Banc d'Arguin a Nursery for fish species
Citation
van Etten J, Earl C (2023). Banc d'Arguin a Nursery for fish species. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/7hpana accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
In the period from 27-01-2002 until 18-03-2002 126 samples, totalling an area of 6139.58 m2, on different substrates (Zostera, Tidal pool, Sand, Gully Zostera and Gully Cvmodocea) were collected with a Beam trawl in the Baie d'Aouatif, located in the Parc National du Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. This was done to test the hypothesis that the Banc d'Arguin has an ecological function as a nursery for juvenile fish. 347 individuals of 25 different species were caught, 2 of those species belonged to the class of Cephalopoda. Of the twenty-three fish species, those species belonging to the family of Gobiidae and the Sub-family Syngnathinae were the most common species.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
Banc d'Arguin National Park
Bibliographic Citations
- Etten, J.P.C van (2002) Bane d'Arguin a Nursery for fish species. Master's Thesis / Essay, Biology. - https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/9188
Contacts
J.P.C. van Ettenoriginator
Rijks Universiteit Groningen
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