Cordio East Africa Reef Building Corals 2014
Citation
Obura D (2012) The Diversity and Biogeography of Western Indian Ocean Reef-Building Corals. Provided by CORDIO, East Africa. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45013. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045013. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/4924
Contact:
Obura, David ;
Jarumani Gamoyo, Majambo Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
CORDIO
East
Africa
is
a
research
organisation
focused
on
marine
and
coastal
ecosystems
in
the
Western
Indian
Ocean.
We
specialise
in
generating
knowledge
to
find
solutions
that
benefit
both
ecosystems
and
people. This dataset shows the diversity and biogeography of Western Indian Ocean reef-building corals.
Species diversity and distribution of reef-building corals. Twenty one locations were sampled between 2002 and 2011. Presence/absence of scleractinian corals was noted on SCUBA Scope Themes: Biology > Invertebrates Keywords: Marine/Coastal, ISW, West Indian Ocean, Cnidaria Geographical coverage ISW, West Indian Ocean [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
1 January 2001 - 1 January 2011 Taxonomic coverage
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Parameter
Occurrence of biota Contributors
Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean; CORDIO East Africa, more, data creator
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Published in: AfrOBIS: African Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-04-14
Information last updated: 2015-04-23
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