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Document type
Journal articles

Document subtype
Full paper

Title
Mind the Gaps: Taxonomic, Geographic and Temporal Data of Marine Invertebrate Databases from Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe

Participants in the publication
Marta Bento (Author)
Dep. Biologia Animal
 MARE
 Henrique Niza (Author)
Alexandra Cartaxana (Author)
MARE
 Salomão Bandeira (Author)
José Paula (Author)
Dep. Biologia Animal
 MARE
 Alexandra Marçal Correia (Author)
Dep. Biologia Animal
 MARE
Summary
One of the best ways to share and disseminate biodiversity information is through the digitization of data and making it available via online databases. The rapid growth of publicly available biodiversity data is not without problems which may decrease the utility of online databases. In this study we analyze taxonomic, geographic and temporal data gaps, and bias related to existing data on selected marine invertebrate occurrences along the coastline of two African countries, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe. The final marine invertebrate dataset comprises of 19.910 occurrences, but 32% of the original dataset occurrences were excluded due to data gaps. Most marine invertebrates in Mozambique were collected in seagrasses, whereas in São Tomé and Príncipe they were mostly collected offshore. The dataset has a temporal coverage from 1816 to 2019, with most occurrences collected in the last two decades. This study provides baseline information relevant to a better understanding of marine invertebrate biodiversity data gaps and bias in these habitats along the coasts of these countries. The information can be further applied to complete marine invertebrate data gaps contributing to design informed sampling strategies and advancing refined datasets that can be used in management and conservation plans in both countries.

Date of Submisson/Request
2022-11-30
Date of Acceptance
2023-01-02
Date of Publication
2023-01-05

Institution
FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Where published
Diversity

Publication Identifiers
ISSN - 1424-2818

Publisher
MDPI AG

Volume
15
Number
1

Starting page
70

Document Identifiers
DOI - https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010070
URL - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15010070

Rankings
SCIMAGO Q1 (2021) - 668 - Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

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APA
Marta Bento, Henrique Niza, Alexandra Cartaxana, Salomão Bandeira, José Paula, Alexandra Marçal Correia, (2023). Mind the Gaps: Taxonomic, Geographic and Temporal Data of Marine Invertebrate Databases from Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe. Diversity, 15, ISSN 1424-2818. eISSN . http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15010070

IEEE
Marta Bento, Henrique Niza, Alexandra Cartaxana, Salomão Bandeira, José Paula, Alexandra Marçal Correia, "Mind the Gaps: Taxonomic, Geographic and Temporal Data of Marine Invertebrate Databases from Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe" in Diversity, vol. 15, 2023. 10.3390/d15010070

BIBTEX
@article{56736, author = {Marta Bento and Henrique Niza and Alexandra Cartaxana and Salomão Bandeira and José Paula and Alexandra Marçal Correia}, title = {Mind the Gaps: Taxonomic, Geographic and Temporal Data of Marine Invertebrate Databases from Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe}, journal = {Diversity}, year = 2023, volume = 15 }