Aquatic biodiversity records at The University of the South Pacific
Citation
Brown K, Hughes P, Rafai Z, Sorby W, Waqairoba A (2023). Aquatic biodiversity records at The University of the South Pacific. Version 1.4. The University of the South Pacific. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/w8jpdj accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
This dataset contains occurrence records for specimens held by the Marine Collection, an aquatic natural history collection, at The University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji.
A large component of records are from Fiji, however, there are records from different South Pacific island countries. Marine biodiversity collections and recording started in the late 1960s and continues to the present day. Freshwater records started in the 2000s and this database grows annually.
Records before the year 2000 do not have GPS coordinates, however, locality descriptions are provided. A future georeferencing project is planned to address this.
Data mobilisation is supported by the BID Pacific project "Mobilizing biodiversity data from natural history collections in Fiji" (BID-PA-2020-006-NAC), and the British Academy funded Youth Futures project "(Re)Defining Culture: Engaging urban Fijian youth in sustainable employment opportunities in the cultural heritage sector (YF\190078).
This dataset will be updated regularly.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Arthropodarank: phylum
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Chordatarank: phylum
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Cnidariarank: phylum
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Molluscarank: phylum
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Platyhelminthesrank: phylum
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Poriferarank: phylum
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Foraminiferarank: phylum
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Echinodermatarank: phylum
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Annelidarank: phylum
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Sipuncula
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Kelly Brownoriginator
position: Curator - USP Marine Collection
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: kelly.brown@usp.ac.fj
homepage: https://www.usp.ac.fj/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7233-0795
Peter Hughes
originator
position: Project Intern
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: hughespeter999@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.usp.ac.fj/
Zelda Rafai
originator
position: Project Intern
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: zeldarafai@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.usp.ac.fj/
Wai-Makare Sorby
originator
position: Project Intern
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: makaresorby.fj@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.usp.ac.fj/
Abraham Waqairoba
originator
position: Project Intern
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: awaqairoba1998@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.usp.ac.fj/
Kelly Brown
metadata author
email: kelly.brown@usp.ac.fj
Kelly Brown
curator
position: Curator - USP Marine Collection
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: kelly.brown@usp.ac.fj
homepage: https://www.usp.ac.fj/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7233-0795
Ainsof So'o
programmer
position: Systems Developer and Analyst
SPREP
Apia
WS
email: ainsofs@sprep.org
homepage: https://www.sprep.org
Kelly Brown
administrative point of contact
position: Curator - USP Marine Collection
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: kelly.brown@usp.ac.fj
homepage: https://www.usp.ac.fj/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7233-0795