St. John, USVI Fish Assessment and Monitoring Data (2002 - Present)

OBIS Secretariat, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

Dataset credit

OBIS and OBIS Secretariat

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact OBIS Secretariat Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
Secondary contact Federal Government of the United States of America; Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Ocean Service; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (NOAA-CCMA)

Citation

Obis secretariat. 2020. St. John, USVI Fish Assessment and Monitoring Data (2002 - Present). Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103152526) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from OBIS (https://obis.org/dataset/a9114765-9e28-4a43-9987-4fd9f398748a)

Abstract

The Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessments Biogeography Team (BT) has been conducting research and monitoring in the US Virgin Islands since 2001. The basis for this work is the nearshore benthic habitats maps (less than 100 ft depth) created by NOAAs Biogeography Program in 2001 and NOS bathymetry models. Using ArcView GIS software, the digitized habitat maps are stratified. Smapling sites are randomly selected within these strata to ensure coverage of the entire study region and not just a particular reef or seagrass area. At each site, fish, macro-invertebrates, and benthic composition information is then quantified following standardized protocols. By relating the data collected in the field back to the habitat maps and bathymetric models, BT is able to model and map species level and community level information. This dataset contains the fish assessment and monitoring data from St. John, US Virgin Islands.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

This dataset was downloaded from OBIS (https://obis.org/). The records for only marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles and rays and sharks were extracted. Records with no longitude/latitude or no date (eventDate) were excluded.
OBIS dataset page:
https://obis.org/dataset/a9114765-9e28-4a43-9987-4fd9f398748a
Data Provider's dataset page:
http://ipt.obis.org/nonode/resource?r=noaa_stjfish

References

Attributes

Overview

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
oidInternal ID
idRecord ID
dataset_idDataset ID
scientificnameScientific name
vernacularnameVernacular name
aphiaidAphia ID
taxonranktaxononic rank
individualcountGroup size / individual count
eventdateEvent date (precision varies)
eventtimeEvent time
decimallatitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
decimallongitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
coordinateprecisionCoordinate precision
catalognumberCatalog number
collectioncodeCollection code
occurrencestatusOccurrence status
basisofrecordBasis of record (HumanObservation / MachineObservation)
modifiedDate/time the record was modified
node_idNode ID
occurrenceidOccurrence ID
occurrenceremarksOccurrence remarks
eventidEvent ID
institutioncodeInstitution code
lifestageLife stage
sexGender of the animal if known
speciesSpecies by provider
datasetidDataset ID by provider
countryCountry
localityLocation of ocean
waterbodyDetails of ocean
droppedFlag indicating the record was dropped (always false)
absenceFlag indicating the record represents the absence of the species (always false)
marineFlag indicating the record is for marine life (always true)
OBIS-SEAMAP ID103152526
Seabirds0
Marine mammals0
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks21
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total21
Date, Begin2003-07-16
Date, End2010-07-09
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude18.25 - 18.36
Longitude-64.83 - -64.68
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformVarious
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
Traveled (km)0
0
Contr. throughiOBIS
Registered2020-06-30
Updated2021-02-05
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY (All)
Shared with None
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