IMIS

SHARK - National zoobenthos monitoring in Sweden since 1971

Citation

Stockholm University, Gothenburg University, Umeå University, Linnaeus University, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Swedish Meterological and Hydrological Institute (2020). National zoobenthos monitoring in Sweden since 1971. https://doi.org/10.15468/fggzdr

Contact: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), more

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Archived data

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To the extent possible under law, the person who associated CC0 with this dataset has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset.

Description

Data collected within various monitoring programmes and surveys. Standard zoobenthos techniques using benthic grabbers and species analyses for counts and weights on species level. more

Zoobenthos have been monitored in Sweden since 1971. The national monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and is now financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.

Monitoring is performed by Stockholm University, Gothenburg University, Umeå University and Linnaeus University.

Data are stored in the Swedish Ocean Archive database (SHARK), by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.

The purpose of the monitoring program is to detect long term and short term changes in the soft bottom macrozoobenthos (>1mm) communities. Changes in the macrofauna community can indicate changes in environmental threats like eutrophication, environmental toxins and climate change.

Data are collected and analyzed according to Leonardsson K., 2004. (In Swedish) Metodbeskrivning för provtagning och analys av mjukbottenlevande makroevertebrater I marin miljö. Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi och geovetenskap, 26 p (https://www.havochvatten.se/download/18.1690613b166605675de898f4/1539942622449/rapport-umu-metodbeskrivning-provtagning-analys-mjukbottenlevande-makroevertebrater-i-marin-miljo.pdf) or similar methods. Information about the program and the methods are available in Swedish at https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/vagledning--lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/undersokningstyper-for-miljoovervakning/undersokningstyper/mjukbottenlevande-makrofauna-trend--och-omradesovervakning.html and https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/vagledning--lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/undersokningstyper-for-miljoovervakning/undersokningstyper/sediment---basundersokning.html

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, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Long-term monitoring, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANE, Baltic, ANE, Kattegat, ANE, Skagerrak, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Anthozoa, Bivalvia, Caudofoveata, Clitellata, Echinoidea, Gastropoda, Holothuroidea, Hoplonemertea, Insecta, Malacostraca, Ophiuroidea, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Sipunculidea

Geographical coverage

ANE, Baltic [Marine Regions]

ANE, Kattegat [Marine Regions]

ANE, Skagerrak [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 10,5717; MinLat: 55 - MaxLong: 24,1092; MaxLat: 65,8312 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

From 28 May 1971 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage

Anthozoa [WoRMS]

Bivalvia [WoRMS]

Caudofoveata [WoRMS]

Clitellata [WoRMS]

Echinoidea [WoRMS]

Gastropoda [WoRMS]

Holothuroidea [WoRMS]

Hoplonemertea [WoRMS]

Insecta [WoRMS]

Malacostraca [WoRMS]

Ophiuroidea [WoRMS]

Ostracoda [WoRMS]

Polychaeta [WoRMS]

Sipunculidea [WoRMS]

Parameters

Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]

Contributors

Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, more, data creator

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), more, data creator

Related datasets

Parent dataset:

SHARK: Marine biological data of Sweden, more

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

(Partly) included in:

Distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate living modes in European seas, more

Gridded abundance map of the invasive Polychaete Marenzelleria in the Baltic Sea, more

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