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Zooplankton of Lebanon

This dataset contains data of zooplakton species which were found in Lebanese waters. The study area extends over 150 km between the south of Lebanon and offshore Tripoli city in the North. Monthly, seasonally and annual cruises were carried out between 1965 and 2007. Surface and vertical plankton samples were taken at standard depths 0m, 0-25m, 0-100m, 0-200m.

Data are available as a classification of the frequency of occurance.

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Identification

Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title

Zooplankton of Lebanon

Abstract

This dataset contains data of zooplakton species which were found in Lebanese waters. The study area extends over 150 km between the south of Lebanon and offshore Tripoli city in the North. Monthly, seasonally and annual cruises were carried out between 1965 and 2007. Surface and vertical plankton samples were taken at standard depths 0m, 0-25m, 0-100m, 0-200m.

Data are available as a classification of the frequency of occurance.

Dataset Language

en

 
Dataset Creator
  Lebanese University; Faculty of Sciences, Marine Research Centre - Sami Lakkis

Metadata Provider
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

BE

https://www.vliz.be
Associated Party

contentProvider

  National Council for Scientific Research; National Center for Marine Sciences; Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Plankton - Vanda Novel-Lakkis

Associated Party

contentProvider

  National Council for Scientific Research; National Center for Marine Sciences; Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Plankton - Raymonde Zeidane

Dataset Contact
  Lebanese University; Faculty of Sciences, Marine Research Centre - Sami Lakkis

Keywords (ASFA)
  • Biodiversity

  • Interannual variability

  • Introduced species

  • Microzooplankton

  • Oligotrophic

  • Vertical distribution

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

35.433333333

East Bounding Coordinate

35.583333333

North Bounding Coordinate

34.566666667

South Bounding Coordinate

33.916666667

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

MED, Lebanon > station Levantine basin

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

34.5667

East Bounding Coordinate

35.5834

North Bounding Coordinate

35.4334

South Bounding Coordinate

33.9167

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1965-07-01

End Date

2007-06-01

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1100

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Calanoida

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1248

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Ctenophora

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1101

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cyclopoida

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1410

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Foraminifera

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:14775

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

superfamily

Taxonomic Rank Value

Heteropoda

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:19494

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

subclass

Taxonomic Rank Value

Hydromedusae

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Polychaeta

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152206

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Scyphomedusae

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

Frequency of occurrence

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-12-02T15:02:09+01:00

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Citation

Lakkis S., 2011. Le Zooplancton Marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): Biologie, Biodiversité, Biogéographie. Publ.Université Libanaise, Beirut, Lebanon,No 23:566p.

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=3474

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/3474

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_1353578704

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_1353578926

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://obis.org/dataset/7166db26-05a1-4ca7-832b-19af8260f32e

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=3474