bmhscoralcollection

Zuwena Perry1

1 Barbados Museum and Historical Society, St. Ann's Garrison, BB14038, Bridgetown, Barbados

Corresponding author(s): Zuwena Perry (projectassistant@barbmuse.org.bb)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Perry Z (2018): bmhscoralcollection. v1.1. The Barbados Museum and Historical Society. Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=bmhscoralcollection&v=1.1

Abstract

This data set outlines the coral collection of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society

Keywords: Occurrence, coral, Barbados

Project details

Project title: Improving Biodiversity data accessibility in the Caribbean countries of Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and Suriname
Personnel: Zuwena Perry, Kerron Hamblin
Funding: This project is possible through funding from a grant from GBIF
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The study area for this project comprises of the various collections housed at the Barbados Museum & Historical Society (BMHS).
Design description: The motivation for the BMHS is to digitize their natural history collection for preservation and record purposes

Data published through GBIF: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=bmhscoralcollection

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: All specimens were identified to family or speices, using various resources to verify the taxonomic data
Taxonomic ranks
Genus: Diodogorgia, Pseudoplexaura, Pseudopterogorgia, Gorgonia, Acropora, Porites, Dendrogyra, Colpophyllia, Dipolaria, Monastrea, Eusmilia, Mussa

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The Barbados Museum and Historical Society resides within the UNESCO World Heritage site of Bridgetown and its Garrison in Barbados. It has been a museum since 1933.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 34°53'9.35''N Latitude; 149°3'45''W and 149°3'45''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 1937 - 2001

Natural collections description

Collection name: BMHS Coral Collection
Specimen preservation method: Mounted
Curatorial unit: Between 1 and 5 (boxes)

Methods

Method step description: Each specimen should have an ownership record when donated to the Museum. After being received the specimens are stored,researched for classification, measured and photographed; in order to be added to the data set for publication.
Study extent description: The extent of the study is confined to the collections which have already been donated to the museum since its conception in 1933
Sampling description: For the BMHS, there is no field sampling, as specimens are donated to the museum from various sources. Unfortunately, not every specimen donated is given a proper sampling record by the donor upon receipt

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive bmhscoralcollection
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/archive.do?r=bmhscoralcollection
Publication date of data: 2018-04-20
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-04-20
Hierarchy level: Dataset