianopsis alba
    rank: species
  20. Aruga holmesi
    rank: species
  21. Mexorchestia carpenteri raduloviciae
    rank: subspecies
  22. Pagurotanais largoensis
    rank: species
  23. Ostracoda
    rank: class
  24. Copepoda
    rank: class
  25. Emerita portoricensis
    rank: species
  26. Emerita talpoida
    rank: species
  27. Amathia
    rank: genus
  28. Bryozoa
    rank: phylum
  29. Chilopoda
    rank: class
  30. Exogone bondi
    rank: species
  31. Tanaidacea
    rank: class
  32. Coleoptera
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

18 sites sampled in Yucatan; including three sites at Celestún, Sisal, Progreso, Telchac Puerto, Dzilam and El Cuyo.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Edlin Guerra-Castro
originator
position: Associated Professor
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México
Mérida
Yucatan
MX
email: edlinguerra@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3529-4507
Edlin Guerra-Castro
metadata author
position: Associated Professor
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México
Mérida
Yucatan
MX
email: edlinguerra@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3529-4507
Edlin Guerra-Castro
user
position: Associated Professor
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México
Mérida
Yucatan
MX
email: edlinguerra@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3529-4507
Edlin Guerra-Castro
administrative point of contact
position: Associated Professor
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México
Mérida
Yucatan
MX
email: edlinguerra@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3529-4507
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