Description
Since its first connfirmed sighting in November 2011, it is believed that the lionfish population has steadily increased.One of the methods utlised in Barbados to control the Alien invasive lionfish is that of an annual derby. On December 5th and 6th, 2015, teams of divers (both free divers and SCUBA divers) took to the local waters to hunt for and kill lionfish. Caught lionfish were landed at a scoring station to be counted and allow for the collection of basic biological data (such as lengths, weights, sex and maturity). In addition to biological data, teams (observers) also provide information on dive sites (locations) and associated geographic information (i.e. GPS coordinates) where available. This event was a Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) sanctioned derby event (see http://www.reef.org/lionfish/events).
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,515 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
ECCO Inc. 2016. 2015-16 Barbados Lionfish Derby Data. East Coast Conservation Organisation Incorporated, St. Joseph, Barbados
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 7904180c-36c9-40ca-aed2-463e36a04df7. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; Observation
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Barbados
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [13.042, -59.711], North East [13.427, -59.337] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Pterois volitans
| Class | Actinopterygii |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2015-12-05 / 2015-12-06 |
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| Start Date | 2016-11-13 |
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Project Data
To facilitate the monitoring of lionfish populations around Barbados via snap shots of data collected (2015, 2016)
| Title | Barbados Lionfish Derby Data |
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| Identifier | BID-CA2016-0013-SMA |
| Funding | GBIF: BID-CA2016-0013-SMA |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | 7904180c-36c9-40ca-aed2-463e36a04df7 |
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| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=cermes_lionfishderby |