MarineGEO visual diver surveys of fish communities around Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 2015

Sampling event
Latest version published by United States Geological Survey on Nov 15, 2019 United States Geological Survey

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Description

As part of the Smithsonian’s MarineGEO (marinegeo.si.edu) program, diver visual surveys following the Reef Life Survey (reeflifesurvey.com) protocol surveyed subtidal communities around Carrie Bow Cay, Belize in September 2015. Surveys were conducted in reef, seagrass, mangrove, and sandy bottom habitats.

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 17 records.

2 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.

Event (core)
17
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
2288
Occurrence 
1135

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Samplingevent

Contacts

Ross Whippo
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Biologist
Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network
Emmett Duffy
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Director
Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network
Abigail Benson
  • Metadata Provider
  • User
Andrew Bell
  • Point Of Contact
  • Data Manager
Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network

Additional Metadata

marine, harvest by iOBIS

Alternative Identifiers 11348e7a-b7ce-44ce-8112-1b18828f029d
https://www1.usgs.gov/obis-usa/ipt/resource?r=marinegeo_reeflifesurvey