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List of marine species observed during diving in Monastir area, Tunisia, 2023
Citation
BOUHLEL R (2023): List of marine species observed during diving in Monastir area, Tunisia, 2023. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. . https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8471
Contact: Bouhlel, Ramla
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description

On the 1st of September 2023, TunSea's platform selected a comprehensive inventory of species presentation derived from a diving excursion in Monastir Bay in Tunisia. This compilation concerns diverse taxonomic groups, ranging from Bivalvia and Crustacea to Gastropoda. The meticulous identification and validation of these species were executed by proficient taxonomists of the association.

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Project Data
data is derived from a diving excursion in Monastir Bay, on the 1st of September 2023. This compilation concerns a diverse taxonomic groups, ranging from Bivalvia and Crustacea to Gastropoda. The meticulous identification and validation of these species were executed by proficient taxonomists of the association.

Title    TunSea Association
Study Area Description    Monastir Bay, located on the eastern coast of Tunisia was, a few decades ago, characterized by high marine biodiversity. However, the environmental quality of this coast is affected by several urban and industrial discharges.


Sampling Methods
List of marine species observed during diving

Study Extent    Monastir Bay
Quality Control    WoRMS is used for taxonomic checks and Marine Regions for locality.
Method step description:

Diving and photos of marine species

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, Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, 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, Tunisia, Cnidaria, Crustacea, Echinodermata, Mollusca
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 10,878; MinLat: 35,7165 - MaxLong: 10,878; MaxLat: 35,7165 [WGS84]
MED, Tunisia [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
2023
Taxonomic coverage
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Contributors
TunSea, more, data creator
Bouhlel, Ramla
University of Lisbon; Faculty of Sciences; Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), more, principal investigator
Chebaane, Sahar
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
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Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Citizen science
Release date: 2024-02-26
Metadatarecord created: 2024-02-07
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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