Lowshore macrobenthos assemblages near Porto Santo Stefano
Citation
Benedetti-Cecchi L. (2004). Lowshore macrobenthos assemblages near Porto Santo Stefano. Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa, Italy. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/1290
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Description
The general goal of this study was to test if assemblages of algae and invertebrates of rocky shores next to marinas are different in taxon composition and abundance compared to reference shores far away from this source of disturbance. more
This dataset is about lowshore assemblages on a shore next to a marina (Porto Santo Stefano, NW Mediterranean, 42°26'.11N, 11°07'.03E) and on 3 reference shores (stretches of coast about 30 m long, hundreds of m apart)
2 Areas (Stretches of shore 3-5 m long, tens of m apart) were sampled in each Shore
5 Replicates (visual counts on 20x20 cm quadrates) were sampled in each Area
Sampling was repeated at three different dates
Taxa were identified at the most detailed level of taxonomic resolution achievable by the naked eye by projecting photographs onto a grid
Data are percentage cover (sessile organisms) or number of individuals (mobile animals) of each taxon in each quadrate
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
Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Chato Osio, G. (2007). Replication and mitigation of effects of confounding variables in environmental impact assessment: effect of marinas on rocky-shore assemblages. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 334: 21-35, more
