Description
Since 2001, DiversityIndia has been a bustling online community for citizen scientists in India. Since 2008, they have coordinated diverse taxa-based diversity documentation in India in partnership with Nature Mates. The Sundarbans, one of the world's most elusive habitats, hosted a multi-taxon meet for the first time. The Indian Sundarban is a tidal influence zone where the tide has a significant impact on the local wildlife. In addition to the estuarine crocodile and a wide variety of other fauna, this is the only area where it is possible to see Bengal Tigers in the wild. The ecosystem is unique because it supports mangroves, plants with an alternate root system. This forest's floral inhabitants not only give it a distinctive appearance, but also one of the most exquisite habitats on earth. The Indian Sundarbans are connected to their counterpart in Bangladesh, making them together the world's largest mangrove environment. On the morning of April 16, 2022, the 33-person crew (including local camp staffs) convened on Bali Island, one of the inhabited islands of the Indian Sundarbans. Following a formal introduction, the group broke out into smaller groups of like-minded taxonomic enthusiasts and began recording each one using location, time, and date data. Those that were not immediately recognised in the field were later recognised from photographs taken there with the assistance of numerous experts in diverse taxa. The third day was devoted to collecting information about the agricultural fields that were dispersed around the hamlet on Bali Island and documenting the many forms of biodiversity that were seen. Like the team did on the first day, data were gathered as they were needed. The majority of the plant data were gathered on this day, encompassing the mangrove plants in the intertidal zones scattered around the village's periphery. The following day (2022-04-18), the entire team used a patrol boat to go out into the forest and spend the entire day visiting a few Forest Camps. Additionally, data were collected while the camp was in transit, between locations, and until our camp returned to Bali Island. The current data set, which is a first-of-its-kind data set from the Indian Sundarbans covering so many diverse taxon, is the outcome of the work done during the aforementioned field trip.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 573 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Basu Roy R, Raha A, Mazumdar A, Agarwal A, Roychaudhury D, Das N, Barman N, Sengupta N, Dawn P, Chowdhury P, Baidya S, Sinha S, Sarkar S, Biswas S, Vattakaven T, Basu Roy A, Barve V (2022): First DiversityIndia Meet (2022) held at Sundarbans, West Bengal, India. v1.2. Nature Mates-Nature Club. Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=1stdiversityindiameet_2022&v=1.2
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Keywords
Occurrence; Observation
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Geographic Coverage
Bali Island, Dobanki Watchtower, Sajnekhali Watchtower, 24 Parganas South, West Bengal, India
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [21.872, 88.682], North East [22.149, 88.97] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Total 137 plantae and 436 animals from various taxa were observed during this study.
| Kingdom | Plantae, Animalia |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2022-04-16 / 2022-04-19 |
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Project Data
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| Title | First DiversityIndia Meet (2022) held at Sundarbans, West Bengal, India |
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| Identifier | BIFA6_029 |
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Sampling Methods
Random sampling
| Study Extent | Study were done in an around Bali Island, Dobanki Watchtower, Sajnekhali Watchtower and in transit between these places, during the pre-monsoon season. |
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Method step description:
- Observation, photography, field notes
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| Alternative Identifiers | a255c20a-10de-4bb7-8ba8-10ba413a9845 |
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| https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=1stdiversityindiameet_2022 |