Marine macroalgae species from Hispaniola

Liliana Betancourt Fernandez; Alejandro Herrera-Moreno

doi:10.15468/8pys84

Marine macroalgae species from Hispaniola

Citation

Betancourt Fernandez L, Herrera-Moreno A (2022): Marine macroalgae species from Hispaniola. v1.3. Programa EcoMar, Inc.. Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/lac/resource?r=proecomar_hispabiota_macroalgae_1&v=1.3 https://doi.org/10.15468/8pys84 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

New records of benthic marine macroalgal species from Dominican Republic and Haiti (Hispaniola Island) based in a review of scientific literature from 1924 to 2001 and the collection of the National Herbarium of the Botanical Garden of Santo Domingo (HNJBSD).

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The data are representative of the early benthic macroalgae studies in Dominican Republic (1920 decade) and those carried out in the 1990 decade where several projects were implemented by national and international institutions. The sampling area encompass the boundaries for Dominican Republic and Haiti define by the combination of their exclusive economic zones (EEZ), the marine areas of the International Hydrographic Organization and the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans of UNESCO. Shapefiles were downloaded from the Flanders Marine Institute Website (http://www.marineregions.org/. https://doi.org/10.14284/324) to create a work map.

Sampling

A search and review of taxonomic, biological, ecological, biogeographical or genetic studies in the Atlantic and Caribbean region of benthic macroalgae species for Haiti and the Dominican Republic within the established limits, was carried out. The taxonomic arrangement of the list of species, as well as the updating of scientific names follow the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) and the last revision of benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic (Wynne, 2022). For those records lacking geographic coordinates, but with information on localities and depths, the best practices of georeferencing biological collections were applied to assign coordinates with the support of thematic maps (administrative limits or inland water bodies), topographic sheets, nautical charts and digital bathymetric models, available in the Programa EcoMar GIS database. For coordinates conversion and mapping over the created work map, a combination of tools, was used: Google Earth, Golden Surfer and Mapinfo.

Quality Control

The project is being implemented by specialists with practice in literature search and connected with a network of specialists in macroalgae (Marine Macroalgae of Latin-America and the Caribbean Group) for scientific exchange, with experience in the mobilization of biodiversity data and GIS management. The taxonomic arrangement of the list of species, as well as the updating of scientific names follow the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS). The AphiaID were included as unique identifier. All coordinates were mapped to check its geographic accuracy. The best GBIF practices were follow during the whole process.

Method steps

1. Relevant literature identification All taxonomic, biological, ecological, biogeographical or genetic studies in the Atlantic and Caribbean region found in the literature review, with valid reports of macroalgae species for Haiti and the Dominican Republic within the geographic established limits, were included. 2. Secure institutional agreements. When it was necessary, alerts were sent to the institutions of the literature identified as relevant to build the database about Programa EcoMar plan to publish on behalf of them. Only data with positive responses were included. 3. Data capture. Digitalization of all data for occurrences in DwC matrix with a total of 40 fields. 4. Data management Assessment of general dataset quality and use of GBIF data validator services. 5. Data publishing Create a new resource in the GBIF IPT after completing all the sections to publish and register.

Taxonomic Coverages

Benthic marine macroalgae species

Plantae
rank: kingdom
Chromista
rank: kingdom

Benthic marine macroalgae species

Chlorophyta
rank: phylum
Rhodophyta
rank: phylum
Ochrophyta
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Exclusive Economic Zones of Dominican Republic and Haiti

Bibliographic Citations

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Almodóvar, L. R. and Bonnelly de Calventi, I. (1977). Notas sobre las algas marinas bentónicas macroscópicas de la República Dominicana. In: Conservación y Ecodesarrollo, Centro de Investigaciones de Biología Marina (CIBIMA), Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Editora Alfa y Omega, pp. 379–395. -
Børgesen, F. (1924). Marine algae. Pp. 13-35. En: Ostenfeld, C. H., Botanical results of the Dana-Expedition, 1. Plants from Beata Island, St. Domingo, collected by C. H. Ostenfeld. Dansk Bot. Arkiv, 3(6): 1-36. -
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Contacts

Liliana Betancourt Fernandez
originator
position: Researcher
Programa EcoMar, Inc.
DO
Telephone: 1-809-763-9905
email: lilianabetancourt@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.programaecomar.com/

Alejandro Herrera-Moreno
originator
position: Researcher
Programa EcoMar, Inc.
DO
Telephone: 1-829-522-9905
email: alejandroherreramoreno.do@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.programaecomar.com/

Liliana Betancourt Fernandez
metadata author
position: Researcher
Programa EcoMar, Inc.
10114
DO
Telephone: 1-809-532-9905
email: proecomar@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.programaecomar.com/

Alejandro Herrera-Moreno
metadata author
position: Researcher
Programa EcoMar, Inc.
10114
DO
Telephone: 1-829-522-9905
email: proecomar@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.programaecomar.com/

Liliana Betancourt Fernandez
metadata author
position: Researcher
Programa EcoMar, Inc.
10114
DO
Telephone: 1-809-532-9905
email: proecomar@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.programaecomar.com/

Alejandro Herrera-Moreno
metadata author
position: Researcher
Programa EcoMar, Inc.
10114
DO
Telephone: 1-829-522-9905
email: proecomar@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.programaecomar.com/

Liliana Betancourt Fernandez
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Programa EcoMar, Inc.
10114
DO
Telephone: 1-809-532-9905
email: proecomar@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.programaecomar.com/

Alejandro Herrera-Moreno
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Programa EcoMar, Inc.
DO
Telephone: 1-829-522-9905
email: proecomar@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.programaecomar.com/