Benthic macroinvertebrates communities data collected in 12 coastal lagoons of Mediterranean and Black sea.

The dataset contains abundance and body size data of the benthic macroinvertebrates communities of 12 coastal lagoons located in five different countries (Italy, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania). Data refer to 262 taxa and 53637 individuals.

Identification

Alternate Identifier: d39fddbd-b232-492e-9205-208472463b1a

Publication Date: 2020-12-20

Title: Benthic macroinvertebrates communities data collected in 12 coastal lagoons of Mediterranean and Black sea.

Abstract: The dataset contains abundance and body size data of the benthic macroinvertebrates communities of 12 coastal lagoons located in five different countries (Italy, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania). Data refer to 262 taxa and 53637 individuals.

Dataset Language: eng

Dataset Creator: Italian National Research Council - Ilaria Rosati

Dataset Creator: University of Salento - Alberto Basset

Metadata Provider: Italian National Research Council - Ilaria Rosati

Dataset Contact: Italian National Research Council - Ilaria Rosati

Keywords (None )

Biodiversity
Invertebrates
Body size
Brackish coastal lagoon
Albania
Bulgaria
Greece
Italy
Romania
Saline coastal lagoon

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Agiasma is a coastal lagoon located on the north Greek coast (Agiasma, Nestos Delta, Eastern Macedonia region).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 24.616667

East Bounding Coordinate: 24.63125

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.877306

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.859167

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Alimini is a brackish coastal lagoon located in the south Apulia (Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 18.440917

East Bounding Coordinate: 18.450883

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.219867

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.20125

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Cesine is a brackish coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (Apulia, Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 18.332972

East Bounding Coordinate: 18.341528

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.362694

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.355667

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Grado Marano is a coastal lagoon located in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 13.090139

East Bounding Coordinate: 13.159167

North Bounding Coordinate: 45.741

South Bounding Coordinate: 45.699917

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Grado Valle Cavanata is a coastal lagoon located in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 13.472167

East Bounding Coordinate: 13.473444

North Bounding Coordinate: 45.707139

South Bounding Coordinate: 45.706167

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Grado Valli da pesca is a coastal lagoon located in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 13.358444

East Bounding Coordinate: 13.362306

North Bounding Coordinate: 45.722944

South Bounding Coordinate: 45.719222

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Karavasta is a coastal lagoon located on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea in the west of Albania.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 19.462778

East Bounding Coordinate: 19.472778

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.920278

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.916944

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Lehaova is located between the Danube delta and the Black Sea (Romania).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 29.028167

East Bounding Coordinate: 29.038361

North Bounding Coordinate: 44.728917

South Bounding Coordinate: 44.726333

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Logarou is a saline coastal lagoon located in the Amvrakikos gulf, Greece.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 20.891669

East Bounding Coordinate: 20.929169

North Bounding Coordinate: 39.0625

South Bounding Coordinate: 39.029169

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Margherita di Savoia is a saline coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (Apulia, Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 15.973

East Bounding Coordinate: 16.006111

North Bounding Coordinate: 41.427222

South Bounding Coordinate: 41.422222

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Narta is a saline coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (central coast of Albania).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 19.395556

East Bounding Coordinate: 19.450278

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.560833

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.505278

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Patok is a brackish coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (central coast of Albania).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 19.59

East Bounding Coordinate: 19.606111

North Bounding Coordinate: 41.635278

South Bounding Coordinate: 41.627778

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Sinoe is a coastal lagoon located between the Danube delta and the Black Sea (Romania).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 28.931306

East Bounding Coordinate: 28.975778

North Bounding Coordinate: 44.673778

South Bounding Coordinate: 44.625778

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Torre Guaceto is a brackish coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (Apulia, Italy)

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 17.790139

East Bounding Coordinate: 17.795278

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.714222

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.711194

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Varna bay and Varna lake are located in the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 27.795

East Bounding Coordinate: 27.952883

North Bounding Coordinate: 43.196783

South Bounding Coordinate: 43.184017

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2004-10-01

End Date

2005-06-20

License Information

Intellectual Rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License .

Distribution

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.: Info and download page on the LifeWatch Italy Data Portal

URL: https://dataportal.lifewatchitaly.eu/view/urn%3Auuid%3Acc7cf892-689b-450f-a94f-79f6254e7ddb

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.: DOI

URL: https://doi.org/10.48372/d39fddbd-b232-492e-9205-208472463b1a

Projects

• Project

Title: TWReference-NET Project - INTERREG III B CADSES Programme - European Commission

Abstract

Personnel

Organization Name: University of Salento

Individual Name

Given Name: Alberto

Surname: Basset

Position Name: Coordinator

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description: Data were collected from different habitat types in each transitional water ecosystem and in two seasons (fall 2004 and spring 2005). A factorial combination of three categories of bottom substrate (rock, sand, mud) and four categories of vegetation cover (bare sediments, seagrasses, seaweeds, emergent macrophytes) was used to classify benthic habitats into twelve types. In each ecosystem, the two or three most important habitat types were sampled, with two sampling stations per habitat type and 5 replicates per station (i.e., from 40 to 60 samples per ecosystem; TWReferenceNET ‚ Technical Report on the Biotic Indices of Natural Heritage Safety in Transitional Waters‚www.twreferencenet.eu/ Products section). All samples were collected by box-corer (0.03 square meters), sieved through a 0.5 mm mesh sieve and stored in 4% buffered formalin solution.

Method Step

Description: In the laboratory, samples were sorted under a stereomicroscope, all invertebrates were identified to the lowest possible taxon, counted, measured (body length) and their body mass determined. Individuals larger than 20 mm were measured with callipers to the nearest 0.5 mm. Body length measurements were performed in accordance with standard procedures available in the literature for the different taxa sampled in this study. Total body length was measured for Hirudinea, Oligochaeta, Nematoda and Nematomorpha. For Insecta, Crustacea and Polichaeta body length was measured as the distance from the anterior part of the head to the end of the last abdominal segment (excluding cerci, antennae and other appendages). Body length was measured as total shell height for Gastropoda and as valve length at the longest point for Bivalvia. All individuals were then oven-dried to constant weight for at least 72 h at 60 °C and then weighed to the nearest ± microgram on a Sartorius (MC 5) micro-analytic balance. All individuals in the same taxonomic category and geographic location were pooled inside numbered crucibles and burned in a muffle furnace at 500 °C for 6h. Mass data were then expressed as ash-free dry weight (AFDW).

Sampling

Study Extent

The sampling design was as follows: 12 ecosystems, 2 times (Fall and Spring), 2/3 habitat types for ecosystem, 2 sampling stations for habitat type and 5 replicates for station.

Sampling Description: In each ecosystem, the two or three most important habitat types were sampled, with two sampling stations per habitat type and 5 replicates per station (i.e., from 40 to 60 samples per ecosystem; TWReferenceNET ‚ Technical Report on the Biotic Indices of Natural Heritage Safety in Transitional Waters‚www.twreferencenet.eu/ Products section). All samples were collected by box-corer (0.03 square meters), sieved through a 0.5 mm mesh sieve and stored in 4% buffered formalin solution.

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