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Phytoplankton of Lebanon

During the last 40 years of survey in the Lebanese seawaters and the Levantine Basin, we identified and described about 400 species, belonging to 85 genera, including 230 dinoflagellates and 156 diatoms, 10 Silicoflagellates and 4 Ebriidae, many of them are introduced or migrated from Red Sea and Indian Ocean into the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal pathway.

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Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title

Phytoplankton of Lebanon

Abstract

During the last 40 years of survey in the Lebanese seawaters and the Levantine Basin, we identified and described about 400 species, belonging to 85 genera, including 230 dinoflagellates and 156 diatoms, 10 Silicoflagellates and 4 Ebriidae, many of them are introduced or migrated from Red Sea and Indian Ocean into the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal pathway.

Dataset Language

en

 
Dataset Creator
  Lebanese University; Faculty of sciences - Sami Lakkis

Metadata Provider
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

BE

https://www.vliz.be
Associated Party

custodianSteward

  Lebanese University; Faculty of sciences - Sami Lakkis

Dataset Contact
  Lebanese University; Faculty of sciences - Sami Lakkis

Keywords (ASFA)
  • Biodiversity

  • Introduced species

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

35.433333333333

East Bounding Coordinate

35.583333333333

North Bounding Coordinate

34.483333333333

South Bounding Coordinate

33.916666666667

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

MED, Eastern Mediterranean

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

35

East Bounding Coordinate

36.5

North Bounding Coordinate

35

South Bounding Coordinate

33

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1967-10-15

End Date

2007-11-25

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148898

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Bacillariophyta

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146203

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

infraphylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Dinoflagellata

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

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Additional Metadata

describes

Extra metadata added by VLIZ to add parameter, platform info, as well as GBIF fields

Metadata

parameter

Abundance

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-12-02T14:42:16+01:00

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Citation

Sami Lakkis (2011). Phytoplancton Marin du Liban ( Méditerranée Orientale): Biologie, Biodiversité, Biogeographie. Aracne Editrice, Rome, Italy, 296 p.

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/portal/index.php?dasid=2953

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/toolbox/en/download/occurrence/dataset/2953

Physical

Object Name

Archived file

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
http://mda.vliz.be/mda/directlink.php?fid=VLIZ_00000105_1344328562

Physical

Object Name

Archived file

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
http://mda.vliz.be/mda/directlink.php?fid=VLIZ_00000105_1344328868

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://obis.org/dataset/b9e99d1c-94c8-43b3-9075-a51dab157c7e

Physical

Object Name

Metadata

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
http://www.eurobis.org//imis?dasid=2953