IMIS

Deep-sea Meiobenthos

Citation

Soetaert K. 1993: Deep-sea Meiobenthos. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=665. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/665

Access data

Archived data

Archived file:

DeepSeaMeiobenthos.mdb

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

This dataset is a collection of several sampling campaigns dealing with meiobenthos on different locations and times. more

All data were gathered between 1966 and 1993, on depths ranging between 30 and 8 380 meters. Meiobenthic information is available for the Arctic, the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

Lineage

Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal · A, Atlantic · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Deep sea · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · I, Pacific · ISW, Red Sea · Meiobenthos · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · PNE, Arctic · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Arctic Ocean · Atlantic Ocean · Mediterranean · Pacific Ocean · Red Sea

Geographical coverage

Arctic Ocean [Marine Regions]

Atlantic Ocean [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -76,4; MinLat: 18,46 - MaxLong: 153,04; MaxLat: 90 [WGS84]

Mediterranean [Marine Regions]

Pacific Ocean [Marine Regions]

Red Sea [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

1966 - 1993

8 September 1966 - 16 September 1991 (EurOBIS harvested data)

Parameter