2018 Saving Philippine Reefs: A Coral Reef Monitoring Expedition to Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Philippines April 21-27, 2018

URLhttps://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/resource?r=tubbataha-white-2019
Repository URL https://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/
Node OBIS Secretariat
Published2023-10-02 23:42
First registered2023-10-02 23:48
Abstract

The “Saving Philippine Reefs” research team made a comprehensive coral reef survey in Tubbataha on April 21-27, 2018, the results of which are summarized in this report. The surveys covered seven selected coral reef sites in the Tubbataha Park that have been visited and revisited for data collection for three decades.

CitationWhite A T, Stockwell B, Apurado J, White E, Sabonsolin A, Lozada A, Earl C (2023). 2018 Saving Philippine Reefs: A Coral Reef Monitoring Expedition to Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Philippines April 21-27, 2018. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/jaqexe
Citation IDhttps://doi.org/10.25607/jaqexe
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 Alan T. White
Creator Brian Stockwell
Creator Jonathaniel Apurado
Creator Evangeline White
Creator Agnes Sabonsolin
Creator AlJiereil Lozada
Contact OBIS Secretariat
OBIS
Metadata Provider Chandra Earl
UNESCO
Chandra Earl
UNESCO

report issue source DwC-A to mapper

Statistics

Occurrence records 2,218
Species level 2,156
Absence records 0
Event records 0
MoF records 0
Sequence records 0
Species 483
Taxa 510
Time range -

This dataset has appeared in 4,955 downloads in 2025, with a total of 1,619,736 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 18
Not marine 0
No WoRMS match 18
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 0

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
eventDate 2,236 0
maximumDepthInMeters 2,236 0
minimumDepthInMeters 2,236 0
scientificNameID 18 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
Scientific name Records
Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8
Scolopsis bilineata (Bloch, 1793)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8
Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8
Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8
Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker, 1856)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8
Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean, 1928
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8
Chromis xanthura (Bleeker, 1854)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8
Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8
Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8
Aethaloperca rogaa (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Data providers

Name OceanExpert ID
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 18439
OBIS

Occurrences

scientificNameeventDatedecimalLongitudedecimalLatitudecollectionCodecatalogNumber