UNESCO eDNA expedition in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa): April 2023

URLhttps://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/resource?r=edna-isimangaliso-wetland-park
Repository URL https://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/
Node OBIS Secretariat
Published2024-12-08 17:23
First registered2024-12-08 09:59
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/).

CitationCedras R, Sifiso Vumase M, Suominen S, Provoost P, Gillard E, Douvere F, Appeltans W (2024). UNESCO eDNA expedition in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa): April 2023. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/nfasnz
Citation IDhttps://doi.org/10.25607/nfasnz
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 Riaan Cedras
iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, South Africa
Creator Mr. Sifiso Vumase
iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, South Africa
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 167,349
Species level 13,823
Absence records 0
Event records 0
MoF records 0
Sequence records 168,607
Species 635
Taxa 1,269
Time range 2023 - 2023

This dataset has appeared in 3,692 downloads in 2025, with a total of 107,291,754 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 1,258
Not marine 1,245
No WoRMS match 13
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 411
No accepted name available 106,517

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 168,607 0
maximumDepthInMeters 168,607 0
minimumDepthInMeters 168,607 0
scientificNameID 0 13

Spatial issues

Records on land 87,564
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
106,305
Animalia
11,331
Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Phylum Chordata
10,703
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
2,587
Actinopteri
Phylum Chordata
1,879
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960
Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae
1,368
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843
Phylum Arthropoda
1,204
Florideophyceae Cronquist, 1960
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
1,067
Micromonas I.Manton & M.Parke, 1960
Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae
877
Pseudo-nitzschia H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1900
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
655

Distribution

Records

20212,021.520222,022.520232,023.520242,024.52025020k40k60k80k100k120k140k160k

Composition

detailed (class) simple

DNA barcodes

Barcode region Occurrence records
COI 94,640
12S 59,921
16S 12,788

Data providers

Name OceanExpert ID
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 18439
iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, South Africa
UNESCO-IOC
UNESCO-WHC

Occurrences

scientificNameeventDatedecimalLongitudedecimalLatitudecollectionCodecatalogNumber