sarce_rockyshores

EDUARDO KLEIN

doi:10.15468/1rdkla

sarce_rockyshores

Citation

Miloslavich P, JJ Cruz, et al (in preparation) Building a marine biodiversity observation network: an example from South America. https://doi.org/10.15468/1rdkla accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

The South American Research Group on Coastal Ecosystems was established to assess marine diversity and biomass along both coasts of South America through an international collaboration. The main goals of SARCE are to: Test hypotheses about latitudinal gradients and patterns of local and regional biodiversity Identify the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Assess the effect of environmental gradients and anthropogenic stressors Carry out capacity building and training activities aimed to solve environmental problems for the benefit of society The SARCE network includes more than 30 researchers from 9 South American coastal countries and has sampled with a standardized protocol in more than 50 sites around the continent.

The SARCE network was established in 2010 in order to continue the legacy of the Census of Marine Life – NaGISA project in South America. NaGISA conducted a large scale survey of the nearshore using a standardized protocol having inventoried nearly 4000 species and providing more than 60,000 diversity and distribution records to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). NaGISA also built a network of nearshore researchers in 28 countries and included community members, students, and citizen scientists. NaGISA sampling revealed new large scale patterns in nearshore diversity for many taxa/community types, some of which challenged the existing paradigms on latitudinal marine biodiversity patterns, at least for the nearshore.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Rocky shores from South America

Sampling

The general objective is to propose a sampling protocol and design to answer these two questions: 1) Is there a biodiversity - ecosystem function ing relationship on rocky shores ? And if so, what are the effect of latitu dinal environmental gradients and anthropogenic stressors? Notes: 1) Standing b iomass will be used as a proxy for function ing . 2) Is B eta diversity similar across all regions and consequently latitudinal diversity patterns are driven by alpha diversity or by regional diversity (i.e. differences in speciation/extinction rates or historical factors) ?

Method steps

The methods manual is in the IODE Ocean Best Practices repository http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-5 and in http://sarce.cbm.usb.ve/wp-content/uploads/SARCE-protocol-2012.pdf

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

all macroscopic organisms from rocky shore platforms

Actinopterygii
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Anthozoa
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Ascidiacea
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Asteroidea
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Bacillariophyceae
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Bangiophyceae
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Bivalvia
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Bryopsidophyceae
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Compsopogonophyceae
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Crinoidea
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Cyanophyceae
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Demospongiae
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Echinoidea
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Florideophyceae
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Gastropoda
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Gymnolaemata
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Hexanauplia
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Holothuroidea
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Hydrozoa
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Magnoliopsida
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Malacostraca
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Ophiuroidea
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Phaeophyceae
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Polychaeta
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Polyplacophora
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Trebouxiophyceae
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Ulvophyceae
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Geographic Coverages

This study is aimed to be carried out in most countries of the entire South American continent. As of today, scientists from Colombia (Pacific coast), Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador and Chile have agreed to participate in this project

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

EDUARDO KLEIN
originator
position: CO-PI
UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR
CARACAS
1080
MIRANDA
VE
email: eklein@usb.ve

PATRICIA MILOSLAVICH
metadata author
position: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
UNICERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR
DEP ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES
CARACAS
1080
MIRANDA
VE
email: pmilos@usb.ve

Gabriela Palomo
principal investigator
position: Co-PI
National Museum of Natural History of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
AR
email: eklein@usb.ve

Gregorio Bigatti
principal investigator
CENPAT
Pto Madryn
AR

Jorge Gutiérrez
principal investigator
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
Mar del Palta
AR

Augusto Flores
principal investigator
State University of Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo
BR

Francine Pellizari
principal investigator
Paraná State university
BR

Francisco Barros
principal investigator
Universidade Federal de Bahia
BR

Jose Luiz Silva Nunes
principal investigator
Federal University of Maranhão
BR

Marcos Krull
processor
Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)
BR

Tito Lotufo
principal investigator
Universidade Federal do Ceará
BR

Rosana da Rocha
principal investigator
Universidade Federal do Paraná
BR

Camilo Mora
administrative point of contact
University of Hawaii
US

Edgardo Londoño-Cruz
principal investigator
Universidad del Valle
CO

Erasmo Macaya
principal investigator
Concepción University
CL

Roger Sepúlveda
principal investigator
Concepción University
CL

Sergio Navarrete
principal investigator
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
CL

Leonardo Romero
principal investigator
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Lima
PE

Judith Gobin
principal investigator
University of the West Indies,
TT

Alvar Carranza
principal investigator
Universidad de la República
UY

Alejandra Hernández
administrative point of contact
position: research assitant
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Caracas
VE

César Herrera
administrative point of contact
position: Research Assistant
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Caracas
VE

Edlin Guerra Castro
principal investigator
universidad de Oriente
Porlamar
VE

Marco Caputo
administrative point of contact
position: Resarch Assistant
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Caracas
VE

Eduardo Klein
principal investigator
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Caracas
1080
VE

Juan José Cruz-Motta
principal investigator
position: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Mayaguéz
MIRANDA
PR
email: juan.cruz13@upr.edu

PATRICIA MILOSLAVICH
administrative point of contact
position: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
UNICERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR
DEP ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES
CARACAS
1080
MIRANDA
VE
email: pmilos@usb.ve

JUAN JOSE CRUZ
administrative point of contact
position: CO-PI
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT MAYAGÜEZ
MAYAGÜEZ
PUERTO RICO
PR
email: juan.cruz13@upr.edu