Checklist of coral species Great Astrolabe Reefs, Kadavu, Fiji (1988-1997)
Citation
Koven J, Paulay G, Brown K (2023). Checklist of coral species Great Astrolabe Reefs, Kadavu, Fiji (1988-1997). Version 1.1. The University of the South Pacific. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/s763gg accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
This checklist dataset was compiled by Astrolabe Incorporated to document coral species on the Great Astrolabe reefs in Kadavu, Fiji.
The authors intended that the checklist provide baseline species records for researchers at the now closed Dravuni Field Research Station that was operated by The University of the South Pacific. The checklist is available at the USP Library, on the online USP Library Aquatic Repository as a scanned document, and now on GBIF for access by a wider audience.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
Coral from the Great Astrolabe reefs in the Province of Kadavu, Fiji are covered by this dataset. Records were compiled from photographs taken between the years 1988 and 1997.Sampling
Photographs of coral were used to compile the checklist. Only specimens of the family Fungiidae were collected for comparison with specimens at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Identification literature was used to determine species names. Photographs were taken on Nikonos camera using 15mm, 20mm, 28mm and 35mm lenses, with the addition of extension tubes on the 28mm and 35mm lenses in ratios of 1:3, 1:2 and 1:1.Method steps
- Coral species identification was made using the following references: (1) Veron, J. J., Pichon, M. M. (1976). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Parts 1 – 5. Australian Institute of Marine Sciences Monograph Series, Australia Government Publishing Service. (2) Hoeksena, B.W. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae), Zoologische Verhandelingen, 254(1), 1- 295. To compile this checklist dataset, taxonomic verification was carried out on OpenRefine using: Sistema de Información Sobre Biodiversidad de Colombia -SiB Colombia (2019). Biodiversity data quality Scripts in Open Refine (Version 1.0). https://github.com/SIB-Colombia/data-quality-open-refine/
Taxonomic Coverages
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Scleractiniarank: order
Geographic Coverages
The Great Astrolabe Reefs, Province of Kadavu, Fiji.
Bibliographic Citations
- Koven, J. F., Paulay, G. (1997). Checklist of coral species Great Astrolabe Reefs, Fiji. Technical Report Series number 97/6. Marine Studies, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. ISSN 1018-2896. - http://uspaquatic.library.usp.ac.fj/gsdl/collect/kalenchits_m-moanausp/index/assoc/HASHfd16.dir/doc.pdf
Contacts
Joan Kovenoriginator
position: Director
Astrolabe Incorporated
4812V St NW
Washington DC
US
Gustav Paulay
originator
position: Director
Guam Marine Laboratory
University of Guam
Mangiola
GU
Kelly Brown
metadata author
position: Curator
USP Marine Collection
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: kelly.brown@usp.ac.fj
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7233-0795
Kelly Brown
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
USP Marine Collection
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: kelly.brown@usp.ac.fj
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7233-0795