Dataset

Macroalgae from Rocky reefs of Yucatan

Caribbean OBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

These data represent the macroalgal composition of five reefs from the Yucatan offshore: Bajos de Diez, Sisal; Progreso; Chicxulub, Telchac and Dzilam,. Sampling was conducted using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA). at two different seasons (Dry and Rainy) except for Bajos de Diez that could be collected only for dry season. All samples obtained were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level and added to the Algae section of the Herbarium of the University Autonomous of Yucatan (UADY).

Citation: Castillo-Cupul R E, Ortegón-Aznar I, Tuz-Sulub A, Valdez Iuit J O, Duran A, Collado Vides L (2025). Macroalgae from Rocky reefs of Yucatan. Version 1.0. Caribbean OBIS Node. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/caribbeanobis/resource?r=macroalgaeyucatan&v=1.0

Published: June 23, 2025 at 14:33

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License

URL: https://ipt.iobis.org/caribbeanobis/resource?r=macroalgaeyucatan

Contacts:

Raul E. Castillo-Cupul
Kalanbio A. C.

Ileana Ortegón-Aznar
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY)

Armin Tuz-Sulub
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY)

Johnny Omar Valdez Iuit
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Alain Duran
Department of Biological Sciences Florida international university (FIU)

Ligia Collado Vides
Department of Biological Sciences Florida international university (FIU)

Ileana Ortegon-Aznar
UADY-CCBA- Botanical Department

Ana Carolina Peralta

613
occurrence records
113
taxa
96
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

No missing or invalid fields.

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

No quality flags.

Measurement types

DNA derived data