ECF funded project 104/2022 is collating past and current marine biodiversity data, joining them together to create a quality-assured and globally standardized format which can be used for future collation and assessment of Hong Kong's marine biodiversity. This baseline evaluation of Hong Kong's rocky shores （105/2019）established an extensive dataset of biodiversity. Over 412 species across 44 selected sites were recorded through regular intensive surveys, citizen science outreach events, and dedicated active searches. 1,936 preserved faunal specimens, 217 preserved algae specimens were identified and collected, and 313 DNA barcodes deposited at SWIMS to aid future conservation efforts.

Citation: Zhou, Leung (2024). Hong Kong Marine Biodiversity Database - SWIMS - Baseline Evaluation of Hong Kong's Rocky Shore Biodiversity. Version 1.1. No organisation. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-china/resource?r=hk_biodiversity&v=1.1

Published: April 15, 2024 at 07:33

URL: https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-china/resource?r=hk_biodiversity

Zhou
Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong

Leung
Swire Institute of Marine Science, HKU

Gray A Williams
Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS)，The University of Hong Kong

Zhaocui Meng

2,968

occurrence records

238

taxa

248

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,968	100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	2,968	100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	2,968	100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	2,968	100.0%
ON_LAND	1,602	54.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	55	1.9%

Hong Kong Marine Biodiversity Database - SWIMS - Baseline Evaluation of Hong Kong's Rocky Shore Biodiversity

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data