Laughing Bird Caye National Park management plan 2011 - 2016: a component of Belize's world heritage site: Fishes Checklist

Eileen Alicea

doi:10.25607/59lxtd

Laughing Bird Caye National Park management plan 2011 - 2016: a component of Belize's world heritage site: Fishes Checklist

Citation

Alicea E, Earl C (2023). Laughing Bird Caye National Park management plan 2011 - 2016: a component of Belize's world heritage site: Fishes Checklist. Version 2.1. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/59lxtd accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-09.

Description

Of the over 230 species included in the current species list, three are considered to be Critically Endangered or Endangered at global scale, including the critically endangered goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara), endangered Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) and the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini). All three of these species have been, and continue to be, impacted by commercial fisheries.

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 iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Fishes

Agnatha
rank: Superclass
Chondrichthyes
rank: unranked
Osteichthyes
rank: unranked

Geographic Coverages

Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Bibliographic Citations

Alicea, Eileen (2010). Laughing Bird Caye National Park management plan 2011 - 2016 : a component of Belize's world heritage site. -

Contacts

Eileen Alicea
originator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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