Preliminary Report on Check Lists of Reef Fishes at Aldabra, December 2021
Citation
Downing N, Stobart B, Earl C (2023). Preliminary Report on Check Lists of Reef Fishes at Aldabra, December 2021. Version 2.1. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/fsbkww accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
From 9th to 12th December 2021 a series of dives were carried out on the outer reef of Aldabra along the north and west sides of the atoll. The purpose was to identify non-cryptic reef fish species between the approximate depths of 10m and 20m at a series of locations specified by Seychelles Island Foundation (SIF) researchers based at Aldabra.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
Aldabra Atoll
Bibliographic Citations
- Downing, Nigel & Stobart, Ben. (2021). Preliminary Report on Check Lists of Reef Fishes at Aldabra, December 2021. Aldabra Marine Programme - https://www.aldabra.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Report-on-December-2021-Aldabra-surveys.pdf
Contacts
Nigel Downingoriginator
Aldabra Marine Programme
Ben Stobart
originator
Aldabra Marine Programme
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