Fish and marine invertebrates from the Israeli Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Fish and marine invertebrates caught with trawl surveys (fish and shrimp trawls) from the Mediterranean continental shelf and upper slope of Israel from 1990 to 2012 (1990-1994, 2000, and 2008-2012).

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IdentificationAbout this resource

Alternate Identifier

10.15468/p3ub2f

Alternate Identifier
http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=fish_invertebrates_israelimediterraneansea
Publication Date
2021-10-20
Title

Fish and marine invertebrates from the Israeli Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Abstract

Fish and marine invertebrates caught with trawl surveys (fish and shrimp trawls) from the Mediterranean continental shelf and upper slope of Israel from 1990 to 2012 (1990-1994, 2000, and 2008-2012).

Dataset Language

ENGLISH

 
Dataset Creator
Metadata Provider
Associated Party
Associated Party

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
  The Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa - Dor Edelist

Mount Carmel, Haifa

,

31905

,

ISRAEL

Associated Party
Associated Party

CUSTODIAN_STEWARD
  The Maritime Studies Program, Williams College - James T. Carlton

P. O. Box 6000, 75 Greenmanville Avenue

,

Mystic Seaport

,

CT, 06355

,

UNITED_STATES

Associated Party

CUSTODIAN_STEWARD
  The Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa - Ehud Spanier

Mount Carmel, Haifa

,

31905

,

ISRAEL

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

  • Metadata

Keywords (none)

  • invasive species

Keywords (none)

  • non-indigenous species

Keywords (none)

  • fish

Keywords (none)

  • marine invertebrates

Keywords (none)

  • Mediterranean Sea

Keywords (none)

  • trawl

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

South-eastern Mediterranean (Levant Sea)

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

34.2

East Bounding Coordinate

35.1

North Bounding Coordinate

33.3

South Bounding Coordinate

31.3

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1990-04-06

End Date

1994-10-30

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2000-01-30

End Date

2000-11-21

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2008-11-04

End Date

2012-06-22

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

Fish and marine invertebrates

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Annelida

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Arthropoda

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Chordata

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cnidaria

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Echinodermata

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Mollusca

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Intellectual Rights

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Resource License

License Name

Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal

URL
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
Identifier

CC0-1.0

 

Distribution

Online

URL
http://biotime.st-andrews.ac.uk/aboutUs.php

Distribution

Online

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

Additional Metadata

Metadata

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2026-04-14T08:22:51Z

Citation

Edelist D, Belmaker J (2021). Fish and marine invertebrates from the Israeli Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/p3ub2f accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-14.

Bibliography

Edelist, D., Rilov, G., Golani, D., Carlton, J.T. Spanier, E. (2013) Restructuring the Sea: profound shifts in the world's most invaded marine ecosystem. Diversity and Distributions, 19, 69–77.

 

Project

• Project

Title

none

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Dor

Surname

Edelist

Role

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT

Abstract
Funding

This study was partially supported by grants from the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection (D.E., D.G., E.S.), as well as the Maurice Hatter Grant for Maritime Studies and the Rieger Foundation Fellowship for Environmental Studies (D.E.). We also thank Dr Oren Sonin for collecting the 1990s trawl data, Dr Tamara Shiganova for providing data on fish invasions in the Black and Caspian Seas as well as E. Schwindt, A. Bortolus and A. Solari for contributing data on Argentinean invasions.

 
 

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description

Historical and modern catch data of Israeli trawlers were used to evaluate trends in abundance, biomass and diversity of Levantine fishes and marine invertebrates. Historical data were collected from trawl hauls from 1990 to 1994. Current data were collected in trawl hauls conducted in 2000 and between 2008 and 2011, covering the same fishing fields and depth range on the continental shelf and upper slope.

Sampling

Study Extent

South-eastern Mediterranean Sea (Israeli continental shelf and upper slope). Depth range 8-180.5 meters.

Sampling Description

Surveys took place by onboard trawlers (fish and shrimp trawls) fishing the Israeli continental shelf and upper slope. Data were extracted from hauls replicating commercial trawl hauls, that is, the skippers were asked to perform their own routes within a given depth, location or time and they are therefore hybrids between fisheries dependent and independent surveys.