Macroben: Macroben database (Marbef Theme 1 workshop)
Citation
MarBEF (2005). Macroben, an integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves. http://www.vliz.be/imis/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=631. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/631
Contact:
Claus, Simon ;
Appeltans, Ward Availability: Restricted
The data are withheld from general circulation and disclosure but access may be obtained on a case-by-case basis through negotiation Notes: Release with permission of the appropriate parties
Description
The Macroben database is compiled and will be used within the Marbef Theme 1 framework. more
The data from the Oslo database is further expanded with 24 new datasets into the second version of the database. The second version of this database has a completely different structure. The basic structure of the new database (Macroben database) consists mainly out of four tables: dr (distribution records); tu (taxonomy), stations, abiotic readings and meta. The database contains at the moment 458,424 distribution records, 11,358 different taxa, 22,046 stations and 40,766 abiotic readings. Depth is available for 403,576 distribution records (88%). Different tools such as export data, preliminary analysis, calculation of indexes and calculation of gridcells are available. Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Benthos Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Benthic fauna, Biogeography, Macrobenthos, ANE, Europe, European Continental Shelf, Animalia, Fungi, Plantae, Protozoa Geographical coverage ANE, Europe, European Continental Shelf [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
1935 - 2005 Parameters
Biomass Count Depth Granulometric variables Physicochemical environmental variables Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, database developer, data creator, data creator
Related datasets
Source datasets: Aegean Polychaetes, more Arctic soft-sediment macrobenthos, more Bay of Puck dataset, more Benthic Quality Index values for European macrobenthos species, more Benthos Cretan Continental Shelf, more Benthos Gironde Estuary, more Bigood, more Biodiversity monitoring, Oslofjord, more BIS dataset of the south-western part of Netherlands (1985-2004), more Fauna Bentonica, more Gulf of Gdansk, more IOW Macrozoobenthos monitoring Baltic Sea (1980-2005), more Karakassis dataset (Cretan shelf), more Kiel Bay intercalibration data set, more Kongsfjorden/Spitsbergen - soft bottom fauna, more LBMRev, more Macrodat database 2 (Nov 2004), more Macrofauna Bahia de Blanes, more Marine sites, habitats and species data collected during the BioMar survey of Ireland., more N3 data of Kiel bay, more National Marine Monitoring Programme data set, more NSBS: North Sea Benthos Survey, more Occhipinti dataset, more Oslo database (Marbef Theme 1 workshop), more Oslofjord 93-94, more Oslofjord 96-97, more Plymouth sound dataset. Soft sediment macrobenthos from the Plymouth Sound from 1995, more Polish Arctic Marine Programme, more REDIT 1, more
Publication
Based on this dataset
Arvanitidis, C. et al. (2009). Biological geography of the European seas: results from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 265-278. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07955, more
Renaud, P.E. et al. (2009). Continental-scale patterns in benthic invertebrate diversity: insights from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 239-252. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07963, more
Vanden Berghe, E. et al. (2009). MacroBen integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves: a tool for large-scale analysis across Europe. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 225-238. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07826, more
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2005-11-23
Information last updated: 2013-12-13
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