MBON POLE TO POLE: SANDY BEACH BIODIVERSITY OF YUCATAN COAST

Edlin Guerra-Castro

doi:10.15468/g7kwfh

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. Version 1.3. Caribbean OBIS Node. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/g7kwfh accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-07-02.

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

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.

Meioceras nitidum
rank: species
Alaba incerta
rank: species
Musculus lateralis
rank: species
Modiolus squamosus
rank: species
Oligochaeta
rank: class
Amastigos delicatus
rank: species
Polyophthalmus pictus
rank: species
Scolelepis (Scolelepis) lighti
rank: subspecies
Scolelepis (Scolelepis) vossae
rank: subspecies
Salvatoria
rank: genus
Exogone bondi
rank: species
Syllis gracilis
rank: species
Syllis
rank: genus
Namanereis amboinensis
rank: species
Excirolana braziliensis
rank: species
Excirolana mayana
rank: species
Tylos marcuzzii
rank: species
Exosphaeroma diminutum
rank: species
Lysianopsis alba
rank: species
Aruga holmesi
rank: species
Mexorchestia carpenteri raduloviciae
rank: subspecies
Pagurotanais largoensis
rank: species
Ostracoda
rank: class
Copepoda
rank: class
Emerita portoricensis
rank: species
Emerita talpoida
rank: species
Amathia
rank: genus
Bryozoa
rank: phylum
Chilopoda
rank: class
Exogone bondi
rank: species
Tanaidacea
rank: class
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