IMIS - Marine Research Groups

Macrobenthos North Adriatic-INTERREG-FVG Project

Citation

Fonda-Umani, S.; Aleffi, F. (2014). Macrobentos North Adriatic-INTERREG-FVG Project. University of Trieste; Marine Biology Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.6092/0546f4f7-2de9-4996-bb83-8e5115e3e28d

Contact: Lipizer, Marina ; Aleffi, Floriana

Access data

Archived data

Availability:

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

Description

Macrobentos data collected in the framework of INTERREG II and III Italy-Slovenia project, implemented on behalf of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Regional Environment Office by the Marine Biology Laboratory in Trieste, with the contribution of the newly-founded Regional Agency for the Conservation of the Environment (ARPA - Agenzia regionale per la protezione dell'ambiente).

Lineage

Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biological monitoring, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, MED, Adriatic Sea

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 13,596; MinLat: 45,6638 - MaxLong: 13,5962; MaxLat: 45,664 [WGS84]

MED, Adriatic Sea Stations [Marine Regions]

station AA1
Coordinates: MinLong: 13,3; MinLat: 45,5 - MaxLong: 13,8; MaxLat: 45,75 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

1999 - 2005

Parameters

Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Ash-free dry weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Macrobenthos biomass Methodology
Macrobenthos density Methodology

Macrobenthos biomass: Van Veen Grab OGS
Van Veen, 0.1 m2 grab sampler
3 grabs have been performed. Grab sampling, sieving on 0.5 mm, sample fixed with buffered formaldehyde (4% final concentration).

Macrobenthos density: Van Veen Grab OGS
Van Veen, 0.1 m2 grab sampler
3 grabs have been performed. Grab sampling, sieving on 0.5 mm, sample fixed with buffered formaldehyde (4% final concentration).

Contributors

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), more, data manager

Lipizer, Marina

University of Trieste; Marine Biology Laboratory, more, data creator, data creator

Fonda-Umani, Serena
Aleffi, Floriana

Related datasets

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

URLs

Dataset information:

https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/6d617269-6e65-696e-666f-000000004475

http://nodc.ogs.trieste.it/nodc/metadata/doidetails?doi=10.6092/0546f4f7-2de9-4996-bb83-8e5115e3e28d