The Nekton Maldives taxonomic workshop: exploring the biodiversity of shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea communities in Maldives
The Nekton Maldives Taxonomic Workshop took place at the Maniyafushi Research Station in the Maldives between 12 and 23 February 2023. This workshop had two primary objectives. Firstly, it aimed to identify species from biological samples and underwater imagery collected during the Nekton Maldives M...
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| description | The Nekton Maldives Taxonomic Workshop took place at the Maniyafushi Research Station in the Maldives between 12 and 23 February 2023. This workshop had two primary objectives. Firstly, it aimed to identify species from biological samples and underwater imagery collected during the Nekton Maldives Mission in 2022. Secondly, it sought to facilitate training and knowledge exchange sessions between early career researchers from the Maldives and international taxonomists. These sessions were designed to share knowledge and introduce fundamental taxonomy concepts and enhance practical identification skills for common reef benthic groups and major zooplankton taxonomic groups. A total of 24 people from 10 different countries were directly or indirectly involved with the workshop comprising nine taxonomic experts, eleven trainees and four organisers. Collectively, we identified 278 biological specimens including potentially undescribed species of hydroids, black corals, sponges and octocorals, 318 morphotypes for underwater footage and zooplankton composition congruent with previous reports from the Indian Ocean Region. Next steps will involve depositing the specimens into a more a permanent facility to facilitate the process of specimen description and knowledge transfer. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:0fa799bf-c6ee-49f6-9723-df774d7433672023-12-08T14:28:50ZThe Nekton Maldives taxonomic workshop: exploring the biodiversity of shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea communities in MaldivesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:0fa799bf-c6ee-49f6-9723-df774d743367EnglishSymplectic ElementsPensoft Publishers2023Ahusan, MRico-Seijo, NAmjad, FStefanoudis, PThe Nekton Maldives Taxonomic Workshop took place at the Maniyafushi Research Station in the Maldives between 12 and 23 February 2023. This workshop had two primary objectives. Firstly, it aimed to identify species from biological samples and underwater imagery collected during the Nekton Maldives Mission in 2022. Secondly, it sought to facilitate training and knowledge exchange sessions between early career researchers from the Maldives and international taxonomists. These sessions were designed to share knowledge and introduce fundamental taxonomy concepts and enhance practical identification skills for common reef benthic groups and major zooplankton taxonomic groups. A total of 24 people from 10 different countries were directly or indirectly involved with the workshop comprising nine taxonomic experts, eleven trainees and four organisers. Collectively, we identified 278 biological specimens including potentially undescribed species of hydroids, black corals, sponges and octocorals, 318 morphotypes for underwater footage and zooplankton composition congruent with previous reports from the Indian Ocean Region. Next steps will involve depositing the specimens into a more a permanent facility to facilitate the process of specimen description and knowledge transfer. |
| spellingShingle | Ahusan, M Rico-Seijo, N Amjad, F Stefanoudis, P The Nekton Maldives taxonomic workshop: exploring the biodiversity of shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea communities in Maldives |
| title | The Nekton Maldives taxonomic workshop: exploring the biodiversity of shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea communities in Maldives |
| title_full | The Nekton Maldives taxonomic workshop: exploring the biodiversity of shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea communities in Maldives |
| title_fullStr | The Nekton Maldives taxonomic workshop: exploring the biodiversity of shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea communities in Maldives |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Nekton Maldives taxonomic workshop: exploring the biodiversity of shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea communities in Maldives |
| title_short | The Nekton Maldives taxonomic workshop: exploring the biodiversity of shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea communities in Maldives |
| title_sort | nekton maldives taxonomic workshop exploring the biodiversity of shallow mesophotic and deep sea communities in maldives |
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