Habitats and fish communities at mesophotic depths in the Mexican Pacific

Jordan A. Hollarsmith; Georgina Ramírez-Ortiz; Tallulah Winquist; Manuel Velasco-Lozano; Katherine DuBois; Héctor Reyes-Bonilla; Kyle C. Neumann; Edwin D. Grosholz

doi:10.25607/edzdnx

Habitats and fish communities at mesophotic depths in the Mexican Pacific

Citation

Hollarsmith J A, Ramírez-Ortiz G, Winquist T, Velasco-Lozano M, DuBois K, Reyes-Bonilla H, Neumann K C, Grosholz E D, Earl C (2023). Habitats and fish communities at mesophotic depths in the Mexican Pacific. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/edzdnx accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Mesophotic ecosystems, found at the limit of light penetration in the ocean, are rich in biodiversity and harbour unique ecological communities. However, they remain among the least studied habitat zones on earth due to the high costs and technological limitations. Here, we characterize mesophotic communities in two marine reserves across a range of habitat types, depths and temperatures using submersible technologies, with the goal of understanding the processes that structure these communities across biogeographical regions.

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

Archipiélago de Revillagigedo

Bibliographic Citations

Hollarsmith, Jordan & Ramírez-Ortiz, Georgina & Winquist, Tallulah & Velasco-Lozano, Manuel & DuBois, Katherine & Reyes-Bonilla, Héctor & Neumann, Kyle & Grosholz, Edwin. (2020). Habitats and fish communities at mesophotic depths in the Mexican Pacific. Journal of Biogeography. 47. - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13842

Contacts

Jordan A. Hollarsmith
originator
University of California Bodega Marine Laboratory

Georgina Ramírez-Ortiz
originator
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste

Tallulah Winquist
originator
University of California Bodega Marine Laboratory

Manuel Velasco-Lozano
originator
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur

Katherine DuBois
originator
University of California Bodega Marine Laboratory

Héctor Reyes-Bonilla
originator
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur

Kyle C. Neumann
originator
University of California

Edwin D. Grosholz
originator
University of California Bodega Marine Laboratory

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