Marine Ecosystem Survey Across Vavaʻu sites in Tonga

Occurrence
Latest version published by Department of Environment, Government of Tonga on Apr 24, 2026 Department of Environment, Government of Tonga

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Description

This dataset represent findings from marine survey conducted at multiple sites across the Vavaʻu island group in Tonga

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 66 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.

Occurrence (core)
66
MeasurementOrFacts 
66

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:

Katoa S, Ulakai S (2026). Marine Ecosystem Survey Across Vavaʻu sites in Tonga. Version 1.0. Department of Environment, Government of Tonga. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/to/resource?r=marsurvey&v=1.0

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Department of Environment, Government of Tonga. 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: 2892f2c5-3838-4f35-90a7-5f282884f9da.  Department of Environment, Government of Tonga publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

Keywords

Occurrence

Contacts

Siosina Katoa
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
  • Deputy Director
  • Deputy Director
MEIDECC
Nukualofa
  • 7400071
Sisilia Ulakai
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Chief Environmentalist
MEIDECC
Nukualofa
  • 7400071
Siosina Katoa
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
  • Deputy Director
MEIDECC
Nukualofa
  • 7400071

Geographic Coverage

This survey encompasses multiple coastal and marine sites across the Vavaʻu island group in northern Tonga. This includes: coastal habitats and coral reef systems

Bounding Coordinates South West [-18.702, -174.056], North East [-18.644, -173.982]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca, Cnidaria, Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea, Bivalvia, Echinoidea, Anthozoa, Scyphozoa, Asteroidea, Gastropoda
Order Cardiida, Diadematoida, Pectinida, Semaeostomeae, Synallactida, Littorinimorpha, Valvatida, Holothuriida, Actiniaria
Family Diadematidae, Actiniidae, Oreasteridae, Spondyllidae, Ovulidae, Cardiidae, Holothuridae, Ulmaridae , Ophidiasteridae, Acanthasteridae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2025-06-19 / 2025-06-27

Additional Metadata