Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas- Engraulidae-Clupeidae

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10.15468/6xhnfb

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Publication Date
2024-02-26
Title

Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas- Engraulidae-Clupeidae

Abstract

Larvae of fish from families Engraulidae and Clupeidae were sampled. Sampling was mainly pelagic, thus mainly by Petersen#39;s young fish trawl. Data proceed from the Thor expeditions 1908-1910 but data from other expeditions (Thor 1905 and 1906) and other vessels (Nordboen and Pangan) are incorporated in the report, encompassing years 1904-1911

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ENGLISH

 
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Keywords (none)

  • Rhodophyta

  • Oceanographical Expeditions; calcareous algae; Mediterranean; marine; pelagic; Atlantic Ocean; legacy literature; Samplingevent

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

  • Samplingevent

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

  • Samplingevent

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Mediterranean and adjacent waters

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-10.7

East Bounding Coordinate

33.05

North Bounding Coordinate

59.32

South Bounding Coordinate

28.6

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1904-09-05

End Date

1914-01-24

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

Fish from families Clupeidae and Engraulidae (order Clupeiformes)

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Species

Taxonomic Rank Value

Sardina pilchardus

Common Name

sardine

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Species

Taxonomic Rank Value

Clupea harengus

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Species

Taxonomic Rank Value

Engraulis encrassicolus

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Species

Taxonomic Rank Value

Sardinella aurita

Common Name

sardine

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Species

Taxonomic Rank Value

Sprattus sprattus

Common Name

sprat

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Clupeiformes

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Date Stamp

2026-04-14T08:23:45Z

Citation

Fanini L, Faulwetter S, Nikolopoulou S, Mavraki D,Tsompanou M, Gerovasiliou V, Chatzinikolaou E (2016): Digitization of "Engraulidae-Clupeidae. Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas" by Louis Fage (1920). https://doi.org/10.15468/6xhnfb accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-14.

Bibliography

Fage L (1920) Engraulidae, Clupeidae. Report on the Danish oceanographical expeditions 1908-10 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas.V2 Biology (A9). Copenhagen, 140pp.

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http://ipt.medobis.eu/logo.do?r=thorexpedition_engraulidaeclupeidae
 

Project

• Project

Title

LifewatchGreece - Legacy Literature

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Lucia

Surname

Fanini

Role

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT

Abstract

Digitization of legacy literature to produce marine biogeographic datasets for the Mediterranean Sea area.

Funding

This work was supported by the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (MIS 384676), funded by the Greek Government under the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT), ESFRI Projects, National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF).

 
 

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description

Abundance data related to larvae of Engraulidae and Clupeidae, present in the report by Fage (1920) were digitized. To link these data with the environmental information recorded in correspondence of each sampling and published in Schmidt's report (1912), an unique ID was assigned to each sampling event whenever possible. Consequently each record can be linked to a set of geographical coordinates, a date, temperature and salinity data. We consistently kept the information from Schmidt as main reference, also in case of mismatch, typos or missing information in Fage's report. As abundance data were broken down into different size classes, we kept the information, i.e. for each sampling event there might be different records if different size classes were present.

Sampling

Study Extent

The dataset proceeds from the report by Fage (1920), merging data from Thor winter and summer expeditions to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas (1908-1910), with data from Thor expeditions to the N-W Atlantic (1905 and 1906). Some data from the Red Sea are also present, although this area was not the target of the expedition.

Sampling Description

Fish larvae of the families Engraulidae and Clupeidae were sampled mainly by trawling with Young fish trawl and Petersen trawl, depending on the expedition. Both methods are most suitable for pelagic fish larvae rather than coastal ones, as reported by Schmidt (1912).

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Description

The dataset was digitized manually from scanned documents. Original names regarding taxonomy and sampling location were kept as a reference. At the same time taxon names were cross-checked against the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS); while the original sampling coordinates were plotted using Google Earth in order to double check that they are located in the sea. All data were checked for inconsistencies, both for the range of values, but also compared to other datasets from the same series, collected at the same station. Any problematic records were recorded in a remarks field in the data.