Benthic Communities and Environmental Parameters in Three Mediterranean Ports (Sardinia, Crete, Tunisia)
Citation
Chatzinikolaou E., Arvanitidis C. (2017). Benthic communities and environmental parameters in three Mediterranean ports (Sardinia, Crete, Tunisia) https://doi.org/10.15468/xrlqx4
Contact:
Chatzinikolaou, Evangelia Availability:
![]() Description
Three seasonal sampling campaigns (winter, summer before touristic period, summer after touristic period) were implemented during 2012 in three Mediterranean touristic ports: Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), Heraklion (Crete, Greece) and El Kantaoui (Tunisia). Three to five stations were sampled per port, which were part of different port sectors (leisure, fishing, passenger, cargo, shipyard). Three water and three sediment replicate samples were collected per station for analysis of nutrients, pigments and hydrocarbons. One replicate was analysed for physical parameters, heavy metals and granulometry. Five sediment replicates were collected for analysis of benthic biodiversity. Benthic organisms were sorted to the main taxonomic groups (e.g. .Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Echinodermata) and identified to species level. Scope Themes: Biology > Invertebrates, Bottom samples (e.g. core, dredge, grab), Environmental quality/pollution, Water composition > Bulk chemistry (e.g. pH, TCO2), Water composition > Other inorganic chemistry Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Benthic invertebrates, Data, Heavy mineral distribution, Marine Genomics, Physical parameters, Total nutrients, Western mediterranean sea, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, MED, Greece, Crete, MED, Italy, Sardinia, MED, Tunisia, Monastir, Annelida, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Nematoda, Nemertea, Sipuncula Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 9,1041; MinLat: 35,3441 - MaxLong: 25,1524; MaxLat: 39,2094 [WGS84] MED, Greece, Crete [Marine Regions] MED, Italy, Sardinia [Marine Regions] MED, Tunisia, Monastir Temporal coverage
13 February 2012 - 25 September 2012 Seasonally Taxonomic coverage
Parameters
Benthos abundance Granulometric variables Heavy metals Hydrocarbons Nutrients Phaeopigments Physical & chemical parameters of water Contributors
Related datasets
Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2018-07-26
Information last updated: 2022-08-03
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