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West African seagrass #349

Open kcopas opened 1 year ago

kcopas commented 1 year ago

Dataset link: GRID-Arendal (2022) Meadows of Knowledge: Putting West Africa on the global seagrass map. ResilienSEA (GRID-Arendal/RAMPAO/WIACO): Arendal, Norway.

Region: West Africa: Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone

Taxon: Seagrass

Type: Systematic monitoring, sampling-event (method described on p.21)

Why is this important: regional coverage, undersampled taxa in undersampled region, with activities funded as overseas development by a Participant government (Norway)

Priority: Medium-high. "Despite the presence of seagrass meadows in West Africa, this region has historically been one of the least studied areas of seagrasses in the world."

Comments: Possible opportunity for @dagendresen and GBIF.no to engage directly with the Sierra Leone node and possibly BID project members from the other non-participant countries in the project. Data is cloud-stored in undisclosed project location, with statement that "More efforts are needed to continue building a strong regional database."

albenson-usgs commented 1 year ago

We are currently working on a paper and associated Darwin Core data schema for coordinating publishing of seagrass data to GBIF and OBIS. There was a SCOR working group that focused on developing this. It uses the EMoF extension and designates measurements (e.g. seagrass percent cover, canopy height, shoot density), that are needed for assessing seagrass as an Essential Ocean Variable. Would be great to build connections there if we can.