MarBEF Data System

Benthos Cretan Continental Shelf

Citation

Dounas C., 1988: Benthos Cretan Continental Shelf. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/598

Contact: Faulwetter, Sarah

Access data

Archived data

Archived file:

CretInfo[598].xls

Correction on CretInfo.xls file.zip

Availability:

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

Description

This dataset is part of a national project on the consequences of the Navarino Oil spill, in 1994 at the Gialova Lagoon, Ionian Sea. The Cretan coasts were studied from May 1987, in order to assess the level of their environmental degradation due to touristic and other anthropogenic activities

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Benthic fauna, Biogeography, Data, Marine Genomics, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, MED, Crete Sea

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 24,1556; MinLat: 35 - MaxLong: 26,1639; MaxLat: 35,4917 [WGS84]

MED, Crete Sea [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

1988

Parameters

Density Methodology
Silicon (Si)
Total organic carbon (TOC)

Density: Smith McIntyre Grab
Sampling surface of the grab: 0.1 m²

Contributors

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), more

Faulwetter, Sarah

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBCC), data creator, data owner

Dounas, Costas

Related datasets

Published in:

MedOBIS: Mediterranean Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

(Partly) included in:

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

Project

MarBEF: Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more

Grant agreement ID 505446

Publication

Based on this dataset

Karakassis, I.; Eleftheriou, A. (1998). The continental shelf of Crete: the benthic environment. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 19(4): 263-277, more

Karakassis, I.; Eleftheriou, A. (1997). The continental shelf of Crete: structure of macrobenthic communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 160: 185-196, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research

Metadatarecord created: 2005-09-27

Information last updated: 2020-10-09

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