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Macroalgal communities of intertidal rock pools in Portugal

Citation

Sousa-Pinto I. & Araújo, R. (2003). Macroalgal communities of intertidal rock pools in Portugal. Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigaçao Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR), Portugal. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1662

Contact: Sousa Pinto, Isabel

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Archived data

Archived file:

macroalgae from rock pools in Portugal.xls

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Description

Data were collected as part of the project “Distribution, use and conservation of the botanical heritage of the Northern Coast of Portugal: a sustainable development approach for a (future) ‘Natura 2000’ site”. The general aim of the data collection was to characterise the macroalgal community composition and variability in rock pools along the northwest coast of Portugal.

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Macroalgae

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Algae, Biodiversity, Phytobenthos, Rock pools, Rocky shores, ANE, Portugal, EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage

ANE, Portugal [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -8,8717; MinLat: 41,2 - MaxLong: -8,2; MaxLat: 41,8431 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

2003

Parameter

% macro-algae coverage

Contributors

University of Porto; Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIMAR), more, data manager, data owner, data creator

Sousa Pinto, Isabel
Araújo, Rita Micaela

Related datasets

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

(Partly) included in:

LargeNet database, more

Publication

Describing this dataset

Araujo, R.; Sousa-Pinto, I.; Bárbara, I.; Quintino, V. (2006). Macroalgal communities of intertidal rock pools in the northwest coast of Portugal. Acta Oecol. (Montrouge) 30: 192-202, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research: field survey

Metadatarecord created: 2008-07-18

Information last updated: 2016-05-03

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