Macrozoobenthos data collected in the Alimini Grande lake, Apulia, Italy, in 1998 and 1999.

The dataset contains abundance and body size data of benthic macroinvertebrates collected in the LTER site Alimini (Apulia, Italy). Data refer to 54 taxa and 71213 individuals.

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Identification

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14b3f7ff-9b1b-4b75-894c-127141fca612

Publication Date
2020-12-21
Title

Macrozoobenthos data collected in the Alimini Grande lake, Apulia, Italy, in 1998 and 1999.

Abstract

The dataset contains abundance and body size data of benthic macroinvertebrates collected in the LTER site Alimini (Apulia, Italy). Data refer to 54 taxa and 71213 individuals.

 
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Keywords (None)

  • Biodiversity

  • Invertebrates

  • Body size

  • Coastal lagoon

  • Alimini

  • Apulia

  • Italy

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

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

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

18.4408

East Bounding Coordinate

18.4466

North Bounding Coordinate

40.2199

South Bounding Coordinate

40.1906

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1998-10-01

End Date

1999-09-20

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

 

Distribution

Online

onlineDistribution

Info and download page on the LifeWatch Italy Data Portal

URL
https://dataportal.lifewatchitaly.eu/view/urn%3Auuid%3Acdcd72ad-3f05-4859-afec-1e91c2d5d03b

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.

DOI

URL
https://doi.org/10.48372/14b3f7ff-9b1b-4b75-894c-127141fca612
 
 

Project

• Project

Title

Master Plan Project on Lake Alimini Grande

Abstract

Personnel

Organization Name

University of Salento

Individual Name

Given Name

Alberto

Surname

Basset

Position Name

Coordinator

 
 

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description

The study was performed using leaf packs of Phragmites australis and was carried out at 33 sampling sites. The fieldwork was carried out over a year from fall 1998 to summer 1999 and data were collected at two times from the start of the experiments in each season (30 days and 90 days of submersion reported in the dataset as "measurementremarks"). Leaves of P. australis were collected during the spring-summer period, air-dried and stored in a dark room at standard temperature and low humidity until needed. Before use, leaves were cut into 8-cm-long fragments and oven-dried to constant weight (60 °C for 72 h), and then lots of 3.0 ± 0.1 g dry weight were placed in 5 mm mesh bags. For each season, 16 leaf packs were submersed at each sampling station and collected in two sampling times: after 30 and 90 days from the beginning of the experiment.

Method Step

Description

The leaf packs were retrieved from the study sites and placed in a plastic bag, sealed and returned to the laboratory in an insulated cool box. The leaf material was carefully washed in flowing water and sieved in an 800 micrometer mesh size sieve in order to remove both organic and inorganic sediments and benthic macroinvertebrates. All animals were identified to the genus level, and, whenever possible, to species level, counted, and their body mass determined.

Sampling

Study Extent

The sampling design was as follows: 4 seasons, two sampling times for season, 33 sampling stations and 16 leaf packs for sampling station.

The sampling design was as follows: 4 seasons, two sampling times for season, 33 sampling sites and 16 leaf packs for sampling site.

Sampling Description

The study was performed using leaf packs of Phragmites australis and was carried out at 33 sampling sites. For each season, 16 leaf packs were submersed at each sampling site and collected in two sampling times: after 30 and 90 days from the beginning of the experiment.

 
 

Data Tables

• Data Table

Name

Macrozoobenthos_MasterPlanProject_Alimini_Grande_1998-1999.csv

Description

Abundance and body size data of benthic macroinvertebrate community in the LTER site Alimini (Apulia, Italy).

Attribute List

Attribute

Name

catalognumber

Definition

An identifier (preferably unique) for the record within the data set or collection.

Attribute

Name

eventid

Definition

An identifier for the set of information associated with an Event (something that occurs at a place and time). May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set.

Attribute

Name

parenteventid

Definition

An identifier for the broader Event that groups this and potentially other Events.

Attribute

Name

eventdate

Definition

The date-time or interval during which an Event occurred. For occurrences, this is the date-time when the event was recorded.

Attribute

Name

year

Definition

The four-digit year in which the Event occurred, according to the Common Era Calendar.

Attribute

Name

samplingprotocol

Definition

The method or protocol used during an Event.

Attribute

Name

locality

Definition

The specific description of the place. This term may contain information modified from the original to correct perceived errors or standardize the description.

Attribute

Name

decimallatitude

Definition

The geographic latitude of the geographic center of a Location (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system WGS84). Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive.

Attribute

Name

decimallongitude

Definition

The geographic longitude of the geographic center of a Location (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system WGS84). Positive values are east of the Prime Meridian, and negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive.

Attribute

Name

providedscientificname

Definition

The scientificname, with authorship and date information if known, as it originally appeared before of the taxonomic check.

Attribute

Name

scientificname

Definition

The full scientific name, with authorship and date information if known. When forming part of an Identification, this should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined. This term should not contain identification qualifications, which should instead be supplied in the IdentificationQualifier term.

Attribute

Name

measurementremarks

Definition

Comments or notes accompanying the MeasurementOrFact.

Attribute

Name

ashfreedryweight

Definition

The ash free dry weight is the dry weight (inorganic + organic contents) minus the weight of the ash (inorganic contents only) obtained after combustion at high temperature.

Attribute

Name

eunishabitatstypename

Definition

The habitat name according to the EUNIS habitat type classification.

Attribute

Name

dryweight

Definition

The weight obtained after prolonged oven-drying to remove the water content.

entityType

text/csv