MarBEF Data System

Oslo database (Marbef Theme 1 workshop)

Citation

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Description

Different dataset added toghether to make a common database for the workshop in Oslo and for the upcoming worskhop on Crete. more

Investigate biodiversity across Europe: The database consist of bottom-dwelling macro benthos collected in Arctic (Franz Josef Land, Pechora Sea, Svalbard),along the Norwegian Continental Shelf, in Irish Sea, Ionan Sea, Aegean Sea, and the Black Sea. 3,616 taxa and 1,064,225 individuals including 26,313 juvenile in 1,243 sediment samples. Equipment Surface (m2) Samples Replicates Van Veen Grab 0.1 518 2 – 5 grabs, mostly 5. Van Veen Grab 0.04 33 1 Ponar Grab 0.05 39 1 Ocean Grab 0.25 50 1 Boxcorer 0.25 16 2 Hand-operated Van Veen Grab 0.08 18 1 Hand operated van Veen Grab 0.05 64 1 Hand operated grab type Ponar 0.045 70 1 Hand operated Smith-McIntyre sampler 0.1 14 1 Hand operated van Veen Grab; Scuba diving; Free diving; Otter trawl - 421 “p/a” 1937 – 2000

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Biodiversity, diver, Long term follow up, Soft bottom benthos, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Europe, MED, PNE, PNE, Russia, Pechora Sea

Geographical coverage

ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]

ANE, Europe [Marine Regions]

Mediterranean [Marine Regions]

Polar Ocean North East [Marine Regions]

PNE, Russia, Pechora Sea [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

1937 - 2002
Not relevant

Parameters

Count
Depth
Granulometric variables

Contributors

Marine Biological Station (Universitetets Marinbiologiske stasjon i Drøbak); University of Oslo; Biological Institute, more, data manager

Bjørgesæter, Anders

Related datasets

(Partly) included in:

Macroben: Macroben database (Marbef Theme 1 workshop), more

Source datasets:

Aegean macrobenthic fauna, more

Benthic fauna around Franz Josef Land, more

Benthic Fauna in the Barents Sea, more

Benthic fauna in the Pechora Sea, more

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

Environmental impact assessment of oil pollution accident in Gialova lagoon and Navarino Bay, more

Jalta-Black Sea, more

Kalamitsi, more

Kerkyra, more

Kyklades-data of the Central Aegean Sea, more

Laspibay-Black Sea, more

MegFeod-Black Sea, more

Mytilini, more

Offshore ref. stations, North/Norwegian sea, more

Offshore reference stations (Finnmark), more

Offshore reference stations, Norwegian/Barents Sea, more

SARONIKOS, more

Strelbay, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Data collection

Metadatarecord created: 2005-11-23

Information last updated: 2022-08-16

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