UNESCO eDNA expedition in Ningaloo Coast (Australia): May 2023

URLhttps://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/resource?r=edna-ningaloo-coast
Repository URL https://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/
Node OBIS Secretariat
Published2024-12-08 10:02
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/).

CitationKelly T, Cooyou E, Murphy A, Cooyou J, Lewis Y, Barnes P, Andrews J, Brown J, Gudge S, Suominen S, Provoost P, Gillard E, Douvere F, Appeltans W (2024). UNESCO eDNA expedition in Ningaloo Coast (Australia): May 2023. Version 1.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/resource?r=edna-ningaloo-coast&v=1.0
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 Tray Kelly
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Australia
Creator Ethan Cooyou
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Australia
Creator Alex Murphy
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Australia
Creator Jarrid Cooyou
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Australia
Creator Yvette Lewis
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Australia
Creator Peter Barnes
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Australia
Creator Jenni Andrews
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Australia
Creator Jackie Brown
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Australia
Creator Sallyann Gudge
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Australia
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 184,782
Species level 24,836
Absence records 0
Event records 0
MoF records 0
Sequence records 185,255
Species 793
Taxa 1,285
Time range 2023 - 2023

This dataset has appeared in 4,094 downloads in 2025, with a total of 118,586,200 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 473
Not marine 473
No WoRMS match 0
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 275
No accepted name available 109,309

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 185,255 0
maximumDepthInMeters 185,255 0
minimumDepthInMeters 185,255 0

Spatial issues

Records on land 171,019
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
109,051
Animalia
15,264
Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Phylum Chordata
9,689
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
2,233
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843
Phylum Arthropoda
1,940
Florideophyceae Cronquist, 1960
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
1,923
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960
Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae
1,697
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1,694
Actinopteri
Phylum Chordata
1,593
Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,078

Distribution

Records

20212,021.520222,022.520232,023.520242,024.52025020k40k60k80k100k120k140k160k180k

Composition

detailed (class) simple

DNA barcodes

Barcode region Occurrence records
COI 110,109
12S 61,571
16S 13,102

Data providers

Name OceanExpert ID
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 18439
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Australia
UNESCO-IOC
UNESCO-WHC

Occurrences

scientificNameeventDatedecimalLongitudedecimalLatitudecollectionCodecatalogNumber