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Benthic fauna collected in the Arrábida Marine Protected Area (SW Portugal) from 2007 to 2009
Citable as data publication
Tuaty-Guerra, M.; Gaudêncio, M.J. (2021). Benthic fauna collected in the Prof. Luiz Saldanha Marine Park (Arrábida, SW Portugal) between 2007 and 2009. https://doi.org/10.14284/461
Contact: Tuaty-Guerra, Miriam ; Marraccini, Alessandro

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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Description
The dataset provides a quantitative list of the benthic macrofauna taxa, identified to species level, which was collected from soft sediments in the Prof. Luiz Saldanha Marine Park (Arrábida, SW Portugal) between 2007 and 2009, at depths ranging from 10 to 100 m, aiming at describing community structure and distribution as well as classifying and mapping benthic habitats according to the EUNIS system. more

The dataset provides a quantitative list of the benthic macrofauna taxa, identified to species level, which was collected from soft sediments in the Prof. Luiz Saldanha Marine Park (Arrábida, SW Portugal) between 2007 and 2009, aiming at describing community structure and distribution as well as classifying benthic habitats according to the EUNIS system. The data were obtained in the framework of the research project BIOMARES (LIFE06 NAT/P/000192) - Restoration and Management of Biodiversity in the Marine Park Site Arrábida Espichel (PTCON0010). The samples were collected with a Smith-McIntyre grab in georeferenced sites along the Marine Park during three dedicated sampling surveys carried out in July 2007, 2008 and 2009. In each site three grab samples were collected (two for faunal analysis and one for sediment grain size and organic matter analysis)

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Community diversity, Restoration, ANE, Portugal, Lisbon, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Amphipoda, Bivalvia, Cephalochordata, Decapoda, Polychaeta

Geographical coverage
ANE, Portugal, Lisbon [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -9,063; MinLat: 38,433 - MaxLong: -8,982; MaxLat: 38,46 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
2007 - 2009

Taxonomic coverage
Amphipoda [WoRMS]
Bivalvia [WoRMS]
Cephalochordata [WoRMS]
Decapoda [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]

Parameters
Concentration of total organic matter per unit dry weight of suspended particulate material [BODC]
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Grain-size median of particles in sediment by particle sizer [BODC]
Grain-size sorting coefficient in sediment by particle sizer [BODC]
Occurrence of biota
Proportion by dry weight of particles (210-250um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by dry weight of particles (50-63um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (<60um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (1000-2000um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (125-150um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (150-177um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (177-210um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (2000-4000um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (250-500um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (30.2-38um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (38-48.3um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (4000-8000um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (500-710um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (63-90um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (710-1000um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (8000-16000um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (90-125um) in the sediment [BODC]

Contributors
Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA)data creator
Tuaty-Guerra, Miriam
Gaudêncio, Maria-José
Marraccini, Alessandro

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EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Henriques, V. et al. (2015). Benthic habitat mapping in a Portuguese Marine Protected Area using EUNIS: An integrated approach. J. Sea Res. 100: 77-90. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.10.007

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2017-08-02
Information last updated: 2022-08-09
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