Marine algae from the Suva Lagoon and reef, Fiji

Occurrence
Latest version published by Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node on Oct 26, 2023 Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node
Publication date:
26 October 2023
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This dataset comes from a thesis consisting of a detailed taxonomic analysis of the benthic algal flora of the Suva Lagoon and Reef, as represented in herbarium and field collections. A total of 229 taxa are listed, comprising 7 Cyanophyceae, 71 Chlorophyceae, 24 Phaeophyceae and 127 Rhodophyceae. Of these, 6 represent new and undescribed species and 70 are new records for the Fijian flora.

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 344 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:

N'Yeurt A D R (2023). Marine algae from the Suva Lagoon and reef, Fiji. Version 1.2. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Occurrence dataset. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=suva_algae&v=1.2

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has not been registered with GBIF

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Antoine De Ramon N'Yeurt
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
Researcher
University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ

Geographic Coverage

Mainly Suva Harbour and surrounds.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-19.477, 177.012], North East [-15.284, 180]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1934-02-22 / 1999-10-22

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Antoine De Ramon, N'Yeurt, 2001. Marine algae from the Suva Lagoon and reef, Fiji. Australian systematic botany, 14(5), pp.689-869.

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Alternative Identifiers https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=suva_algae