Polychaetes from two subtidal rocky shores of the North coast of Crete, collected for the NaGISA project 2007-2008

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Alternate Identifier: 10.15468/b7dt2n

Alternate Identifier: http://192.135.166.161/resource?r=nagisa_species_2007_2008

Alternate Identifier: 2aa6f6ad-515b-4aac-87cb-d3a60321b9f4

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Publication Date: 2024-02-26

Title: Polychaetes from two subtidal rocky shores of the North coast of Crete, collected for the NaGISA project 2007-2008

Abstract

This dataset contains occurrence records of subtidal polychaetes (Annelida) from two midlittoral rocky shore sampling sites in northern Crete (Greece). Samples were collected for a monitoring project of midlittoral rocky shores in Crete, in the framework of the NaGISA project (Natural Geography in Shore Areas, http://www.coml.org/projects/natural-geography-shore-areas-nagisa). The two sampling sites are characterised by a continuous hard bottom habitat with dense algal coverage and a moderate wave exposure and are not impacted by detectable anthropogenic activity. At each site, five random replicate units were collected from each depth of 1m, 5m, 10m, 15m and 20m by placing a plexiglas frame (25x25 cm) on the substrate and scraping the framed area completely. The samples were then collected with an underwater suction device working with pressure from a diving bottle. Samples were washed through a 0.5 mm mesh sieve and fixed in 99% ethanol. In the laboratory, all samples were identified to the most precise taxonomic level possible, using the most recent literature for the taxon.

This dataset does not contain the records for the syllid species collected during this sampling campaign. The syllid records are available as a separate dataset (together with other syllid occurrences in the Eastern Mediterranean) in the dataset #34;Eastern Mediterranean Syllidae#34;, available at http://ipt.medobis.eu/manage/resource?r#61;easternmedsyllids.

Dataset Language: ENGLISH

Dataset Creator: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture - Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou (PostDoc)

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Metadata Provider: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture - Sarah Faulwetter (PostDoc)

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Associated Party: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture - Christos Arvanitidis (Senior Reserarcher)

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Associated Party: CURATOR

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture - Stamatina Nikolopoulou (Research Technician)

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Dataset Contact: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture - Sarah Faulwetter (PostDoc)

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Dataset Contact: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture - Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou (PostDoc)

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Keywords (None)

hard bottom
NaGISA
Crete
rocky shores
Polychaeta
subtidal
Eastern Mediterranean
Annelida

Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml)

Occurrence

Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml)

Samplingevent

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Alykes-Agia Pelagia- Heraklion-Crete-Greek eez

Elounda- Agios Nikolaos-Crete-Greek eez

subtidal rocky shores from 1-20m with photophilic algae

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 24.93

East Bounding Coordinate: 25.83

North Bounding Coordinate: 35.46

South Bounding Coordinate: 35.13

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date: 2007-09-18

End Date: 2008-06-08

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage: Polychaetes

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Value: Polychaetes

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Intellectual Rights

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Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Resource License

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Identifier: CC-BY-4.0

Distribution

Online

URL: http://192.135.166.161/archive.do?r=nagisa_species_2007_2008

Additional Metadata

Metadata

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp: 2026-04-14T08:23:55Z

Citation: Chatzigeorgiou G, Faulwetter S, Arvanitidis C. (2014). Polychaetes from two subtidal rocky shores of the North coast of Crete, collected for the NaGISA project 2007-2008. https://doi.org/10.15468/b7dt2n accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-14.

Logo URL: http://ipt.medobis.eu/logo.do?r=nagisa_species_2007_2008

• Method

Method Step

Description: 5 replicates from each depth and transect

Sampling

Study Extent: 25x25cm sampling area

Sampling Description

plexiglas frame 25x25cm and suction device

2 sampling stations (Alykes and Elounda)