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 2024-08-31.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 iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Fishes
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Agnatharank: Superclass
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Chondrichthyesrank: unranked
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Osteichthyesrank: 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. Hollarsmithoriginator
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