Description
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.
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
- Metadata Provider ●
- Point Of Contact
- Deputy Director
- Deputy Director
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Chief Environmentalist
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] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| 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 |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://cloud.gbif.org/to/resource?r=marsurvey |
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