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Abundance and biomass of benthic infauna as part of the North Channel habitat mapping project, 2017

This dataset contains information on infaunal abundance and biomass from sediment grabs in North Channel as part of a larger, more comprehensive habitat mapping project. This survey was carried out over two days in 2017 by the Agri-Food Biosciences Institute (AFBI) on the RV Corystes. A 0.1m2 Day Grab was used to collect the sediment samples. Particle size analysis (PSA) and Carbon Nitrogen analysis were carried out. The infaunal samples were sent away to accredited taxonomic laboratories to be identified and weighed. There were many commercially and biologically important species found in the samples for example Modiolus modiolus (Northern Ireland priority species) and a few non-native species such as Goniadella gracilis. There were also a few records of species that are not formally recorded in the UK e.g. Syllis licheri. The most abundant species recorded was the polychaete Sabellaria spinulosa. The polychaete species Syllis armillaris was present in all 12 samples taken.

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Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title

Abundance and biomass of benthic infauna as part of the North Channel habitat mapping project, 2017

Abstract

This dataset contains information on infaunal abundance and biomass from sediment grabs in North Channel as part of a larger, more comprehensive habitat mapping project. This survey was carried out over two days in 2017 by the Agri-Food Biosciences Institute (AFBI) on the RV Corystes. A 0.1m2 Day Grab was used to collect the sediment samples. Particle size analysis (PSA) and Carbon Nitrogen analysis were carried out. The infaunal samples were sent away to accredited taxonomic laboratories to be identified and weighed. There were many commercially and biologically important species found in the samples for example Modiolus modiolus (Northern Ireland priority species) and a few non-native species such as Goniadella gracilis. There were also a few records of species that are not formally recorded in the UK e.g. Syllis licheri. The most abundant species recorded was the polychaete Sabellaria spinulosa. The polychaete species Syllis armillaris was present in all 12 samples taken.

Dataset Language

en

 
Dataset Creator
  Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute - Annika Clements

Dataset Creator
  Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute - Matt Service

Metadata Provider
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

BE

https://www.vliz.be
Associated Party

contentProvider

  Marine Biological Association of the UK

GB

Dataset Contact
  Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute - Catherine Gibson

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ANE, British Isles, North Channel

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-5.787

East Bounding Coordinate

-5.662216666667

North Bounding Coordinate

55.11305

South Bounding Coordinate

55.02345

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2017-07-15

End Date

2017-09-28

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:882

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Annelida

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1065

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Arthropoda

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146142

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Bryozoa

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1267

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cnidaria

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:51

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Mollusca

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

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Additional Metadata

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

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parameter

Occurrence of biota

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-12-02T15:18:26+01:00

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Citation

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) (2019): Abundance and biomass of benthic infauna as part of the North Channel habitat mapping project, 2017. v2.4. Marine Biological Association. Dataset/Samplingevent https://doi.org/10.17031/ijdo70

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Distribution

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URL
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Physical

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Data Format

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Distribution

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URL
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Distribution

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URL
https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/toolbox/en/download/occurrence/dataset/6183

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Object Name

IPT

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Distribution

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URL
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URL
https://obis.org/dataset/c86e4868-b60e-4d27-900b-cb79c57ff14d

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Metadata

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http://www.eurobis.org//imis?dasid=6183