UNESCO eDNA expedition in The Sundarbans (Bangladesh): February 2023

URLhttps://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/resource?r=edna-the-sundarbans
Repository URL https://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/
Node OBIS Secretariat
Published2024-12-08 17:26
First registered2024-12-08 10:09
Abstract

This dataset contains the eDNA data collected as a part of the UNESCO eDNA expeditions in Marine World Heritage Sites project in 2022-2024. The project was coordinated in collaboration with the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) of IOC-UNESCO and the marine programme of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, and funded by the government of Flanders (Kingdom of Belgium). The samples were collected with citizen science eDNA sampling kits, containing a syringe and a filter, and preserved with Longmire's buffer, before sequencing at a central laboratory. Five different biomarkers were analysed, including 12SMifish, Mimammal, Teleo, 16S-Vert and COI markers. The sequences were analysed with the PacMAN pipeline and quality controlled including a validation check by local scientists and site managers as well as compared to existing knowledge on species distributions in OBIS and GBIF. The full sampling protocols and materials are available on the project website (https://www.unesco.org/en/edna-training-materials?hub=66910), and the bioinformatics pipeline is on github (https://github.com/iobis/PacMAN-pipeline). The data can also be explored on the eDNA expeditions dashboard (https://dashboard.ednaexpeditions.org/).

CitationAhsan Habib K, Rashed M, Sakib N, Suominen S, Provoost P, Gillard E, Douvere F, Appeltans W (2024). UNESCO eDNA expedition in The Sundarbans (Bangladesh): February 2023. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/rt4e3h
Citation IDhttps://doi.org/10.25607/rt4e3h
RightsTo the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0)
Keywords Occurrence
Contacts
Creator Kazi Ahsan Habib
Dept. of Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Creator Mohammad Rashed
Dept. of Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Creator Nazmus Sakib
Dept. of Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Creator Saara Suominen
UNESCO-IOC
Creator Pieter Provoost
UNESCO-IOC
Creator Elle Gillard
UNESCO-WHC
Creator Fanny Douvere
UNESCO-WHC
Creator Ward Appeltans
UNESCO-IOC
Contact Pieter Provoost
UNESCO-IOC
Metadata Provider Pieter Provoost
UNESCO
User Pieter Provoost

Statistics

Occurrence records 77,039
Species level 5,826
Absence records 0
Event records 0
MoF records 0
Sequence records 77,255
Species 157
Taxa 382
Time range 2023 - 2023

This dataset has appeared in 1,916 downloads in 2025, with a total of 53,378,048 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 216
Not marine 208
No WoRMS match 8
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 144
No accepted name available 48,656

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 77,255 0
maximumDepthInMeters 77,255 0
minimumDepthInMeters 77,255 0
scientificNameID 0 8

Spatial issues

Records on land 13,494
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 0

Top taxa

IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Biota incertae sedis
48,521
Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Phylum Chordata
6,700
Animalia
5,484
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
2,032
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843
Phylum Arthropoda
995
Actinopteri
Phylum Chordata
719
Setipinna tenuifilis (Valenciennes, 1848)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
493
Engraulidae Gill, 1861
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
453
Ariidae Bleeker, 1858
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
419
Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, 1899
Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae
374

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

DNA barcodes

Barcode region Occurrence records
COI 39,677
12S 33,626
16S 3,736

Data providers

Name OceanExpert ID
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 18439
Dept. of Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
UNESCO-IOC
UNESCO-WHC

Occurrences

scientificNameeventDatedecimalLongitudedecimalLatitudecollectionCodecatalogNumber