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Overview:
Time series data on species composition and biomass or abundance of macrozoobenthos in the Belt Sea and the Baltic proper by the Research Institute Warnemünde are available at OBIS. The OBIS compiled data includes species name, individual count, lat/lon, and some environmental correlates like depth and salinity.
Dataset Location: OBIS Baltic Macrozoobenthos
Direct Download: OBIS Baltic Macrozoobenthos
Site Location: global
Site(s) Georeferenced: Yes
Timespan: 1977 - 2002
Sampling Frequency: Varies. Some stations are represented by 6-10 data points while others as many as 51-100.
Data Collection Summary / Methods:
Data collected:
OBIS data schema: species name, individual count, date, location, temperature, depth, salinity, nitrogen, oxygen, silicate.
Known Issues: It appears that the 19 sampling stations were visited unevenly.
Best Practices: tips for separating the wheat from the chaff
Conditions for use: 'freely available' and 'open-access' as per OBIS: http://iobis.org/about/vision
Citation/ Distributing Author: Census of Marine Zooplankton - Asia Data Mangement Office
Supplemental resources:
Available via the EcoData Retriever: No