cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25607/3x9ntc
title: UNESCO eDNA expedition in Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (Belize): April 2023

description: This dataset contains the eDNA data collected as a part of the UNESCO eDNA expeditions in Marine World Heritage Sites project in 2022-2024. The project was coordinated in collaboration with the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) of IOC-UNESCO and the marine programme of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, and funded by the government of Flanders (Kingdom of Belgium). The samples were collected with citizen science eDNA sampling kits, containing a syringe and a filter, and preserved with Longmire's buffer, before sequencing at a central laboratory. Five different biomarkers were analysed, including 12SMifish, Mimammal, Teleo, 16S-Vert and COI markers. The sequences were analysed with the PacMAN pipeline and quality controlled including a validation check by local scientists and site managers as well as compared to existing knowledge on species distributions in OBIS and GBIF. The full sampling protocols and materials are available on the project website (https://www.unesco.org/en/edna-training-materials?hub=66910), and the bioinformatics pipeline is on github (https://github.com/iobis/PacMAN-pipeline). The data can also be explored on the eDNA expeditions dashboard (https://dashboard.ednaexpeditions.org/).
DOI: 10.14284/24
title: Distribution of Harpacticoida in the Chernaya River estuary (White Sea)
DOI: 10.14284/454
title: Stable isotope ratios of C and N in benthic macrofauna from Mediterranean seagrass litter accumulations from Calvi Bay in 2011-2012

description: Measurements of trophic markers performed in benthic macrofauna sampled in seagrass litter accumulations from Calvi Bay (Corsica, France) in 2011-2012.
description: This dataset contains measurements of stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen made in 568 individual specimens of 19 different taxa of benthic macrofauna (Nemertea, Mollusca, Polychaeta, Crustacea, Actinopterygii). Samples were taken in submerged seagrass litter accumulations, seasonally in 2011-2012, and at two sites of Calvi Bay (Corsica, France). Analytical measurements were performed at University of Liège (Belgium)’s stable isotope facility (Laboratory of Oceanology, Stable Isotope in Environmental Sciences and Trophic Ecology workgroup, https://www.oceanobio.uliege.be/). More info about the studies and sample preparation can be found in the publications referenced below. The dataset consists of two files: one containing the data itself, and one describing all used terms (measurements or metadata, derived from Darwin Core standards, https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/).
DOI: 10.15472/ltzhrj
title: Código de barras genético y riqueza taxonómica de la herpetofauna del Parque Nacional Natural Sanquianga y el Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona, Colombia

description: En este trabajo, se recolectaron muestras de ADN de la herpetofauna de los PNNs Sanquianga y Gorgona para identificarlas y compararlas con las secuencias de especies registradas en bibliotecas de referencia. El Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular de Vertebrados Acuáticos (LMVA) de la Universidad de los Andes extrajo ADN de 61 muestras recolectadas en campo y obtuvo secuencias de tres marcadores moleculares mitocondriales: Citocromo Oxidasa I (COI), Citocromo b (CytB) y 16S. Se obtuvieron 177 pares de secuencias, de las cuales 110 mantuvieron una calidad entre regular y muy buena, y 67 se sugiere repetir porque hubo muy escasa amplificación.
description: Los resultados obtenidos en esta expedición demuestran la importancia de la aplicación de herramientas moleculares para la identificación precisa de la biodiversidad y el monitoreo de los ecosistemas. Este trabajo representa un aporte importante al conocimiento de la biodiversidad de anfibios y reptiles de los PNNs Sanquianga y Gorgona, y abre la posibilidad de continuar con investigaciones similares en otras regiones del país. En general, estos resultados pueden tener un impacto significativo en la toma de decisiones para la conservación y protección de la biodiversidad en el país.
DOI: 10.15472/p1dq8u
title: Biodiversidad del Phyllum Mollusca asociada a las plataformas de explotación de gas natural (Campo Chuchupa: La Guajira, Colombia)

description: Especímenes del Phyllum Mollusca, colectados durante el Macroproyecto "Biodiversidad asociada a las plataformas de gas. Complejo Chuchupa". El proyecto contó con dos estaciones: Estación 1 Plataforma A y Estación 2 Plataforma B. Por medio de colecta manual se obtuvieron un total de 158 especimenes.
DOI: 10.14284/193
title: Study of epibenthos and demersal fish in and around the aniline discharge area of the Belgian Continental Shelf (1982-1984)
DOI: 10.14284/215
title: Benthic algae of the pier of Zeebrugge (1977-1978)
DOI: 10.14284/272
title: Observations of Protohydra leuckarti within Europe and beyond
DOI: 10.14284/558
title: Circalittoral faunal turf occurrences on the Azores shelves (central north Atlantic) from 2005 to 2018

description: Circalittoral faunal turfs are animal-dominated shelf assemblages that are found on hard substrata between the lower limit of the infralittoral zone and the shelf edge. Benthic organisms generally form dense intricate mixes that may include tall alcyonarians, sponges, hydroids, scleractinians and gorgonians, as well as less prominent fauna such as encrusting sponges, bryozoans, ascidians, bivalves, solitary cup corals, serpulid worms and vermetid gastropods.
description: These assemblages make up an important part of two of the EC Habitats Directive Annex I habitats: i) ‘Reefs’ (1170) and ii) ‘Submerged or partly submerged sea caves’ (8830) containing deep aphotic enclaves. A variety of circalittoral faunal turfs have been observed on the Azores shelves but knowledge on their distribution and the assemblages they form is scarce. This dataset compiles circalittoral faunal turf occurrences from sublittoral surveys conducted across the Azores archipelago (NE Atlantic) between 2005 and 2018. Sampling concentrated on island shelf and margin settings and was conducted using various optical platforms: (i) two small remote operated vehicles (a VideoRay Explorer micro-ROV and a SeaBotix LBV300S-6 mini-ROV); (ii) two custom-made underwater drop-down video frames carrying Tritech MD4000, GoPro Hero3+ or GitUp Git 2 cameras. A literature-based record made with a manned submersible is included for the sake of completion. The compilation comprises 548 occurrences (200 presences and 348 absences) identified at depths ranging between 24 m and 307 m. "Acknowledgements: To the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology for grants and individual contracts awarded to Fernando Tempera (refs: SFRH/BD/12885/2003, SFRH/BPD/79801/2011) and P. Afonso (IF/01640/2015) and funding of Okeanos Strategic Program. To projects CoralFish (EC-FP7ENV/2007/1/213144), CORAZON (FCT/PTDC/MAR/72169/2006), PLATMAR (FCT/PTDC/GEO-GEO/0051/2014) and Mission Atlantic (EC H2020-LC-BG-08-2018) for funding surveys throughout the archipelago and work by F. Tempera and J.N. Gomes Pereira. To the Azores Regional Government for funding the projects MoniZec, BALA, MoniZec-ARP and MONICO via the Regional Foundation for Science & Technology (DRCT/FRCT) and the Regional Directorate for Maritime Affairs (DRAM). To the Azores Regional Government for funding a Estagiar-L grant awarded to A.L. Sinde-Mano. To the Oceano Azul Foundation and the Waitt Foundation for funding the Blue Azores 2018 expedition. To the University of St. Andrews (Scotland) and Richard Bates for providing the Tritech camera used in the 2005 survey. To Renato Martins (IMAR-DOP/UAz) for the mini-ROV SP operation and troubleshooting. To the crews of the vessels R/L Águas Vivas, R/V Arquipélago and Nossa Senhora dos Milagres for all the hard work at sea. To Ricardo Serrão Santos and Frederico Cardigos for their general support and organisation of the early BANCOS expeditions promoted by IMAR/DOP-UAç."
DOI: 10.25607/eb8n3q
title: UNESCO eDNA expedition in Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves (Brazil): November 2022

description: This dataset contains the eDNA data collected as a part of the UNESCO eDNA expeditions in Marine World Heritage Sites project in 2022-2024. The project was coordinated in collaboration with the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) of IOC-UNESCO and the marine programme of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, and funded by the government of Flanders (Kingdom of Belgium). The samples were collected with citizen science eDNA sampling kits, containing a syringe and a filter, and preserved with Longmire's buffer, before sequencing at a central laboratory. Five different biomarkers were analysed, including 12SMifish, Mimammal, Teleo, 16S-Vert and COI markers. The sequences were analysed with the PacMAN pipeline and quality controlled including a validation check by local scientists and site managers as well as compared to existing knowledge on species distributions in OBIS and GBIF. The full sampling protocols and materials are available on the project website (https://www.unesco.org/en/edna-training-materials?hub=66910), and the bioinformatics pipeline is on github (https://github.com/iobis/PacMAN-pipeline). The data can also be explored on the eDNA expeditions dashboard (https://dashboard.ednaexpeditions.org/).
DOI: 10.6092/f8dde52c-cb1f-4e27-908f-c04d43c4e859
title: Mesozooplankton South Adriatic-PRISMA1-Flussi Project

description: Mesozoooplankton abundance and composition were determined in the South Adriatic Sea in the framework of the Italian National Research Project PRISMA1-Flussi Project (1995-1996).
description: Zooplankton are collected by vertical hauls from 50 m to the surface using a WP2 net with 200 µm mesh, 56 cm diameter in stations deeper than 50 m and from 1 m above bottom to the surface in shallow stations. Samples were fixed with Ca(HCO3)2-buffered formaldehyde (2-4% final concentration) for determination of species abundance and composition. Individuals were sorted and counted under binocular microscope.
description: DwC-A file
DOI: 10.26071/ogsl-e234a1a5-e21e
title: Caractérisation du banc de laminaires de la Batture-aux-Alouettes, Baie-Sainte-Catherine, Québec
title: Characterization of the Batture-aux-Alouettes kelp bed, Baie-Sainte-Catherine, Quebec

description: Ce projet visait à caractériser le banc de laminaires de la Batture-aux-Alouettes, une source de nourriture de prédilection pour l’oursin vert (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) qui est pêché commercialement au Québec. Ce jeu de données présente une évaluation de l’abondance et de la biomasse du banc de laminaires de la Batture-aux-Alouettes récolté à l’aide de quadrats sur une caméra déposée et en plongée sous-marine. Ce projet a été financé par le Programme sur les données environnementales côtières de référence dans le cadre du Plan de protection des océans (PPO). Cette initiative vise l’acquisition de données environnementales de référence contribuant à la caractérisation d’importantes zones côtières ainsi qu’à favoriser les évaluations et les décisions de gestion fondées sur les données probantes, tout en préservant les écosystèmes marins. Ce projet fait partie du Programme sur les données environnementales côtières de référence de Pêches et Océan Canada.
description: This project aimed to characterize the kelp bed of the Batture-aux-Alouettes, a preferred food source for the green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) which is fished commercially in Quebec. This dataset presents an assessment of the abundance and biomass of the kelp bed of the Batture-aux-Alouettes collected using quadrats on a drop camera and underwater diving. This project was funded by DFO Coastal Environmental Baseline Program under Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan (OPP). This initiative aims to acquire environmental baseline data contributing to the characterization of important coastal areas and to support evidence-based assessments and management decisions, while preserving marine ecosystems. This project is part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program Initiative under the Oceans Protection Plan of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
DOI: 10.14284/145
title: Summary of benthos at Gazi Bay, Kenya (EC-project 1989-1992)
DOI: 10.14284/27
title: Harpacticoida from a seasonal field survey in the White Sea
DOI: 10.14284/481
title: Plankton community in WP2 net (200µm), PNMIR cruises, Parc Naturel Marin d'Iroise, France

description: The PNMIR cruises sample zooplankton (and other variables) regularly within the Marine Protected Area "Parc Naturel Marin d’Iroise", under the supervision of the Office Français de la Biodiversité. This monitoring is part of the general assessment of this Marine Protected Area and is to be linked with the small pelagic fish stock in the region. This dataset comes from collection with a WP2 net and therefore covers organisms from 200µm to ~2cm
description: WP2 net (200μm mesh) hauled vertically from 5m above the bottom to the surface. Sample preserved in 4% buffered formalin and stored over the long term at the Centre de Collections Planctoniques de Villefranche (CCPv). Sample scanned on a ZooScan, images processed with ZooProcess and sorted taxonomically on EcoTaxa, within the Plateforme d'Imagerie Quantitative de Villefranche (PIQv). The PIQv and CCPv platforms are part of EMBRC-France, a national Research Infrastructure supported by ANR, under the reference ANR-10-INSB-02
DOI: 10.14284/8
title: Observations of three Idotea species (I. balthica, I. chelipes and I. granulosa) in Northern Europe, including the Baltic Sea - field data
DOI: 10.25607/4dwy89
title: ?valuation des services ?cosyst?miques du Banc d?Arguin, Mauritanie: Fishes Checklist

description: Jager (1993) et van Etten (2003) ont ?chantillonn?, ? l?aide d?un chalut de fond d?une largeur de 2 m, les juv?niles de poissons et quelques c?phalopodes dans le PNBA. Jager (1993) a ?chantillonn? 50 sites subtidaux sur l?ensemble du PNBA, tandis que van Etten (2003) a ?chantillonn? 37 stations dans la baie d?Aouatif, sur deux vasi?res intertidales appel?es Arie et Francesc. Les coordonn?es g?ographiques de Jager (1993) ont ?t? extraites en utilisant le logiciel WebPotDigitizer v4.1 (http://arohatgi.info/WebPlotDigitizer/). Dans le rapport de van Etten (2003), l?int?gralit? des donn?es brutes est indiqu?e en annexe. Ces donn?es ont permis d?analyser les abondances de chaque esp?ce par habitat : herbiers de cymodoc?e, herbiers de zost?re, flaques intertidales et vasi?res.
DOI: 10.25607/ow4wgq
title: UNESCO eDNA expedition in Banc d'Arguin National Park (Mauritania): May 2023

description: This dataset contains the eDNA data collected as a part of the UNESCO eDNA expeditions in Marine World Heritage Sites project in 2022-2024. The project was coordinated in collaboration with the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) of IOC-UNESCO and the marine programme of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, and funded by the government of Flanders (Kingdom of Belgium). The samples were collected with citizen science eDNA sampling kits, containing a syringe and a filter, and preserved with Longmire's buffer, before sequencing at a central laboratory. Five different biomarkers were analysed, including 12SMifish, Mimammal, Teleo, 16S-Vert and COI markers. The sequences were analysed with the PacMAN pipeline and quality controlled including a validation check by local scientists and site managers as well as compared to existing knowledge on species distributions in OBIS and GBIF. The full sampling protocols and materials are available on the project website (https://www.unesco.org/en/edna-training-materials?hub=66910), and the bioinformatics pipeline is on github (https://github.com/iobis/PacMAN-pipeline). The data can also be explored on the eDNA expeditions dashboard (https://dashboard.ednaexpeditions.org/).
DOI: 10.25607/fjqpei
title: Northeast BR Mangrove

description: Western South Atlantic mangrove ecosystems of Brazil, roughly 85% of 7,367 km coastline covering 16 States, on her Northeast area.
DOI: 10.25607/w4dalx
title: Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park: the first comprehensive elasmobranch assessment reveals global hotspot for reef sharks: Fishes Checklist

description: A total of 113 BRUV surveys were completed throughout 2015 and 2016. The BRUV surveys documented a CMaxN of 237 elasmobranchs from 14 species and one unidentified Carcharhinid. The overall CPUE from both years was 2.09 (Table 1), with at least one elasmobranch encounter occurring in 92.03% (n = 104) of surveys. Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, the most abundant species, with a CMaxN of 103, occurred in 54.87% of surveys, recording an overall CPUE of 0.91 (x = 0.91 +- 1.64 SD). Triaenodon obesus were also abundant, with a CMaxN of 98, and were present in 71.68% of surveys with an overall CPUE of 0.87 (x = 0.87 +- 0.84 SD). Other shark species observed during two years of sampling were, in order of decreasing CMaxN, tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier (CMaxN = 8), blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus (8), scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini (7), tawny nurse shark Nebrius ferrugineus (2), thresher shark Alopias sp. (2), silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis (1), silvertip shark Carcharhinus albimarginatus (1), and whale shark Rhincodon typus (1). Batoid species observed were spotted eagle ray Aetobatus spp. (2), round ribbontail ray Taeinurops meyeni (1), bluespotted ribbontail ray Taeniura lymma (1), and a manta ray Mobula sp. (1). There was no significant difference between years in CPUE of C. amblyrhynchos in shallow habitats (PERMANOVA, p = 0.297, Pseudo-F = 1.139) and deep habitats (p = 0.48, Pseudo-F = 0.607). Similarly, no significant difference in the abundance of T. obesus; abundance was evident between years in shallow (p = 0.19, Pseudo-F = 2.122) and deep habitats (p = 0.171, Pesudo-F 2.28).
DOI: 10.14284/142
title: Concentrations of phytoplankton, chlorophyll, POC, dry weight measurements and abiotic data in the surface water of Gazi creek (Kenya) sampled in August 1989
DOI: 10.14284/251
title: Echiura distribution data from: Deep-sea fauna of European seas - an annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe
DOI: 10.14284/279
title: Deep-sea meiobenthos at Calvi (Corsica) sampled in September 1982
DOI: 10.15472/gdblef
title: Evaluación bioecológica y ambiental de las áreas arrecifales del Caribe colombiano

description: Este proyecto fue concebido y diseñado primordialmente con el ánimo de llenar los vacios de información básica general sobre las caracteristicas fisiográficas, ecológicas y ambientales de las áreas con areecifes coralinos existentes en el Caribe colombiano. El proyecto abarca desde la caracterización geomorfológica y ecológica general de cada una de las áreas estudiadas, pasando por aspectos más específicos como las comunidades bióticas denominadas clave (macrolagas, peces, esponjas, corales, octocorales), hasta la evaluación de salud coralina y otros signos de deterioro ambiental. Las áreas geográficas estudiadas corresponden a las catalogadas como prioritarias en cuanto a necesidades de información en un Taller sobre Investigación y Manejo de Arrecifes Coralinos realizado en 1991 en Santa Marta.
DOI: 10.25607/edzdnx
title: Habitats and fish communities at mesophotic depths in the Mexican Pacific

description: Mesophotic ecosystems, found at the limit of light penetration in the ocean, are rich in biodiversity and harbour unique ecological communities. However, they remain among the least studied habitat zones on earth due to the high costs and technological limitations. Here, we characterize mesophotic communities in two marine reserves across a range of habitat types, depths and temperatures using submersible technologies, with the goal of understanding the processes that structure these communities across biogeographical regions.
DOI: 10.25607/pee8qj
title: Camera Surveys of the Subtidal Flora of Nova Scotia and Southwest New Brunswick 2022-2023

description: To assess the current distribution of kelp beds and other macroalgae in Nova Scotia and Southwest New Brunswick, subtidal drop camera surveys were performed from 2022-2023 at 140 sites. For each site, a GoPro HERO 10 camera was towed along a deep (7-12m) and shallow (3-5m) depth contour until 20 images were acquired per depth. Where possible, species were identified from photos, with particular care given to kelps (defined here as orders Laminariales and Tilopteridales) and fucoids (order Fucales). Crust-forming algae was not counted. Percent cover was calculated using a 10x10 point grid overlaid on each image and recording the dominant cover type at each point. The depth (in meters) of each photo after correcting for tide height ranged from ~0.5m to ~12m. Depths were corrected to chart datum (lowest astronomical tide) using tide predictions from the nearest tide station, taken from tides.gc.ca. Sampling was performed between July and October.
DOI: 10.15472/6rlpsk
title: Monitoreo de arrecifes coralinos en el cayo Bolívar año 2022, Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina

description: Este recurso consta de 153 registros biológicos provenientes de la implementación de un monitoreo arrecifal, realizado en el año 2022, donde se evaluaron 27 sitios y desarrollaron foto-transectos en un rango de 200m-1km de largo, capturando grandes extensiones arrecifales y de hábitats marinos. La priorización de los sitios se dio en base a los siguientes criterios: a) zonas principalmente catalogadas como clase coral-alga, b) dentro de zonas con la capas bleaching (2021), c) capa batimetría, sitios no más de 10m, d) logística, e) los transectos de 500 m deben atravesar diferentes unidades de la clasificación supervisada de la UPB.
description: Se generó una base de datos organizada por sitio, que incluyó las imágenes de foto cuadrantes, y su georreferenciación. Se evaluaron 2938 imágenes con el software Reef Cloud, sobre cada imagen se identificó la cobertura en 10 puntos aleatorios.
DOI: 10.15472/h3uxrl
title: Observaciones de Crustáceos de la Universidad del Valle (CERBMcr-UV)

description: El presente conjunto de datos corresponde a la observaciones de crustáceos asociados a la Colección de Referencia de Biología Marina de la Universidad del Valle. En esta publicación se incluyen las observaciones (sin espécimen preservado) que estaban incluidas dentro de la publicación de la colección biológica. Contiene 675 registros correspondientes a 15 especies de crustáceos, principalmente marinos. La mayoría de los especímenes registrados pertenecen a la región del Pacífico colombiano.
DOI: 10.17031/6582ce51d1b39
title: 2015 David Fenwick Challaborough Devon Ad-hoc sightings and kelp holdfast washing records

description: A collection of species obtained by washing kelp holdfasts.  The purpose of this survey was to search for species not recorded before.