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Megafaunal data from the 2009 BIOFUN trans-Mediterranean deep-sea cruise

Deep-sea sampling in 2009 onboard the R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa in the three Mediterranean basins. A combination of 2 samplers was used to collect the benthic megafauna: an otter-trawl Maireta system (OTMS) and an Agassiz dredge. The OTMS is a 1-warp benthic otter-trawl designed to work seamlessly on high depth grounds: its stretch mesh size at the cod-end is 40mm, with an outer cover of 12mm, to allow retrieval of small-sized fractions of megafauna. The net total length is 25m, with an horizontal opening of 12.7m and a vertical opening of 1.4m. Trawls were conducted at 2.6 to 2.8 knots. The Agassiz dredge had a 2.5 m horizontal opening and 1.2 m vertical opening, a net mesh size of 12 mm, and was trawled at 2.0 knots.

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Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title

Megafaunal data from the 2009 BIOFUN trans-Mediterranean deep-sea cruise

Abstract

Deep-sea sampling in 2009 onboard the R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa in the three Mediterranean basins. A combination of 2 samplers was used to collect the benthic megafauna: an otter-trawl Maireta system (OTMS) and an Agassiz dredge. The OTMS is a 1-warp benthic otter-trawl designed to work seamlessly on high depth grounds: its stretch mesh size at the cod-end is 40mm, with an outer cover of 12mm, to allow retrieval of small-sized fractions of megafauna. The net total length is 25m, with an horizontal opening of 12.7m and a vertical opening of 1.4m. Trawls were conducted at 2.6 to 2.8 knots. The Agassiz dredge had a 2.5 m horizontal opening and 1.2 m vertical opening, a net mesh size of 12 mm, and was trawled at 2.0 knots.

Dataset Language

en

 
Dataset Creator
  Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Institute of Marine Sciences - Samuele Tecchio

Dataset Creator
  Norwegian Institute for Water Research - Eva Ramirez-Llodra

Metadata Provider
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

BE

https://www.vliz.be
Dataset Contact
  Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Institute of Marine Sciences - Samuele Tecchio

Keywords (ASFA)
  • Benthos

  • Deep water

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ASE, Mediterranean Water

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

1.7833

East Bounding Coordinate

26.3333

North Bounding Coordinate

39.4665

South Bounding Coordinate

34.501

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2009-05-30

End Date

2009-06-27

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1066

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

subphylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Crustacea

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:51

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Mollusca

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11676

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

superclass

Taxonomic Rank Value

Pisces

License Information

Intellectual Rights

To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the

Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

. Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

 
 

Additional Metadata

describes

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

Metadata

parameter

Abundance

parameter

Biomass

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-12-02T15:01:41+01:00

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Citation

Tecchio, S.; Ramirez-Llodra, E. (2018): Megafaunal data from the 2009 BIOFUN trans-Mediterranean deep-sea cruise http://dx.doi.org/10.14284/311

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_5a7afdacc47c1

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=5885

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/5885

Physical

Object Name

GBIF dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/266628c1-56a0-46cb-b136-3b77dbc32268

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=5885