Mollusk death assemblages collected from Cuba in the Gulf of Guanahacabibes (2014) and the Gulf of Batabanó (2015)
Citation
Peraza-Escarrá, R.; Armenteros, M. (2025): Mollusk death assemblages collected from Cuba in the Gulf of Guanahacabibes (2014) and the Gulf of Batabanó ( 2015). https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8815
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Armenteros, Maickel Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description
Data collected during two expeditions in the western part of Cuban Archipelago: one in the Gulf of Guanahacabibes (GG) (Southeastern Gulf of Mexico), and the other in the Gulf of Batabanó (GB) (Northwestern Caribbean Sea). In GG were included seven sites that were sampled between May 30th–June 10th in 2014. In GB were included four sites that were sampled from May 1st–5th in 2015. All samples were collected from soft-bottom sites, either from coral reefs sandy spots or seagrass meadows. moreSediment samples were collected by SCUBA diving using a box core (= sampling unit) with an effective sampling area of 100 cm2. The box core was pushed 10 cm into the bottom collecting approximately 1000 cm3 of sediments. Generally, three sample units were collected per site. Sediments were sieved through a 500-μm sieve and preserved in 70% ethanol. All mollusk shells were sorted and counted, in the case of the bivalves, each disarticulated valve was counted as an individual. This dataset includes the complete shells and the large skeletal fragments retaining the apex or more than half of the hinge line. Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Themes: Biology > Invertebrates Keywords: Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Caribbean Sea · Cuba · Environment · Geoscientific Information · Gulf of Mexico · Habitats and biotopes · Local · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · Mollusca · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Batabano Gulf · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Península de Guanahacabibes · Mollusca Geographical coverage Batabano Gulf [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -84,8131; MinLat: 21,5674 - MaxLong: -81,5827; MaxLat: 22,4303 [WGS84] Península de Guanahacabibes [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
30 May 2014 - 10 June 2014 30 May 2014 - 5 May 2015 (EurOBIS harvested data) 1 May 2015 - 5 May 2015 Taxonomic coverage
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Parameters
Contributors
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), more, data creator
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Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
Publication
Based on this dataset
Peraza-Escarrá, R. et al. (2024). Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity of mollusk death assemblages in coral reef and seagrass sediments from two shallow gulfs in Western Cuban Archipelago. PLoS One 19(5): e0303539. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303539, more
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2026-02-05
Metadatarecord created: 2025-04-14
Information last updated: 2026-04-27
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