MarBEF Data System

Karakassis dataset (Cretan shelf)

Citation

Karakassis I., 1997: Cretan shelf macrofauna and macrofauna of Greek polluted sites. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/613

Contact: Karakassis, Ioannis

Archived data

Archived file:

Karakassis_MARBEF.xls

Readme.txt

Availability: Restricted
The data are withheld from general circulation and disclosure but access may be obtained on a case-by-case basis through negotiation

Notes: Release with permission of the appropriate parties

Description

The original dataset objective of the Cretan Shelf dataset was to unravel the structure of the benthic ecosystem of the continental shelf of Crete, the Macrofauna of Greek Pollutes sites gathered data of the benthic effects of fish farming

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Data, Macrobenthos, Marine Genomics, MED, Greece, Crete

Geographical coverage

MED, Greece, Crete [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

June 1987 - July 1997

Parameters

Chlorophyll a
Density
Granulometric variables
Organic carbon (OC)
Phaeopigments

Contributors

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), more, data owner

Karakassis, Ioannis

Related datasets

Published in:

MedOBIS: Mediterranean Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

(Partly) included in:

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

Publication

Based on this dataset

Hyland, J. et al. (2005). Organic carbon content of sediments as an indicator of stress in the marine benthos Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 295: 91-103, more

Karakassis, I.; Tsapakis, M.; Smith, C.J.; Rumohr, H. (2002). Fish farming impacts in the Mediterranean studied through sediment profiling imagery. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 227: 125-133, more

Karakassis, I.; Hatziyanni, E. (2000). Benthic disturbance due to fish farming analyzed under different levels of taxonomic resolution. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 203: 247-253, more

Karakassis, I.; Tsapakis, M.; Hatziyanni, E.; Papadopoulou, K.N.; Plaitis, W. (2000). Impact of cage farming of fish on the seabed in three Mediterranean coastal areas. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 57: 1462-1471, more

Karakassis, I.; Hatziyanni, E.; Tsapakis, M.; Plaitis, W. (1999). Benthic recovery following cessation of fish farming: a series of successes and catastrophes. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 184: 205-218, more

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: 2005-11-09

Information last updated: 2014-01-08

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