Description
The first confirmed sighting of a lionfish in Barbados was in November, 2011. Throughout 2012, persons were encouraged to report sightings of lionfish. Where possible, sightings were confirmed by way of the fish being captured and handed over to the relevant persons for confirmation. In addition to confirmation, biological data (such as lengths, weigh, sex and maturity) were also collected.
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 43 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:
CERMES. 2012. 2012 Barbados Lionfish Sightings. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Cave Hill, 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: 8f6d3a0d-10d2-44e3-8612-be219376c860. 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 [12.989, -59.705], North East [13.384, -59.365] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Pterois volitans
| Class | Actinopterygii |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2012-01-01 / 2012-12-31 |
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Project Data
Documentation of all confirmed lionfish sightings in 2012
| Title | 2012 Barbados Lionfish Sightings |
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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 | 8f6d3a0d-10d2-44e3-8612-be219376c860 |
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| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=cermes_sightings2012 |