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Tonga reef fish survey data 2016-2018

Citation

Smallhorn-West P, Stone K, Ceccarelli D (2022): Tonga reef fish survey data 2016-2018. v1.0. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Dataset/Occurrence. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=tongareefsurvey2016&v=1.0 https://doi.org/10.15468/m99g65 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-28.

Description

This data represents coral reef ecological surveys conducted in the Kingdom of Tonga from 2016-2018. 375 sites were surveyed across the Tongatapu, Ha'apai and Vava'u island groups by Patrick Smallhorn-West, Dr. Daniela Ceccarelli and Karen Stone. All surveys were conducted on SCUBA.

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Tonga

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Smallhorn-West, Patrick F; Stone, Karen; Ceccarelli, Daniela (2020): Tonga Reef survey data 2016-2018, link to xlsx files. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.917680, In: Smallhorn-West, Patrick F; Ceccarelli, Daniela; Stone, Karen (2020): Benthic and reef fish surveys from the Kingdom of Tonga in 2016-2018 (375 sites). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.917698 - https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.917680
  2. Smallhorn-West P., Sheehan J., Rodriguez-Troncoso A., Malimali S., Halafihi T., Mailau S., Le’ota A., Ceccarelli D., Stone K., Pressey B., Jones G. (2020) Kingdom of Tonga Special Management Area report 2020. 86 p - https://spccfpstore1.blob.core.windows.net/digitallibrary-docs/files/18/1805dd20b9d4a946878e6ec9b1268feb.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=A5DCh7JTI%2FbvjEA47Y9ZDiDg5TH%2F1uj04e6DLhBF3s8%3D&se=2022-12-06T04%3A52%3A16Z&sp=r&rscc=public%2C%20max-age%3D864000%2C%20max-stale%3D86400&rsct=application%2Fpdf&rscd=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22Smallhorn_West_20_Tonga_SMA_Report_2020.pdf%22

Contacts

Patrick Smallhorn-West
originator
position: Researcher
Marine Biology and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University
1 James Cook dr, Townsville, QLD, Australia
Townsville
Queensland
AU
Karen Stone
originator
position: Researcher
Vava’u Environmental Protection Agency
Neiafu
Vava'u
TO
Daniela Ceccarelli
originator
position: Researcher
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
Townsville
Queensland
AU
Patrick Smallhorn-West
metadata author
position: Author
Marine Biology and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University
1 James Cook dr, Townsville, QLD, Australia
Townsville
Queensland
AU
Patrick Smallhorn-West
administrative point of contact
position: Author
Marine Biology and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University
1 James Cook dr, Townsville, QLD, Australia
Townsville
Queensland
AU
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