Description
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.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event 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 29 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
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
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Caribbean Coastal Data Centre, Centre for Marine Sciences. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: c0d54145-f7de-49e0-979f-6139b97977ad. Caribbean Coastal Data Centre, Centre for Marine Sciences publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; Jamaica; Caribbean; Baseline; Mangrove; Forest; Sampling event
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Geographic Coverage
Surveys occurred within mangrove forests in selected parishes across Jamaica (Kingston, St. Elizabeth, St. James, Trelawny, St. Ann and Portland)
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [17.681, -78.437], North East [18.677, -76.141] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Plants were identified to species level.
| Species | Rhizophora mangle (Red mangrove), Avicennia germinans (Black mangrove), Laguncularia racemosa (White mangrove), Cocoloba uvifera (Sea grape) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 2011-2014 |
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Project Data
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.
| Title | UWI/EFJ- Baseline Surveys of vulnerable and impacted mangrove forest areas around Jamaica 2011 – 2014 |
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| Identifier | BID-CA2016-0004-SMA Capacity Building for Biodiversity Data Sharing Through the Caribbean Coastal Data Centre, Jamaica |
| Funding | 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. |
| Study Area Description | 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. |
| Design Description | 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. |
The personnel involved in the project:
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Sampling Methods
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.
| Study Extent | 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. |
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Method step description:
- 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.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | c0d54145-f7de-49e0-979f-6139b97977ad |
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| https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=efj_baseline_surveys_mangroves |