MarBEF Data System

Biomôr 1 dataset. Benthic data from the Southern Irish Sea from 1989-1991

Citation

Mackie, A.S.Y., P.G. Oliver, E.I.S. Rees, 1991: Biomôr 1 dataset. Benthic data from the Southern Irish Sea from 1989-1991. National Museum and galleries of Wales, Cardiff, UK. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1600

Contact: Mackie, Andrew ; Oliver, Graham ; Rees, E. Ivor

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Description

Surveys of benthic invertebrates of the Southern Irish Sea were carried out in 1989 and 1991. Both quantitative and qualitative samples were taken for faunal and sediment analysis

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Benthos, ANE, Irish Sea, EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage

ANE, Irish Sea [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -6,5003; MinLat: 51,26 - MaxLong: -4,15; MaxLat: 53,44 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

1989 - 1991

Parameters

Abundance
Area of sample {sampled area} from the bed [BODC]
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]

Contributors

National Museums and Galleries of Wales; Department of Zoology, more, data provider, data creator

Mackie, Andrew
Oliver, Graham

Bangor University; School of Ocean Sciences, more, data creator

Rees, E. Ivor

National Museum of Wales (NMGW), more, data creator

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager

Perez Perez, Ruben

Related datasets

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

(Partly) included in:

Oslo database (Marbef Theme 1 workshop), more

Publication

Based on this dataset

Mackie, A.S.Y.; Oliver, P.G.; Rees, E.I.S. (1995). Benthic biodiversity in the Southern Irish Sea. Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Reports, 1. Galleries of Wales/National Museums: Cardiff. ISBN 0-7200-0427-6. VIII, 264, 4 plates, maps, figs., appendices pp., more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research

Metadatarecord created: 2008-02-26

Information last updated: 2024-07-08

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