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Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region
Citation
NIWA (2016). Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand, 202873 records, Online http://nzobisipt.elasticbeanstalk.com/resource.do?r=vme_inverts released on February 3, 2016. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5288
Contact:
Mackay, Kevin Availability:
 To the extent possible under law, the person who associated CC0 with this dataset has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset.Description
Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are any ecosystem that are highly vulnerable to one or more kinds of fishing activity or other disturbance, and are identified by the vulnerability of their components (e.g. habitats, communities or species). The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) Convention includes specific provisions to protect VMEs. SPRFMO has defined ten benthic invertebrate taxa that are regarded as indicators of VMEs. They are: Porifera (sponges); Actiniaria (anemones); Alcyonacea (soft corals); Gorgonacea (sea fans); Pennatulacea (sea pens); Scleractinia (stony corals); Antipatharia (black corals); Stylasteridae (hydrocorals); Crinoidea (sea lilies); and Brisingida (armless stars). more
For management purposes, it is important to know where VMEs are known or likely to occur, based on the best available scientific and technical information. The likely presence of VMEs can be identified using habitat suitability models for indicator taxa, ideally across the entire SPRFMO area. This is the aim of the South Pacific VME project. Records of VME indicator taxa extracted for the SPRFMO area and the New Zealand EEZ from OBIS (Online Biogeographic Information System: www.iobis.org) together with other online data sources, and data from research institutes (e.g., NIWA, CSIRO) and fisheries agencies (e.g. MPI, AFMA) were used for the project. These data were compiled and groomed prior to use in the habitat suitability modelling. Data in this dataset represent records of the VME indicator taxa as extracted from the variety of data sources listed above and may include records that are outside of the SPRFMO area. Scope Themes: Biology Keywords: Marine/Coastal, ISEW, South Pacific, Actiniaria, Alcyonacea, Antipatharia, Crinoidea, Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, Porifera, Scleractinia, Stylasteridae Gray, 1847 Geographical coverage ISEW, South Pacific [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
1839 - 2014 Taxonomic coverage
Parameter
Occurrence of biota Contributors
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), more, data creator
Related datasets
Published in: NZOBIS: Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2016-05-20
Information last updated: 2016-05-20
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