Benthic macroinvertebrates communities data collected in 15 coastal lagoons of Mediterranean and Black sea by using the leaf pack technique

The dataset contains taxonomic and body size data of benthic macroinvertebrates collected during the spring 2005 in 15 Mediterranean and Black Sea transitional water ecosystems. Data refer to 188 taxa and 34492 individuals.

Identification

Alternate Identifier: e26624bb-831c-41af-987a-3f8ae08c0810

Publication Date: 2021-01-15

Title: Benthic macroinvertebrates communities data collected in 15 coastal lagoons of Mediterranean and Black sea by using the leaf pack technique

Abstract: The dataset contains taxonomic and body size data of benthic macroinvertebrates collected during the spring 2005 in 15 Mediterranean and Black Sea transitional water ecosystems. Data refer to 188 taxa and 34492 individuals.

Dataset Language: eng

Dataset Creator: Italian National Research Council - Ilaria Rosati

Dataset Creator: University of Salento - Alberto Basset

Metadata Provider: Italian National Research Council - Ilaria Rosati

Dataset Contact: Italian National Research Council - Ilaria Rosati

Keywords (None)

Biodiversity
Invertebrates
Body size
Leaf pack
Albania
Greece
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Mediterranean

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Alimini is a brackish coastal lagoon located in the south Apulia (Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 18.4408

East Bounding Coordinate: 18.4508

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.2199

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.2017

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Geographic Description: Cesine is a brackish coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (Apulia, Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 18.3329

East Bounding Coordinate: 18.3415

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.3626

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.3558

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Grado Marano is a coastal lagoon located in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 13.1429

East Bounding Coordinate: 13.1591

North Bounding Coordinate: 45.741

South Bounding Coordinate: 45.716

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Grado Valle Cavanata is a coastal lagoon located in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 13.4734

East Bounding Coordinate: 13.4734

North Bounding Coordinate: 45.7061

South Bounding Coordinate: 45.7061

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Geographic Description: Grado Valli da pesca is a coastal lagoon located in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 13.3611

East Bounding Coordinate: 13.3611

North Bounding Coordinate: 45.7229

South Bounding Coordinate: 45.7226

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Geographic Description: Kalloni

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 26.2581

East Bounding Coordinate: 26.2581

North Bounding Coordinate: 39.2113

South Bounding Coordinate: 39.2113

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: 19.4725

East Bounding Coordinate: 19.4725

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.9188

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.9188

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Lehaova is located between the Danube delta and the Black Sea (Romania).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 29.0281

East Bounding Coordinate: 29.0383

North Bounding Coordinate: 44.7286

South Bounding Coordinate: 44.727

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Geographic Description: Margherita di Savoia is a saline coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (Apulia, Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 15.9731

East Bounding Coordinate: 15.9738

North Bounding Coordinate: 41.4235

South Bounding Coordinate: 41.4222

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Geographic Description: Narta is a saline coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (central coast of Albania).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 19.4488

East Bounding Coordinate: 19.4488

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.5061

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.5061

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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: 19.6058

North Bounding Coordinate: 41.6333

South Bounding Coordinate: 41.6277

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Pialassa baiona is a coastal lagoon located in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 12.24483

East Bounding Coordinate: 12.24483

North Bounding Coordinate: 44.5178

South Bounding Coordinate: 44.5178

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Sinoe is a coastal lagoon located between the Danube delta and the Black Sea (Romania).

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 28.9402

East Bounding Coordinate: 28.9733

North Bounding Coordinate: 44.6705

South Bounding Coordinate: 44.6569

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Torre Guaceto is a brackish coastal lagoon located in the south Adriatic Sea (Apulia, Italy)

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 27.9198

East Bounding Coordinate: 27.9548

North Bounding Coordinate: 43.1937

South Bounding Coordinate: 43.1911

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Varna bay and Varna lake are located in the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 27.9198

East Bounding Coordinate: 27.9548

North Bounding Coordinate: 43.1937

South Bounding Coordinate: 43.1911

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date: 2005-01-01

End Date: 2005-12-31

License Information

Intellectual Rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License .

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A brief description of the the content of online URL.: Info and download page on the LifeWatch Italy Data Portal

URL: https://dataportal.lifewatchitaly.eu/view/urn%3Auuid%3A3535a25f-28ba-401a-a5e3-4e631b9c49eb

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A brief description of the the content of online URL.: DOI

URL: https://doi.org/10.48372/e26624bb-831c-41af-987a-3f8ae08c0810

• Project

Title: Macrozoobenthos_CadsesProject_2004-2005_LeafPack

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Given Name: Ilaria

Surname: Rosati

Organization Name: Italian National Research Council

Role: principalInvestigator

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Given Name: Alberto

Surname: Basset

Organization Name: University of Salento

Role: principalInvestigator

• Method

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Description: The study was carried out during spring 2005 in 15 transitional water ecosystems, each with four sampling sites, selected according to an intra-habitat typology classification, and with five replicates per site. The sampling strategy was based on leaf pack technique. Leaves were collected simultaneously and from the same area at the beginning of autumn; the basal and apical parts of all leaves were cut off and only the central leaf section was used for leaf packs. An estimate of the initial ash free dry weight of leaves was determined on sub-samples of leaves. In spring, litter bags (0.5 cm mesh size) were filled with 3.000 ± 0.005 g of oven-dried leaves (60 °C, 72 h), five leaf packs being placed at each sampling site. It was planned to retrieve all packs after 30 days immersion but because of poor weather conditions, the immersion period varied slightly among ecosystems. Six ecosystems were sampled after 30 days (Kalloni, Karavasta, Narta, Pialassa, Sinoe, Varna); seven after 35 days (Alimini, Cesine, Grado Marano, Grado fish farm, Leahova, Margherita di Savoia and Torre Guaceto); and two after 40 days (Grado Cavanata and Patok).

Method Step

Description: In the laboratory, the leaves were gently washed with tap water to remove sediments and macroinvertebrate colonizers. All animals were identified to to the lowest possible taxon, counted, measured (body length) and their body mass determined.

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The sampling design was as follows: 15 ecosystems, 4 sampling sites for ecosystem and 5 replicates for site.

Sampling Description: The sampling strategy was based on leaf pack technique, five leaf packs were placed at each sampling site and retrieved after 30 days or more depending by weather conditions. t

• Data Table

Name: Macrozoobenthos_CadsesProject_2004_2005_LeafPack.csv

Description: Taxonomic and body size data of benthic macroinvertebrates collected in 15 transitional water ecosystems located in five different countries (Italy, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania).

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Definition: An identifier for the set of information associated with an Event (something that occurs at a place and time). May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set.

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Definition: The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs.

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Name: eventdate

Definition: The date-time or interval during which an Event occurred. For occurrences, this is the date-time when the event was recorded.

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Definition: The method or protocol used during an Event.

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Name: locality

Definition: The specific description of the place. This term may contain information modified from the original to correct perceived errors or standardize the description.

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Name: decimallatitude

Definition: The geographic latitude of the geographic center of a Location (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system WGS84). Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive.

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Name: decimallongitude

Definition: The geographic longitude of the geographic center of a Location (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system WGS84). Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive.

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Name: phylum

Definition: The full scientific name of the phylum or division in which the taxon is classified.

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Name: order

Definition: The full scientific name of the order in which the taxon is classified.

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Name: family

Definition: The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified.

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Name: providedscientificname

Definition: The scientificname, with authorship and date information if known, as it originally appeared before of the taxonomic check.

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Name: scientificname

Definition: The full scientific name, with authorship and date information if known. When forming part of an Identification, this should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined. This term should not contain identification qualifications, which should instead be supplied in the IdentificationQualifier term.

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Name: bodylength

Definition: The distance along the major axis of the body of an organism.

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Name: ashfreedryweight

Definition: The ash free dry weight is the dry weight (inorganic + organic contents) minus the weight of the ash (inorganic contents only) obtained after combustion at high temperature.

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Name: ashweight

Definition: The weight of inorganic material obtained after muffle furnace combustion at 450-500 °C for 6/12 hours or longer for larger quantities. Ash weight is determined by subtracting the tare weight. Ash weight is often expressed as a percentage of dry weight or wet weight.

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Name: dryweight

Definition: The weight obtained after prolonged oven-drying to remove the water content.

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