Monthly Zooplankton Abundance and Diversity in Cabras Lagoon (Sardinia, Italy): One-Year Dataset
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IdentificationAbout this resource
- Alternate Identifier
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f767cb90-97ec-43f7-a4b4-a079ed5f8331
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-16
- Title
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Monthly Zooplankton Abundance and Diversity in Cabras Lagoon (Sardinia, Italy): One-Year Dataset
- Abstract
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This dataset was generated within a monitoring program conducted in 2024 with a monthly sampling frequency, as part of the PRIN 2022 project “FUTURE – a warmer Future world: effects on plankton commUnities and paThogens in mediterranean vUlneRable Ecosystems” (grant no. 202252YWFC). It includes zooplankton abundance (ind. m⁻³) for each identified taxon. Zooplankton data were obtained using a traditional microscopy-based approach, with morfological identification at species level when it was possible and counting performed under light microscopy. Additional information, including life stage and planktonic life-history group (meroplankton or holoplankton), is provided where available. Data were collected at three sampling stations in Cabras Lagoon, positioned along a salinity gradient ranging from the lagoon’s marine inlet (Station 1) to its freshwater inflow (Station 3), with Station 2 representing intermediate environmental conditions.
- Dataset Language
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English
- Dataset Creator
- Dataset Creator
- Dataset Creator
- Metadata Provider
- Metadata Provider
- Metadata Provider
- Associated Party
- Associated Party
- Dataset Contact
- Dataset Contact
- Dataset Contact
- Keywords (Biodiversity Thesaurus)
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Biodiversity
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- Keywords (Environmental Thesaurus)
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Zooplankton
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Biological monitoring
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Lagoon
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Life stage
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Density
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Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
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Data were collected from three sampling stations in Cabras Lagoon across a salinity gradient.
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
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8.513556
- East Bounding Coordinate
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8.48525
- North Bounding Coordinate
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39.981389
- South Bounding Coordinate
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39.933639
Temporal Coverage
Range of Dates
- Begin Date
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2024-01-24
- End Date
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2024-12-16
Taxonomic Coverage
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Species
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345943
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Genus
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Alona
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148383
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Genus
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Asplanchna
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134935
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Class
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Bivalvia
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Genus
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Bosmina
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106265
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Genus
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Brachionus
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134937
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Species
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Brachionus bidentatus
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1390904
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Species
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Brachionus leydigii
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134981
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Species
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Brachionus plicatilis
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134982
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Genus
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Ceriodaphnia
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148376
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Genus
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Chydorus
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148377
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Class
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Cirripedia
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1082
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Order
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Cyclopoida
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1101
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Species
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Daphnia longispina
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148373
Taxonomic Classification
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Order
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Harpacticoida
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1102
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Species
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Keratella cochlearis
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134990
Taxonomic Classification
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Species
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Keratella quadrata
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134992
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Genus
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Lecane
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134952
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Species
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Mesopodopsis slabberi
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120072
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Species
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Mnemiopsis leidyi
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106401
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Species
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Oithona davisae
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:353995
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Class
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Ostracoda
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Genus
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Podon
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106269
Taxonomic Classification
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Class
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Polychaeta
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883
Taxonomic Classification
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Phylum
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Rotifera
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:14260
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Genus
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Synchaeta
- Taxon ID
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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134958
resourceLicensesLicense Information
- Intellectual Rights
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Free for use, including sharing and adaptation, by all individuals provided that the owners are acknowledged in any use or publication.
Resource License
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cc-by
Project
• Project
- Title
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P.R.I.N. 2022 - 202252YWFC – “FUTURE: FUTURE - a warmer Future world: effects on plankton commUnities and paThogens in mediterranean vUlneRable Ecosystems”
Personnel
Individual Name
- Given Name
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Jessica
- Surname
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Titocci
- Organization Name
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National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET)
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Research Technologist
- User ID
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0000-0001-9157-1578
- Role
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Principal Investigator
Personnel
Individual Name
- Given Name
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Lyudmila
- Surname
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Kamburska
- Organization Name
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National Research Council (CNR), Water Research Institute (IRSA)
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Researcher
- User ID
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0000-0001-5071-6953
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Principal Investigator
Personnel
Individual Name
- Given Name
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Roberta
- Surname
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Piscia
- Organization Name
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National Research Council (CNR), Water Research Institute (IRSA)
- Position Name
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Researcher
- User ID
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0000-0003-3123-7759
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Principal Investigator
- Abstract
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Global warming is altering the dynamic and structure of aquatic ecosystems. The Mediterranean region is considered as one of the most sensitive areas regarding global warming and Mediterranean artificial lakes and coastal lagoons are considered particularly vulnerable environments that deserve attention as they provide fundamental goods and ecosystem services. Temperature rise is expected to cause plankton biodiversity loss and to favour the selection of smaller-sized organisms and pathogenic bacteria. This may produce strong alteration in the food web efficiency and energy flux in artificial lakes and coastal lagoons and, consequently, on the all related goods and services, such as good quality of water for agriculture and drinking in artificial lakes or fishing in lagoons. The main objective of this project is to investigate the effects of the forecasted climate warming on Mediterranean natural plankton communities, including several trophic levels, from bacteria to mesozooplankton. To increase knowledge on the ecological responses of Mediterranean aquatic ecosystems to warming, two different natural plankton communities from a Mediterranean artificial lake and a coastal lagoon have been considered in this project. Project goals have been addressed by running a laboratory experiment and a field monitoring activity. The laboratory experiment allowed to directly investigate the entire plankton community responses to warming under experimentally controlled conditions. In addition, the field activity in each ecosystem also allowed to investigate the entire plankton community dynamics over the seasonal variations of temperature. Moreover, for investigating effects of warming on biodiversity, we applied two different approaches to analyse the field and experimental samples: i) a traditional approach, such as optical microscopy and flow cytometry, and ii) a more advanced technological approach, such as the Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS).
- Funding
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PROGETTO P.R.I.N. 2022 - 202252YWFC – “FUTURE: A WARMER FUTURE WORLD: EFFECTS ON PLANKTON COMMUNITIES AND PATHOGENS IN MEDITERRANEAN VULNERABLE ECOSYSTEMS” CUP B53D23011750006
Methods
• Method
Method Step
- Description
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Zooplankton organisms were sampled monthly throughout 2024 at three stations in Cabras Lagoon (Sardinia, Italy) along a salinity gradient from the marine inlet (station 1) to the freshwater inflow (station 3), with station 2 representing intermediate conditions. Due to the lagoon’s shallow depth (~2 m), samples were collected using horizontal net tows conducted 0.30–0.50 m below the surface with an 80 µm mesh net. Nets were towed at a known speed for a fixed duration to calculate the filtered volume. Samples were immediately preserved in 70% ethanol and later analyzed by microscopy for taxonomic identification and abundance estimation. A 10% subsample of the total volume was examined to determine zooplankton abundance and community composition.
qualityControl
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A taxonomic check via the Worms Match taxa validation tool was employed to avoid some misspelled names and unaccepted synonyms.
Data Tables
• Data Table
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Dataset_Zooplankton_Monitoring_Cabras.csv
- Description
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Zooplankton data
Physical
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Dataset_Zooplankton_Monitoring_Cabras.csv
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57478
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MD5:082ea90a6c9a25f1aa75df9aab520750
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UTF-8
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1
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Attribute List
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Catalog Number
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An identifier (preferably unique) for the record within the data set or collection.
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country
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Country
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The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the location occurs.
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Country Code
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The standard code for the country in which the location occurs.
Measurement Scale
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Any Text
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locality
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Locality
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The specific description of the place.
Measurement Scale
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waterBody
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Water Body
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The name of the water body in which the location occurs.
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Decimal Latitude
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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.
Measurement Scale
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degree
Numeric domain
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real
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decimalLongitude
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Decimal Longitude
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The geographic longitude of the geographic center of a Location (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system WGS84). Positive values are east of the Prime Meridian, and negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive.
Measurement Scale
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degree
Numeric domain
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real
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day
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Day
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The integer day of the month on which the event occurred.
Measurement Scale
Date time
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DD
Attribute
- Name
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month
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Month
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The integer month in which the event occurred.
Measurement Scale
Date time
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MM
Attribute
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year
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Year
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The four-digit year in which the event occurred, according to the Common Era Calendar.
Measurement Scale
Date time
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YYYY
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Event Date
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Attribute
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Season
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One of the four equal periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices, resulting from the apparent movement of the sun north and south of the equator during the course of the earth's orbit around it. These periods (spring, summer, autumn and winter) have their characteristic weather conditions in different regions, and occur at opposite times of the year in the N and S hemispheres.
Measurement Scale
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Winter
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Spring
Spring
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Summer
Summer
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Autumn
Autumn
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eventID
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Event ID
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An identifier for the set of information associated with a event (something that occurs at a place and time). May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set.
Measurement Scale
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Any Text
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Verbatim Identification
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A string representing the taxonomic identification as it appeared in the original record.
Measurement Scale
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Any Text
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Kingdom
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The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the taxon is classified.
Measurement Scale
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Any Text
Attribute
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phylum
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Phylum
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The full scientific name of the phylum or division in which the taxon is classified.
Measurement Scale
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Class
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The full scientific name of the class in which the taxon is classified.
Measurement Scale
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Any Text
Attribute
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order
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Order
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The full scientific name of the order in which the taxon is classified.
Measurement Scale
nominal
nonNumericDomain
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Any Text
Attribute
- Name
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family
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Family
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The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified.
Measurement Scale
nominal
nonNumericDomain
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Any Text
Attribute
- Name
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genus
- Label
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Genus
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The full scientific name of the genus in which the taxon is classified.
Measurement Scale
nominal
nonNumericDomain
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Any Text
Attribute
- Name
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subgenus
- Label
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Subgenus
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The full scientific name of the subgenus in which the taxon is classified.
Measurement Scale
nominal
nonNumericDomain
textDomain
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Any Text
Attribute
- Name
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Specific Epithet
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The name of the first or species epithet of the scientificName.
Measurement Scale
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Any Text
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Scientific Name
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The scientificname, with authorship and date information if known, as it originally appeared before of the taxonomic check.
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Accepted Name Usage
- Definition
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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.
Measurement Scale
nominal
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Any Text
Attribute
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Scientific Name Authorship
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The authorship information for the scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable nomenclaturalCode.
Measurement Scale
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nonNumericDomain
textDomain
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Any Text
Attribute
- Name
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acceptedNameUsageID
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Accepted Name Usage ID
- Definition
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An identifier for the name usage (documented meaning of the name according to a source) of the currently valid (zoological) or accepted (botanical) taxon.
Measurement Scale
nominal
nonNumericDomain
textDomain
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Any Text
Attribute
- Name
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taxonRank
- Label
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Taxon Rank
- Definition
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The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the scientificName.
Measurement Scale
nominal
nonNumericDomain
textDomain
- Definition
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Any Text
Attribute
- Name
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lifeStage
- Label
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Life Stage
- Definition
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The developmental stage of life of an organism.
Measurement Scale
nominal
nonNumericDomain
textDomain
- Definition
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Any Text
Attribute
- Name
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plankton
- Label
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Plankton
- Definition
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An organism that live in the water column and is passively transported by currents, at least during part of their life.
Measurement Scale
nominal
nonNumericDomain
textDomain
- Definition
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Any Text
Attribute
- Name
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abundance
- Label
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Abundance
- Definition
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The number of organisms, designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family), per unit area or per unit volume.
Measurement Scale
Ratio
Unit
- Custom Unit
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ind/m³
Numeric domain
- Number type
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real
- numberOfRecords
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192
