Name: ReefSYN | Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset XVI: Benthic communities from Rio Grande do Norte
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ReefSYN | Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset XVI: Benthic communities from Rio Grande do Norte

URL

https://ipt.iobis.org/wsaobis/resource?r=reefsyn_benthosrn

Repository URL

http://ipt.iobis.org/wsaobis/

Node

OBIS Brazil

Published

2024-07-03 15:23

First registered

2024-05-22 14:42

Abstract

This dataset was collected by Guilherme Longo and Natália Roos, and includes the relative benthic cover of reef formations in northeast coast of Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte state) sampled with photoquadrats along transects at different depths.

Citation

Longo G O, Roos N C, Luza A L (2024). ReefSYN | Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset XVI: Benthic communities from Rio Grande do Norte. Version 2.1. Tropical and Subtropical Western South Atlantic OBIS. Samplingevent dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/c2c37e

Citation ID

https://doi.org/10.25607/c2c37e

Rights

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

Keywords

Samplingevent, Observation

Contacts

Creator	Guilherme O. Longo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Creator	Natalia C. Roos Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Contact	Cesar A. M. M. Cordeiro Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense
Contact	Guilherme O. Longo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Metadata Provider	Guilherme O. Longo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Metadata Provider	André L. Luza Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Content Provider	Guilherme O. Longo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Content Provider	Natalia C. Roos Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Curator	Cesar A. M. M. Cordeiro Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense

Statistics

Occurrence records	7,082
Species level	3,681
Absence records	0
Event records	285
MoF records	7,082
Sequence records	0
Species	41
Taxa	59
Time range	2016 - 2017

This dataset has appeared in 843 downloads in 2025, with a total of 4,634,500 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

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

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	7,082	0
scientificName	7,082	0

Spatial issues

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

Top taxa

IUCN Red List All taxa IUCN Red List All taxa IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Canistrocarpus cervicornis (Kützing) De Paula & De Clerck, 2006 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	1,434
Corallinales P.C. Silva & H.W. Johansen, 1986 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	801
Porifera Grant, 1836 Phylum Porifera	799
Siderastrea Blainville, 1830 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	746
Dictyopteris plagiogramma (Montagne) Vickers, 1905 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	525
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	381
Dictyota J.V.Lamouroux, 1809 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	300
Palythoa caribaeorum Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	259
Dictyota menstrualis (Hoyt) Schnetter, Hörning & Weber-Peukert, 1987 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	202
Zoanthus sociatus (Ellis, 1768) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	193

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Data providers

Name	OceanExpert ID
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Measurement types

measurementType	measurementTypeID	Records
Percentage cover		7,367

Occurrences

	scientificName	eventDate	decimalLongitude	decimalLatitude	collectionCode	catalogNumber