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

Peter Glynn; Peggy Fong

doi:10.25607/orijco

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

Citation

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 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

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

Purpose

These data were made accessible through UNESCO's eDNA Expeditions project to mobilize available marine species and occurrence datasets from World Heritage Sites.

Sampling Description

Method steps

See Github Project and R Notebook for dataset construction methods

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Fishes

Agnatha
rank: Superclass
Chondrichthyes
rank: unranked
Osteichthyes
rank: unranked

Geographic Coverages

Coiba National Park

Bibliographic Citations

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

Contacts

Peter Glynn
originator

Peggy Fong
originator

Chandra Earl
metadata author
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org

Chandra Earl
processor
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org

OBIS Secretariat
administrative point of contact
position: Secretariat
OBIS
email: helpdesk@obis.org