"Pola" Expedition: Mollusks, in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea, 1890-1894

This historical dataset, available as #34;Pola#34; expedition: Mollusks - Biodiversity Heritage Library (biodiversitylibrary.org) pages 1-36, is related to the expeditions of the S. M. ship #34;Pola#34; in the eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic. The great depths of the eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea are considered very poor, even poorer than those of the western basin. The whole report is separated into two parts. The first part deals with the threshing results in the eastern Mediterranean (Expeditions I-IV, 1890-1893), while the second those in the Adriatic (Expedition V, 1894). Each part is preceded by a list of the stations that have delivered molluscs, with a precise explanation of the geographical location, habitat, depth and date of the sampling event. This historical paper is digitised through a Citizen Science Workshop organised by the Hellenic Centre in Marine Research in Lecce, 15 November 2023, using the Zooniverse platform.

Default

IdentificationAbout this resource

Alternate Identifier

10.25607/mu0n0i

Alternate Identifier
http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=pola
Alternate Identifier

3be44a65-238e-4412-80ad-3e47c2775b85

Alternate Identifier
http://192.135.166.161/resource?r=pola
Publication Date
2024-10-30
Title

"Pola" Expedition: Mollusks, in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea, 1890-1894

Abstract

This historical dataset, available as #34;Pola#34; expedition: Mollusks - Biodiversity Heritage Library (biodiversitylibrary.org) pages 1-36, is related to the expeditions of the S. M. ship #34;Pola#34; in the eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic. The great depths of the eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea are considered very poor, even poorer than those of the western basin. The whole report is separated into two parts. The first part deals with the threshing results in the eastern Mediterranean (Expeditions I-IV, 1890-1893), while the second those in the Adriatic (Expedition V, 1894). Each part is preceded by a list of the stations that have delivered molluscs, with a precise explanation of the geographical location, habitat, depth and date of the sampling event. This historical paper is digitised through a Citizen Science Workshop organised by the Hellenic Centre in Marine Research in Lecce, 15 November 2023, using the Zooniverse platform.

Dataset Language

ENGLISH

 
Dataset Creator
  HCMR-IMBBC - Melina Loulakaki (Computer Scientist)

Thalassocosmos, Former American Base

,

Heraklion

,

71003

,

GREECE

Dataset Creator
  HCMR-IMBBC - Ioannis Rallis (Marine Biologist)

Thalassocosmos, Former American Base

,

Heraklion

,

71003

,

GREECE

Metadata Provider
  HCMR-IMBBC - Melina Loulakaki (Computer Scientist)

Thalassocosmos, Former American Base

,

Heraklion

,

71003

,

GREECE

Associated Party

CURATOR
  HCMR-IMBBC - Dimitra Mavraki (Data manager)

Thalassocosmos, Former American Base

,

Heraklion

,

Crete

,

71003

,

GREECE

https://imbbc.hcmr.gr/
Dataset Contact
  HCMR-IMBBC - Dimitra Mavraki (Data manager)

Thalassocosmos, Former American Base

,

Heraklion

,

Crete

,

71003

,

GREECE

https://imbbc.hcmr.gr/
Keywords (none)

  • Citizen Science

Keywords (https://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=detailsid=1905)

  • Mediterranean Sea

Keywords (https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetailsid=51)

  • Mollusca

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

  • Samplingevent

Keywords (GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml)

  • Observation

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Pola Expedition took place in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

14.414

East Bounding Coordinate

34.277

North Bounding Coordinate

46.559

South Bounding Coordinate

30.6

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1890-08-14

End Date

1894-07-26

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

All taxa belong to Mollusca Phylum

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Gastropoda

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Bivalvia

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Scaphopoda

resourceLicensesLicense Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

.

Resource License

License Name

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

URL
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
Identifier

CC-BY-4.0

 

Distribution

Online

URL
http://ipt.medobis.eu/archive.do?r=pola
 

Additional Metadata

Metadata

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2026-04-14T08:23:00Z

Citation

Dimitra Mavraki, Ioannis Rallis and Melina Loulakaki (2024).Digitization of "Pola" Expedition: Mollusks, in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea, 1890-1894. https://doi.org/10.25607/mu0n0i accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-14.

 

Project

• Project

Title

EMODnet Biology phase 5

Abstract

This is a historical paper and its digitisation took place in the framework of the EMODnet Biology phase 5.

Funding

Design Description

Description

The digitisation process of the historical paper, which is available online in the Biodiversity Heritage Library, started during the Citizen Science Workshop organised on 15 November 2023 in Lecce and ended after data curation of the Hellenic Centre Marine Research Data Management Team.

 
 

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description

The process started by volunteers using the Zooniverse platform, following a methodical workflow with simple tasks supported by tutorial, guidelines, and tips for transcribing the data and transforming it into the Darwin Core standards – a widely accepted, machine-readable format. This approach ensures that volunteers with various educational backgrounds can seamlessly participate in the transcription and FAIRification process of this historical marine biodiversity data. Volunteers managed to successfully complete all tasks of the CS project built in the Zooniverse platform, in a period of 76 days. Their responses were extracted in .csv format and with a specific-designed script ( https://github.com/melinalou/Emodnet5/tree/main) and manual modification, the data were transformed into a human-readable .xlsx format. To ensure data quality, online tools such as the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) taxon match tool ( https://www.marinespecies.org/tutorial_taxonmatch.php) were employed for cross-referencing taxonomic information, while Marine Regions ( https://www.marineregions.org/) and Map Maker ( https://maps.co/) were used to correct coordinate uncertainties

Sampling

Study Extent

The whole report is separated into two parts. The first part deals with the threshing results in the eastern Mediterranean (Expeditions I-IV, 1890-1893), while the second those in the Adriatic (Expedition V, 1894).

Sampling Description

The equipment used, as described in the original paper, is: small trawl, dredge samples, large hanging trawl, rake sampler and trawl.