Description
Occurrence data of five main species (Enallopsammia rostrata, Goniocorella dumosa, Madrepora oculata, Oculina virgosa, and Solenosmilia variabilis) of habitat-forming cold water corals in the New Zealand region. Determining the distribution of habitat forming scleractinian corals in the New Zealand region is necessary in order to understand the ecological significance of these taxa and the likely impact of anthropogenic activities on their persistence. Historical records from early publications, research trawl surveys, commercial fishing bycatch and recent biodiversity surveys were compiled for the habitat-forming coral species Madrepora oculata, Solenosmilia variabilis, Goniocorella dumosa, Enallopsammia rostrata and Oculina virgosa. These data were used to describe the observed depth, geographic distribution and geomorphic habitat associations of the study corals in the region.
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 631 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:
Tracey, D.M, Rowden, A.A., Mackay, K.A., and Compton, T. (2014). Habitat-forming cold-water corals in the New Zealand region. Southwestern Pacific OBIS, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand, 631 records, Online http://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource.do?r=niwacorals released on May 8, 2014.
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). 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: 5f02ffba-6104-44a9-9ef0-d4cae2c585f6. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF New Zealand.
Keywords
Occurrence; Observation
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Geographic Coverage
New Zealand EEZ
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-56.317, -170], North East [-26.715, 157] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Habitat-forming cold water corals
| Species | Solenosmilia variabilis, Goniocorella dumosa, Enallopsammia rostrata, Oculina virgosa, Madrepora oculata |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1954-02-01 / 2009-07-15 |
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Bibliographic Citations
- Tracey, D.M, Rowden, A.A., Mackay, K.A., and Compton, T. 2011. Habitat-forming cold-water corals show affinity for seamounts in the New Zealand region. Marine Ecology Progress Series Vol. 430: 1-22
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS
| Alternative Identifiers | 5f02ffba-6104-44a9-9ef0-d4cae2c585f6 |
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| https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=niwacorals |