Institute of Marine Affairs Species Checklist

Checklist Derived from Occurrence
Latest version published by Institute of Marine Affairs on Aug 25, 2023 Institute of Marine Affairs
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August 25, 2023
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Description

The Institute of Marine Affairs Species Checklist data is derived from a collection of scientific manuscripts housed at the Institute. The manuscripts examined species distributions across Trinidad & Tobago's Exclusive Economic Zone during the years 1977-2002. The manuscripts were subsequently published by the Institute between 1978-2006.

Data Records

The data in this checklist 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 496 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.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

, (2022): Institute of Marine Affairs Species Checklist. v1.1. Institute of Marine Affairs. Dataset/Checklist. https://cloud.gbif.org/lac/resource?r=checklist_ima&v=1.1

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Institute of Marine Affairs. 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: 75657836-e8a1-4e9b-8219-aa34c3235f51.  Institute of Marine Affairs publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Checklist; Corals; Macroalgae; Sponges; Demospongiae; Anthozoa; Trinidad; Tobago; Trinidad and Tobago; Derivedfromoccurrence

Contacts

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Geographic Coverage

The biodiversity information included in the Institute of Marine Affairs Species Checklist was collected by members of the Institute of Marine Affairs through a variety of scientific projects that spanned the waters of Trinidad and Tobago's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Bounding Coordinates South West [9.796, -62.38], North East [11.932, -59.326]

Taxonomic Coverage

This datasets consists of biodiversity data derived from six scientific manuscripts produced by Researchers at the Institute of Marine Affairs. The research projects associated with these manuscripts covered a wide array of marine species including, but not limited to, Sponges of Class Demospongiae from Trinidad and Tobago; Octocorals from Trinidad and Tobago; and ahermatypic shallow-water corals of Trinidad. There is also marine biodiversity data derived from ecological surveys done around the reefs of Tobago.

Class Demospongiae (Sponges), Anthozoa, Ulvophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Florideophyceae, Compsopogonophyceae, Hydrozoa, Hexanauplia, Polychaeta, Malacostraca, Gastropoda, Crinoidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, Actinopterygii

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1978-01-01 / 2006-12-31

Project Data

This data is a part of the Institute of Marine Affairs' (IMA's) aim of developing a centralised Marine Biodiversity Hub (MBH) for the purpose of (1) effective dissemination of data on the state of marine ecosystems in T&T to research partners, civil society, decision- makers and the international community, and (2) building capacity for more integrative research collaborations and creating sustainable partnerships through data sharing for research, management and conservation.

Title Marine Biodiversity Hub
Identifier BID-CA2020-004-INS
Funding The IMA has received an Institution-level biodiversity data mobilization grant from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility's (GBIF's) Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme- funded by the European Union- to develop a centralised Marine Biodiversity Hub (MBH).
Study Area Description The study area of research at the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) is mainly focused in the waters of Trinidad and Tobago's Exclusive Economic Zone (TT EEZ) with some past projects covering marine species in Venezuela, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. Marine biodiversity data has been collected by the IMA since 1977 and the volume of data collected continues to grow each year. The studies done cover a wide array of taxonomic coverage including but not limited to corals, fish, sponges, macroalgae and polychaetes.
Design Description As the primary government agency focused on researching and monitoring marine biodiversity over the last 40 years, the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) holds the largest repository of marine biodiversity data in the country. The data that is available is in a myriad of forms and not centralised or searchable. The marine data mobilized through GBIF will fill important knowledge gaps on the biodiversity of marine life, and highlight the many marine ecosystems present in T&T. The data will add to regional and global assessments of marine biodiversity. This should assist with bringing international awareness on the state of marine biodiversity in T&T, and lead to potential conservation and research projects. The data sources for the MBH will include literature citations for scientific reports which discuss marine biodiversity but no longer have the raw data available for them as well as ongoing monitoring data from institutional projects such as coral reef health monitoring. Dependent on the metadata available, the scientific reports will be categorized into checklist, occurrence and event sheets. Past available biodiversity data at the Institute has been digitized and are undergoing the standardization process to adhere to the Darwin Core principles.

The personnel involved in the project:

Alana Jute
  • Point Of Contact

Sampling Methods

This data was derived using past scientific reports published by the Institute of Marine Affairs through its relevant researchers. The data was collected by the researchers by way of ecological surveys through snorkel and scuba diving.

Study Extent The study area for this data was focused on the waters in Trinidad and Tobago's Exclusive Economic Zone (TT EEZ) with the biodiversity data in this dataset being collected between the years 1977-2002.
Quality Control The derived biodiversity data was cross checked using the Global Biodiversity Information Facility's Species Name Matching Tool to ensure that the scientific names used were the globally accepted names.

Method step description:

  1. The checklist data was derived from past scientific reports published by the Institute's researchers. The marine biodiversity data was derived from the manuscripts and then cross-checked using the Global Biodiversity Information Facility's Species Name Matching Tool to ensure that the scientific names used were up-to-date.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Duncan, E.J., and L. M. Lee Lum. 2006. A checklist of the marine macroalgae of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Caribb. Mar. Stud. 7: 1-96
  2. Hubbard, R & Wells, J.W. 1986. Ahermatypic shallow-water scleractinian corals Trinidad, Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands: No. 211
  3. Hubbard, R. 1990. Sponges (Porifera) of the Order Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida, and Verongiida (Class Demospongiae) from Trinidad and Tobago, Caribb. Mar. Stud. 1: 54-67
  4. Kenny, J.S. 1978. Checklist of the shallow-water corals of Trinidad. Living World, Journal of The Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club, 1977-1978, 33-36
  5. Laydoo, R.S. 1985. Executive summary of ecological survey of reefs around Tobago. Institute of Marine Affairs
  6. Ramsaroop, D. 1990. Octocorals from Trinidad and Tobago. Caribb. Mar. Stud. 1(2): 127-151

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 75657836-e8a1-4e9b-8219-aa34c3235f51
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