Description
The seagrass data monitoring and mapping is conducted at various sites in Solomon Islands under the CMS/GEF Dugong/Seagrass project. It provides a much –valued opportunity to promote community-based conservation of dugong and seagrass in the Solomon Islands. The main focus area of the project for Solomon Islands is to; raise national awareness of the importance of dugong in Solomon Islands culture and of seagrass as a mitigation against climate change impacts, promoting the role of Locally Managed Marine Areas in the conservation of seagrass and dugong, mapping of seagrass meadows and managing these activities through a National Coordinating Committee
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 92 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
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Leghunau E M, Maeda T (2018): Seagrass_data_Solomon Islands_2018. v1.1. Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.sprep.org/resource?r=seagrass_data_2018&v=1.1
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: fade3e7a-82c5-4652-b482-03dbd1510b18. Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.
Keywords
Samplingevent; Observation
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Geographic Coverage
The Seagerass monitoring exercise is conducted at various sites in Solomon Islands. Namely, Tetepare Island in western province, Kmaga in Isable province and Marau in Guadalcanal proivnce.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-9.893, 156.621], North East [-7.144, 160.917] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Species | Cymodocea rotundata, Thalassia hemprichii, Halophila Ovalis, Syringodium Isoetifolium, Zostera Capricorni, Thalassoden Ciliatum, Halodule uninervis, Enhalus acoroides, Cymodocea serulata |
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Project Data
The tropical Indo-pacific is recognized as the world's most diverse marine environment, but its size and remoteness present challenges for documentation and studying biodiversity. This project will build on the protocols, tools and growing network of collaborators established by the Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network and VertNet to mobilize biodiversity data and identify conservation priorities in Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.
| Title | Solomon Islands Seagrass Monitoring Data under the CMS/GEF Dugong/Seagrass project |
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| Identifier | BID-PA2016-0002-REG |
| Funding | The dataset was prepared and published with the funding from the European Union via the Global Biodiversity information Facility |
The personnel involved in the project:
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Sampling Methods
The method of collecting is basically using transect, using checklist (seagrass watch) for identification and general observation.
| Study Extent | The study area or the sampling area for the monitoring data covers various sites in Solomon Islands including, Tetepare island (Western Province), Kmaga (Isable Province) and in Marau (Guadalcanal Province) |
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| Quality Control | Using seagrass watch protocols. |
Method step description:
- Seagrass watch protocols.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | fade3e7a-82c5-4652-b482-03dbd1510b18 |
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| https://ipt.sprep.org/resource?r=seagrass_data_2018 |