Benthic macroinvertebrates communities data collected in 12 coastal lagoons of Mediterranean and Black sea.
The dataset contains abundance and body size data of the benthic macroinvertebrates communities of 12 coastal lagoons located in five different countries (Italy, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania). Data refer to 262 taxa and 53637 individuals.
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- d39fddbd-b232-492e-9205-208472463b1a
- Publication Date
- 2020-12-20
- Title
- Benthic macroinvertebrates communities data collected in 12 coastal lagoons of Mediterranean and Black sea.
- Abstract
- The dataset contains abundance and body size data of the benthic macroinvertebrates communities of 12 coastal lagoons located in five different countries (Italy, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania). Data refer to 262 taxa and 53637 individuals.
- Dataset Language
- eng
- Dataset Creator
- Dataset Creator
- Metadata Provider
- Dataset Contact
- Keywords (None )
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- Biodiversity
- Invertebrates
- Body size
- Brackish coastal lagoon
- Albania
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Italy
- Romania
- Saline coastal lagoon
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Agiasma is a coastal lagoon located on the north Greek coast (Agiasma, Nestos Delta, Eastern Macedonia region).
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 24.616667
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 24.63125
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 40.877306
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 40.859167
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Alimini is a brackish coastal lagoon located in the south Apulia (Italy).
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 18.440917
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 18.450883
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 40.219867
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 40.20125
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Cesine is a brackish coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (Apulia, Italy).
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 18.332972
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 18.341528
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 40.362694
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 40.355667
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Grado Marano is a coastal lagoon located in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy).
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 13.090139
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 13.159167
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 45.741
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 45.699917
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Grado Valle Cavanata is a coastal lagoon located in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy).
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 13.472167
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 13.473444
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 45.707139
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 45.706167
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Grado Valli da pesca is a coastal lagoon located in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy).
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 13.358444
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 13.362306
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 45.722944
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 45.719222
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Karavasta is a coastal lagoon located on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea in the west of Albania.
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 19.462778
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 19.472778
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 40.920278
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 40.916944
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Lehaova is located between the Danube delta and the Black Sea (Romania).
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 29.028167
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 29.038361
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 44.728917
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 44.726333
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Logarou is a saline coastal lagoon located in the Amvrakikos gulf, Greece.
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 20.891669
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 20.929169
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 39.0625
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 39.029169
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Margherita di Savoia is a saline coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (Apulia, Italy).
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 15.973
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 16.006111
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 41.427222
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 41.422222
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Narta is a saline coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (central coast of Albania).
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 19.395556
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 19.450278
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 40.560833
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 40.505278
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Patok is a brackish coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (central coast of Albania).
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 19.59
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 19.606111
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 41.635278
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 41.627778
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Sinoe is a coastal lagoon located between the Danube delta and the Black Sea (Romania).
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 28.931306
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 28.975778
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 44.673778
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 44.625778
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Torre Guaceto is a brackish coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (Apulia, Italy)
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 17.790139
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 17.795278
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 40.714222
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 40.711194
Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
- Varna bay and Varna lake are located in the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
- 27.795
- East Bounding Coordinate
- 27.952883
- North Bounding Coordinate
- 43.196783
- South Bounding Coordinate
- 43.184017
Temporal Coverage
Range of Dates
- Begin Date
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2004-10-01
- End Date
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2005-06-20
License Information
- Intellectual Rights
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License .
Distribution
Online
- A brief description of the the content of online URL.
- Info and download page on the LifeWatch Italy Data Portal
Online
- A brief description of the the content of online URL.
- DOI
Projects
Projects
• Project
- Title
- TWReference-NET Project - INTERREG III B CADSES Programme - European Commission
- Abstract
Personnel
- Organization Name
- University of Salento
Individual Name
- Given Name
- Alberto
- Surname
- Basset
- Position Name
- Coordinator
Methods
Methods
• Method
Method Step
- Description
- Data were collected from different habitat types in each transitional water ecosystem and in two seasons (fall 2004 and spring 2005). A factorial combination of three categories of bottom substrate (rock, sand, mud) and four categories of vegetation cover (bare sediments, seagrasses, seaweeds, emergent macrophytes) was used to classify benthic habitats into twelve types. In each ecosystem, the two or three most important habitat types were sampled, with two sampling stations per habitat type and 5 replicates per station (i.e., from 40 to 60 samples per ecosystem; TWReferenceNET ‚ Technical Report on the Biotic Indices of Natural Heritage Safety in Transitional Waters‚www.twreferencenet.eu/ Products section). All samples were collected by box-corer (0.03 square meters), sieved through a 0.5 mm mesh sieve and stored in 4% buffered formalin solution.
Method Step
- Description
- In the laboratory, samples were sorted under a stereomicroscope, all invertebrates were identified to the lowest possible taxon, counted, measured (body length) and their body mass determined. Individuals larger than 20 mm were measured with callipers to the nearest 0.5 mm. Body length measurements were performed in accordance with standard procedures available in the literature for the different taxa sampled in this study. Total body length was measured for Hirudinea, Oligochaeta, Nematoda and Nematomorpha. For Insecta, Crustacea and Polichaeta body length was measured as the distance from the anterior part of the head to the end of the last abdominal segment (excluding cerci, antennae and other appendages). Body length was measured as total shell height for Gastropoda and as valve length at the longest point for Bivalvia. All individuals were then oven-dried to constant weight for at least 72 h at 60 °C and then weighed to the nearest ± microgram on a Sartorius (MC 5) micro-analytic balance. All individuals in the same taxonomic category and geographic location were pooled inside numbered crucibles and burned in a muffle furnace at 500 °C for 6h. Mass data were then expressed as ash-free dry weight (AFDW).
Sampling
- Study Extent
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The sampling design was as follows: 12 ecosystems, 2 times (Fall and Spring), 2/3 habitat types for ecosystem, 2 sampling stations for habitat type and 5 replicates for station.
The sampling design was as follows: 12 ecosystems, 2 times (Fall and Spring), 2/3 habitat types for ecosystem, 2 sampling stations for habitat type and 5 replicates for station.
- Sampling Description
- In each ecosystem, the two or three most important habitat types were sampled, with two sampling stations per habitat type and 5 replicates per station (i.e., from 40 to 60 samples per ecosystem; TWReferenceNET ‚ Technical Report on the Biotic Indices of Natural Heritage Safety in Transitional Waters‚www.twreferencenet.eu/ Products section). All samples were collected by box-corer (0.03 square meters), sieved through a 0.5 mm mesh sieve and stored in 4% buffered formalin solution.
Data Tables
Data Tables
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- Macrozoobenthos_CadsesProject_2004_2005_BoxCorer.csv
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- Abundance and body size data of benthic macroinvertebrates collected in 12 transitional water ecosystems located in five different countries (Italy, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania).
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