9d6bd7bf-2a5b-4c0b-8c18-1f3f77b114f7 Info and download page on LifeWatch Italy Data Portal https://data.lifewatchitaly.eu/handle/123456789/129590 Angela Carluccio University of Bari Aldo Moro Researcher assistant angela.carluccio@uniba.it https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4227-6377 Porzia Maiorano University of Bari Aldo Moro Associate Professor porzia.maiorano@uniba.it https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5737-3025 Gianfranco D'Onghia University of Bari Aldo Moro Full professor gianfranco.donghia@uniba.it https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0952-9472 Angela Carluccio University of Bari Aldo Moro Researcher assistant angela.carluccio@uniba.it https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4227-6377 Martina Pulieri University of Salento Research assistant martina.pulieri@unisalento.it https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9691-1989 Lucia Ciardo LABORATORI DELLA FONDAZIONE Trend Sviluppo Holding Activity manager Content Provider Ilaria Rosati National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET) Technologist ilaria.rosati@cnr.it https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-7230 Custodian Steward Martina Pulieri University of Salento Research assistant martina.pulieri@unisalento.it https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9691-1989 Information Manager 2025-01-21 English The dataset contains information on density (expressed as N/Km2) and mean length (expressed in mm) of marine species collected in the North-Western Ionian Sea during the MEDITS surveys realized from 2012 to 2021. Data refer to 61 species (7 cephalopods, 7 crustaceans, 16 chondrichthyes, 31 osteichthyes) and contains 7181 records. Marine biodiversity MEDIN Parameter Discipline Keywords Abundance mean length Marisaurus Thesaurus Free for use, including sharing and adaptation, by all individuals provided that the owners are acknowledged in any use or publication. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The dataset contains information collected in the North-Western Ionian Sea. 15.252383 18.940514 40.411144 36.658347 2012-01-01 2021-12-31 Class Cephalopoda 11707 Class Elasmobranchii 10193 Class Malacostraca 1071 Class Teleostei 293496 http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#keyword http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P23/current/MD002/ http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#keyword http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P21/current/MS51/ http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#keyword http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P21/current/MS11694/ Angela Carluccio University of Bari Aldo Moro Researcher assistant angela.carluccio@uniba.it https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4227-6377 LifeWatch Italy lifewatchitalia@unisalento.it https://www.lifewatchitaly.eu/ The MEDITS trawl surveys are carried out in the Mediterranean from late spring to summer every year, according to a standardised protocol that includes gear characteristics, haul duration, and sampling procedures, following a depth-stratified random design, from 10 to 800 m in depth. Bottom trawl GOC 73 Angela Carluccio University of Bari Aldo Moro Researcher assistant angela.carluccio@uniba.it 0000-0002-4227-6377 Point Of Contact Marine_Living_Resources_20250121.csv Marine_Living_Resources_20250121.csv 1341674 MD5:9ee451fe75d2eb31b5c0fcc7bcccaead UTF-8 1 column ; country Country The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the dcterms:Location occurs. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/country waterBody Water Body The name of the water body in which the dcterms:Location occurs. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/waterBody year Year The four-digit year in which the dwc:Event occurred, according to the Common Era Calendar. dateTime YYYY http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/year eventID Event ID An identifier for the set of information associated with a dwc:Event (something that occurs at a place and time). May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasCode http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventID depth depth Depth is the vertical distance below the surface. meter ratio http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#containsMeasurementsOfType http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0721/ decimalLatitude Decimal Latitude The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in dwc:geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a dcterms:Location. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive. degree ratio http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLatitude http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLatitude decimalLongitude Decimal Longitude The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in dwc:geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a dcterms:Location. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive. degree ratio http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLongitude acceptedNameUsage Accepted Name Usage The full name, with authorship and date information if known, of the currently valid (zoological) or accepted (botanical) dwc:Taxon. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedNameUsage scientificNameAuthorship Scientific Name Authorship The authorship information for the dwc:scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable dwc:nomenclaturalCode. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameAuthorship acceptedNameUsageID Accepted Name Usage ID An identifier for the name usage (documented meaning of the name according to a source) of the currently valid (zoological) or accepted (botanical) taxon. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasCode http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedNameUsageID taxonRank Taxon Rank The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the dwc:scientificName. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonRank phylum Phylum The full scientific name of the phylum or division in which the dwc:Taxon is classified. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/phylum class Class The full scientific name of the class in which the dwc:Taxon is classified. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/class order Order The full scientific name of the order in which the dwc:Taxon is classified. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/order family Family The full scientific name of the family in which the dwc:Taxon is classified. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/family genus Genus The full scientific name of the genus in which the dwc:Taxon is classified. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/genus specificEpithet Specific Epithet The name of the first or species epithet of the dwc:scientificName. nominal http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#hasContext http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/specificEpithet density density The number of organisms, designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family), per unit area or per unit volume. numberPerKilometerSquared ratio http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#containsMeasurementsOfType http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/EUDIM_025 meanLength mean length The mean value in a range of body length values. It is calculated as the sum of the body lenght values of all organisms divided by the number of organisms measured. millimeter ratio http://ecoinformatics.org/oboe/oboe.1.2/oboe-core.owl#containsMeasurementsOfType http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P21/current/MS11694/ 7181