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Macrofauna of the eastern Mediterranean lsraeli shelf
Citation
Lubinevsky H, Tom M (2025). Macrofauna of the eastern Mediterranean lsraeli shelf. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological research. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8810

Access data
Archived data
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
The records in this dataset were and will be derived from past and ongoing infauna monitoring efforts in the Israeli continental shelf at depths from 5-100 m performed by the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), a governmental marine research institute.

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 > Benthos > Macrobenthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Occurrence · Oceans · Regional · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone · Actiniaria · Adapedonta · Amphipoda · Anguilliformes · Animalia · Annelida · Arcida · Arthropoda · Ascidiacea · Asteroidea · Balanomorpha · Bivalvia · Calanoida · Caudofoveata · Cephalaspidea · Cephalopoda · Chaetodermatida · Chordata · Clitellata · Cnidaria · Comatulida · Copepoda · Crinoidea · Cumacea · Cyclopoida · Decapoda · Dentaliida · Echinodermata · Echinoidea · Enteropneusta · Eunicida · Euphausiacea · Galeommatida · Gastropoda · Harpacticoida · Hemichordata · Hexacorallia · Holothuroidea · Hydrozoa · Isopoda · Leptocardii · Leptostraca · Littorinimorpha · Malacostraca · Mollusca · Mysida · Mytilida · Nematoda · Neogastropoda · Nuculida · Nudibranchia · Ophiuroidea · Ostracoda · Ostreida · Pantopoda · Paxillosida · Phlebobranchia · Phoronida · Phyllodocida · Platyhelminthes · Polychaeta · Pteropoda · Pycnogonida · Sabellida · Scaphopoda · Scleractinia · Sepiida · Siphonostomatoida · Sipuncula · Spatangoida · Spionida · Stomatopoda · Tanaidacea · Teleostei · Terebellida · Thecostraca · Venerida

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 34,1103; MinLat: 31,8087 - MaxLong: 35,0726; MaxLat: 32,918 [WGS84]
Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
18 May 2004 - 1 May 2023

Taxonomic coverage
Actiniaria [WoRMS]
Adapedonta [WoRMS]
Amphipoda [WoRMS]
Anguilliformes [WoRMS]
Animalia [WoRMS]
Annelida [WoRMS]
Arcida [WoRMS]
Arthropoda [WoRMS]
Ascidiacea [WoRMS]
Asteroidea [WoRMS]
Balanomorpha [WoRMS]
Bivalvia [WoRMS]
Calanoida [WoRMS]
Caudofoveata [WoRMS]
Cephalaspidea [WoRMS]
Cephalopoda [WoRMS]
Chaetodermatida [WoRMS]
Chordata [WoRMS]
Clitellata [WoRMS]
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Comatulida [WoRMS]
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Crinoidea [WoRMS]
Cumacea [WoRMS]
Cyclopoida [WoRMS]
Decapoda [WoRMS]
Dentaliida [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Echinoidea [WoRMS]
Enteropneusta [WoRMS]
Eunicida [WoRMS]
Euphausiacea [WoRMS]
Galeommatida [WoRMS]
Gastropoda [WoRMS]
Harpacticoida [WoRMS]
Hemichordata [WoRMS]
Hexacorallia [WoRMS]
Holothuroidea [WoRMS]
Hydrozoa [WoRMS]
Isopoda [WoRMS]
Leptocardii [WoRMS]
Leptostraca [WoRMS]
Littorinimorpha [WoRMS]
Malacostraca [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Mysida [WoRMS]
Mytilida [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Neogastropoda [WoRMS]
Nuculida [WoRMS]
Nudibranchia [WoRMS]
Ophiuroidea [WoRMS]
Ostracoda [WoRMS]
Ostreida [WoRMS]
Pantopoda [WoRMS]
Paxillosida [WoRMS]
Phlebobranchia [WoRMS]
Phoronida [WoRMS]
Phyllodocida [WoRMS]
Platyhelminthes [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Pteropoda [WoRMS]
Pycnogonida [WoRMS]
Sabellida [WoRMS]
Scaphopoda [WoRMS]
Scleractinia [WoRMS]
Sepiida [WoRMS]
Siphonostomatoida [WoRMS]
Sipuncula [WoRMS]
Spatangoida [WoRMS]
Spionida [WoRMS]
Stomatopoda [WoRMS]
Tanaidacea [WoRMS]
Teleostei [WoRMS]
Terebellida [WoRMS]
Thecostraca [WoRMS]
Venerida [WoRMS]

Parameters

Area of sample {sampled area} from the bed [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)

Contributor
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd. (IOLR), moredata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Project
DTO - BioFlow: Integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean, more
Funding Horizon Europe
Grant agreement ID 101112823


Data type: Data
Release date: 2025-03-22
Metadatarecord created: 2025-04-03
Information last updated: 2026-01-26
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