Hoeksema, B.

Bonaire biodivers paradijs

Een internationaal onderzoeksteam heeft de mariene biodiversiteit van Bonaire onderzocht. Mariene biodiversiteit zegt iets over de verscheidenheid in verschillende soorten planten en dieren onder water. Hoewel de conditie van de riffen rond Bonaire regelmatig wordt gecontroleerd en er veel foto’s beschikbaar zijn van het onderwaterleven, is de mariene biodiversiteit steeds onderbelicht gebleven. In de voorgaande decennia was dit type onderzoek vooral gericht op Curaçao, waar veel nieuwe soorten zijn ontdekt. Daarom was het aannemelijk dat onderzoek op Bonaire ook zou kunnen leiden tot het vinden van onbeschreven soorten. De voorlopige uitkomstenvan de expeditie lijken erop te wijzen dat dit inderdaad zo is. De resultaten worden nog gepubliceerd in vaktijdschriften en op gespecialiseerde websites waar ze toegankelijk zijn voor iedereen die meer wil leren over de mariene biodiversiteit van Bonaire. Speciaal voor Onderwatersport hier alvast een “sneak preview”.

Date
2020
Data type
Media
Theme
Education and outreach
Geographic location
Bonaire
Author

Marine Species discoveries Curaçao

Curaçao has a remarkably long and rich history of marine species discoveries. This is reflected by a high number of species descriptions in which Curaçao is mentioned as type locality. The type locality of a species is the place where the specimens were collected that were originally used to describe this species as new to science. These specimens are so-called type specimens. 

 

This news article was published in BioNews 24.

BioNews is produced by the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance and funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Date
2016
Data type
Media
Theme
Research and monitoring
Geographic location
Curacao
Author

Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015.

The Statia Marine Biodiversity Expedition (2015) was organized by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden (the national museum of natural history of the Netherlands) and ANEMOON Foundation (a Dutch organisation of citizen scientists) in Bennebroek, The Netherlands. This field survey served as a baseline study to explore the marine biota of St. Eustatius, a small island on the boundary between the eastern Caribbean and the West Atlantic. Since 2010, St. Eustatius is part of the Caribbean Netherlands. Various undescribed species were discovered during the expedition. In addition, taxa were reported that previously were not known to occur in the Caribbean or even in the Atlantic Ocean. Species lists were produced of several groups of organisms, which include many new records for St. Eustatius.

 

Date
2016
Data type
Other resources
Theme
Research and monitoring
Geographic location
St. Eustatius
Author