c0d54145-f7de-49e0-979f-6139b97977ad https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=efj_baseline_surveys_mangroves UWI/EFJ- Baseline Surveys of vulnerable and impacted mangrove forest areas around Jamaica 2011 – 2014 Mona Webber The University of the West Indies-Centre for Marine Sciences Director
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Patina Rankine The University of the West Indies Student
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Amanda Chin The University of the West Indies Student
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Gina-Marie Maddix The University of the West Indies Student
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Aniff Spence The University of the West Indies Student
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Hugh Small The University of the West Indies-Port Royal Marine Laboratory Chief Scientific Officer
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Camilo Trench The University of the West Indies-Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory Chief Scientific Officer
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Patrice Francis The University of the West Indies-Centre for Marine Sciences Senior Scientific Officer
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Patrice Francis The University of the West Indies-Centre for Marine Sciences Senior Scientific Officer
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Marcia Creary Ford The University of the West Indies, Centre for Marine Sciences -Caribbean Coastal Data Centre marcia.creary@uwimona.edu.jm custodianSteward 2019-03-11 eng The dataset that is documented in this resource includes plant species found within vulnerable and impacted mangrove forest areas within selected parishes across Jamaica. Specific mangrove forest study areas were selected from Kingston,Portland, St. Ann, Trelawny, St. James and St. Elizabeth between 2011 and 2014.The project was designed to address the problem of the lack of baseline information and capacity for gathering such information on Jamaican mangroves forests, especially those associated with key conservation areas, like fish sanctuaries and vulnerable coastal areas. Occurrence Jamaica Caribbean Baseline Mangrove Forest Sampling event GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. Surveys occurred within mangrove forests in selected parishes across Jamaica (Kingston, St. Elizabeth, St. James, Trelawny, St. Ann and Portland) -78.437 -76.141 18.677 17.681 Plants were identified to species level. species Rhizophora mangle Red mangrove species Avicennia germinans Black mangrove species Laguncularia racemosa White mangrove species Cocoloba uvifera Sea grape unkown Patrice Francis The University of the West Indies-Centre for Marine Sciences Senior Scientific Officer
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Mangrove forest areas are identified using satellite technology. 5x5m wide belt transect are used to sample the forest. Vegetation characteristics such as tree type and numbers, height as well as diameter at breast height are noted. Forest survey data of mangrove species were collected in Jamaica from Port Royal Kingston; Manchioneal, Salt Creek, Errol Flynn Marina, Drapers & Dolphin Bay, Portland; Seville, Kaiser Lake and Pear Tree Bottom, St. Ann; West Falmouth, Trelawny; Bogue, St. James as well as Malcolm Bay, St. Elizabeth. Random belt transects (5 m wide and varying lengths depending on the forest) were demarked and 5 x 5 m ‘plots’ used as the sampling area from which vegetation characteristics were documented along the ‘belt’. In situ investigations of the forest area and contiguous near-shore waters were then conducted. A global positioning systems (GPS) was used for marking and recording the extent of the transects used in each forest. Forest survey data collection included tree types (and numbers), tree height as well as diameter at breast height (DBH) were noted. UWI/EFJ- Baseline Surveys of vulnerable and impacted mangrove forest areas around Jamaica 2011 – 2014 Mona Webber principalInvestigator Hugh Small principalInvestigator Patina Rankine originator Amanda Chin originator Gina-Marie Maddix originator Aniff Spence originator Camilo Trench originator Ricardo Robinson originator Paul Kisson originator Sharda Small originator The project was designed to address the problem of the lack of baseline information and capacity for gathering such information on Jamaican mangroves forests, especially those associated with key conservation areas, like fish sanctuaries and vulnerable coastal areas. Funding was made possible through an Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) project-94101987 and The University of the West Indies. The EU through GBIF/BID project (BID-CA2016-0004-SMA) provided funding for digitization and publishing of data. The project is located in vulnerable and impacted mangrove forest areas within selected parishes (Kingston, Portland, St. Ann, Trelawny, St. James & St. Elizabeth) across Jamaica. A desktop survey was first undertaken to determine the quality/quantity of any existing information on the coastal forests. This was followed by scoping exercises to determine the aerial extent and other features such as presence of freshwater (river/pond), as this would direct the approach and methodologies to be used in surveying the areas.
2018-06-04T11:01:15.426+02:00 dataset Webber M, Rankine P, Chin A, Maddix G, Spence A, Small H, Trench C, Francis P (2018): UWI/EFJ- Baseline Surveys of vulnerable and impacted mangrove forest areas around Jamaica 2011 – 2014. v1.4. Caribbean Coastal Data Centre, Centre for Marine Sciences. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=efj_baseline_surveys_mangroves&v=1.4 2011-2014 c0d54145-f7de-49e0-979f-6139b97977ad/v1.4.xml