Description
A macrozoobenthos species list is provided, based on datasets originated from infra and circalittoral soft sediment samples (4 to 120 m depth) collected in the marine waters from north to south of mainland Portugal. Species composition, density and wet weight biomass are provided. The data were collected in the framework of the of the EEMA Programme, whose aim was the Ecological Assessment of Water Masses in mainland Portugal.
The samples were collected in triplicate in georeferenced sites with a 0.1 m2 Smith-McIntyre grab, in March and September 2010. In the laboratory, the macrofauna was identified to species level. Species density and wet weight biomass are provided. Sediment grain size distribution and organic matter content were also determined per sampling site. This work was carried out in the framework of the EEMA Programme for the assessement of the Ecological State of Marine Waters in mainland Portugal.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 223 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Tuaty-Guerra M, Gaudêncio M, Marraccini A (2021): Macrozoobenthos of marine waters in mainland Portugal collected in March and September 2010. v1.23. IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=macrozoobenthos-portugal-2010&v=1.23
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 94e2c4dc-491e-48b0-bd40-730eb80b01bd. IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.
Keywords
Marine; ANE; Portugal; Amphipoda; Bivalvia; Cumacea; Decapoda; Ophiuroidea; Polychaeta; Samplingevent
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Geographic Coverage
ANE, Portugal
Bounding Coordinates | South West [36.862, -9.668], North East [41.886, -7.66] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
Phylum | Annelida, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Nematoda, Nemertea, Chordata |
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date / End Date | 2010-03-15 / 2010-09-27 |
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Project Data
The resource was prduced under the programme EEMA (Ecological State of Water Masses) was developed in estuaries and coastal waters of mainland Portugal in the framework of the Waterframe Directive.
Title | Ecological State of Water Masses |
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Sampling Methods
The samples were collected in triplicate in georeferenced sites with a 0.1 m2 Smith-McIntyre grab, in March and September 2010.
Study Extent | The sampling was carried out in coastal and transitional waters of mainland Portugal, from North to South, in spring and autumn 2010. |
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Method step description:
- Taxa identification was carried out using microscopes and appropriate literature, depending on the taxonomic groups. Usually the organisms were identified to species level. Countings per sample were performed for each species, as well as blotted wet weight.
Additional Metadata
Alternative Identifiers | http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=macrozoobenthos-portugal-2010 |
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