Document of bibliographic reference 332400

BibliographicReference record

Type

Bibliographic resource

Type of document

Journal article

BibLvlCode

AS

Title

Data on coral species occurrences in Japan since 1929

Abstract

This paper describes the species occurrence record of zooxanthellate reef‐building corals at 1047 sites on the Japanese coast, recorded from 1929 to 2017. The dataset includes 484 confirmed scientific species names compiled from 152 literature sources, most of which were written in Japanese and published as gray literature in local journals or individual reports. Scientific names were consolidated under currently accepted nomenclature based on the World Register of Marine Species. Further revision of species names was made by referring to monographs on temperate coral species of Japan, along with expert knowledge. The dataset includes the coral species recorded each year at each study site, the geographical location of each site, and the scientific names of the corals. Three supporting datasets were created, containing a list of literature, the names of the sites and synonymization and confirmation of the coral names. This up‐to‐date collection of data is a contribution to the study of coral biogeography and conservation planning, as well as long‐term changes in coral species distributions in response to climate change.The complete data set for this abstract published in the Data Paper section of the journal is available in electronic format in MetaCat in JaLTER at http://db.cger.nies.go.jp/JaLTER/metacat/metacat/ERDP-2020-08.1/jalter-en.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000581426400001

Bibliographic citation

Kitano, Y.F.; Hongo, C.; Yara, Y.; Sugihara, K.; Kumagai, N.H.; Yamano, H. (2020). Data on coral species occurrences in Japan since 1929. Ecological Research 35(6): 975-985. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12136

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true