GVI Mexico Coral Reef Monitoring

GVI Mexico

Dataset credit

Lluvia Soto

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Lluvia Soto GVI Mexico
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Abstract

GVI working in partnership with Amigos de Sian Kaan (ASK), have been monitoring Mexico’s Caribbean reefs since 2003. Data are collected at Pez Maya (20.00222 degrees N, 87.28624 degrees W) and Punta Gruesa (19.00865 degrees N, 87.58977 degrees W) to support the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System project and provide information to the National Parks Commission (CONANP). These data are now being used by GVI and its partners to promote the management of the reserve’s resources in a more sustainable manner.

Purpose

The objective of this monitoring program is the creation of a database that will help to assess the health of the Mexican-Caribbean reefs.

We dive regularly and all incidences of target species are recorded and the global positioning system (GPS) coordinates are known from our monitoring program.

Supplemental information

[2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Turtles: Testudines (173749) => Testudines (948936)

[UPDATE] 2017 Jan - Mar data were added on 2017-04-10.
[UPDATE] 2016 Jul - Dec data were added on 2016-12-14.
[UPDATE] Coordinates for some sites were corrected on 2016-09-14 affecting more than 500 records.
[UPDATE] 2016 Jan - Jun data were added on 2016-07-15.
[UPDATE] 2015 Jan - Jun data were added on 2015-06-30.
[UPDATE] 2014 Jul - Dec data were added on 2015-01-12.
[UPDATE] 2014 Jan - Jun data were added on 2014-07-09.
[UPDATE] 2012 and 2013 data were added on 2014-02-07.

References

Amigos de Sian Kaan and Global Vision International. 2010. Results of ongoing monitoring along the Quintana Roo coast.

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.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downloadable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission.

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
oidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
yearYear of observation
obs_dateObserved date
obs_timeObservation time in Eastern Standard Time (time was not recorded before 2013)
sp_groupTaxon group
sp_obsSpecies observed
sp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
speciesSpecies observed
obs_countGroup size (in some cases the average of the minimum and maximum estimate was used)
locationstudy site
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
latitude_olddefinition not provided
longitude_olddefinition not provided
size_sSize in original text
sizeSize in meters unless otherwise noted
depth_sEstimated depth of the animal in meters in original text
depthEstimated depth of the animal in meters unless otherwise noted
observerObserver name
commentsComments
tprecisionTemporal precision
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID701
Seabirds0
Marine mammals211
Sea turtles1,025
Rays and sharks198
Other species86
Non spatial8
Non species0
Total1,528
Date, Begin2004-08-13
Date, End2017-03-29
Temporal prec.111000
Latitude18.63 - 20.05
Longitude-87.72 - -87.43
Coord. prec.5 decimal digits
PlatformShore
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
Traveled (km)0
0
Contr. through
Registered2010-12-03
Updated2020-10-01
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
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