{"datasetrec":{"DasID":4043,"Acronym":null,"StandardTitle":"Australian Institute of Marine Science - Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on coral reefs of Hong Kong","OrigTitle":null,"OrigTitleLangID":null,"OrigTitleLangCode":null,"OrigTitleLang":null,"OrigTitleLangNL":null,"VersionName":"1","ContactEmail":null,"VersionDate":null,"VersionDay":21,"VersionMonth":1,"VersionYear":2013,"SizeReference":null,"EngAbstract":"Records of soft coral distributions and composition of coral reefs in Hong Kong.","EngDescr":"All surveys were carried out by the principal researcher using Rapid Ecological Assessment.\r\nOn each reef, 1-3 sites were surveyed with up to 5 transects (usually 200-300m long, 1-3m wide for 10-15 minutes) per site at pre-defined depths (1-3m, 3-8m, 8-13m, 13-18m and reef flat).\r\n\r\nSpecies recorded: octocorals (soft corals, gorgonians, sea fans, sea whips, sea pens, leather corals, arborescent octocorals, blue coral, stoloniferans), black and wire coral. Note that species are mostly at generic level.\r\nOctocoral genera (in some cases species) were given a taxon abundance ranking (0=absent, 1=rare, 2=uncommon, 3=common, 4=abundant, 5=dominant).\r\n\r\nSite locations: Bokhara Rocks, Breakers Rock, Fo Shek Chau, Junk Bay, Kung Chau, Lo Chau Pak Poi, Long Ke Wan, Luk Chau, Luk Chau Wan, North Ninepin, Pak Shau, Ping Chao, Po Toi, Sham Wan, South Ninepin, Tai Tau Chau, Waglan.\r\n\r\nAdditional information was collected during the surveys recording - site variables, visual estimates of abundance for other groups besides octocorlas, zooxanthellate richness. This data is not included in the dataset served to OBIS.\r\nComparable data are held for the Great Barrier Reef, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Torres Strait, and Rowley Shoals (WA).\r\n\r\nPurpose\r\n\r\nTo determine spatial patterns and abiotic controls of soft coral biodiversity: allowing examination of relationships of reef location (in-shore, mid-shelf and off-shore), environmental conditions and depth to taxonomic composition and richness.\r\nBecause roughly half Octocorals have photosynthetic symbionts they are ideal to assess how biodiversity is related to spatial and environmental factors, and photosynthetic symbionts and energy supply.\r\nTo examine principal drivers of biodiversity, community composition, and ranges of coral reef benthos.\r\n\r\nTotal Distribution Records: 173\r\n\r\nTotal Number of Taxa: 9 families, 21 genera, 1 species","OrigAbstract":null,"OrigDescr":null,"Comments":null,"ReleaseDate":null,"ReleaseDate0":null,"OrigDescrLang":null,"EmbargoDate":null,"OrigDescrLangNL":null,"OrigLangCode":null,"OrigLangCodeExtended":null,"OrigLangID":null,"DescrCompFlag":0,"DescrTransFlag":0,"Citation":"Fabricius, K (1999). Australian Institute of Marine Science - Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on coral reefs of Hong Kong.","AccessConstraints":null,"UDate":"2013-01-21","CDate":"2013-01-21","CurrencyDate":null,"RevisionDate":null,"DateLastModified":{"date":"2026-05-14 01:44:00.153333","timezone_type":1,"timezone":"+02:00"},"CheckedFlag":0,"PublicFlag":1,"VlizCoreFlag":1,"MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"StatusID":1,"DasType":"Data","DasTypeID":1,"DasOrigin":"Research","Progress":"Completed","AccessConstraint":"Attribution (CC BY)","AccConstrEN":"Attribution (CC BY)","AccConstrDisplay":"<a rel=\"license\" href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Creative Commons License\" style=\"border:0px;height:15px;width:80px;vertical-align:middle;\" src=\"https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/cc/by.png\" /></a> This dataset is licensed under a <a rel=\"license\" href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.","License":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","AccConstrDescription":"This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. 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