Zooplankton abundance data during 2017 in the Bulgarian Black Sea
Citation
Stefanova K, Stefanova E. 2026. Zooplankton abundance data during 2017 in the Bulgarian Black Sea. Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IO-BAS). https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.ka3hc8. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/9066
Contact:
Stefanova, Kremena Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description
Zooplankton data, species composition, abundance (ind/m3) collected at coastal stations located in the 1n.m. and on a coastal-open sea transects in the Bulgarian Black Sea region, including the EEZ. 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 > Plankton > Zooplankton Keywords: Marine/Coastal · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Bulgarian part of the Black Sea · Acartia Dana, 1846 · Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758) · Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 · Bivalvia · Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) · Bryozoa · Cirripedia · Copepoda · Ctenophora · Decapoda · Evadne spinifera P.E. Müller, 1867 · Gastropoda · Harpacticoida · Hydrozoa · Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 · Nematoda · Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 · Oithona davisae Ferrari F.D. & Orsi, 1984 · Oithona similis Claus, 1866 · Penilia avirostris Dana, 1849 · Phoronis Wright, 1856 · Pleurobrachia pileus (O. F. Müller, 1776) · Polychaeta · Pseudocalanus elongatus (Brady, 1865) · Rotifera · · Vertebrata Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 27,5167; MinLat: 42,15 - MaxLong: 29,3333; MaxLat: 43,6333 [WGS84] Bulgarian part of the Black Sea [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
20 May 2017 - 24 May 2017 20 May 2017 - 29 November 2017 (EurOBIS harvested data) 7 October 2017 - 17 October 2017 21 November 2017 - 29 November 2017 Taxonomic coverage
Acartia Dana, 1846 [WoRMS]
Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 [WoRMS]
Bivalvia [WoRMS]
Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) [WoRMS]
Bryozoa [WoRMS]
Cirripedia [WoRMS]
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Ctenophora [WoRMS]
Decapoda [WoRMS]
Evadne spinifera P.E. Müller, 1867 [WoRMS]
Gastropoda [WoRMS]
Harpacticoida [WoRMS]
Hydrozoa [WoRMS]
Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 [WoRMS]
Oithona davisae Ferrari F.D. & Orsi, 1984 [WoRMS]
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 [WoRMS]
Penilia avirostris Dana, 1849 [WoRMS]
Phoronis Wright, 1856 [WoRMS]
Pleurobrachia pileus (O. F. Müller, 1776) [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Pseudocalanus elongatus (Brady, 1865) [WoRMS]
Rotifera [WoRMS]
[WoRMS]
Vertebrata [WoRMS]
Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit volume of the water body [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data) Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data) Gender of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data) Size of sample collector (mesh) {mesh size} [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data) Volume of sample from the water body [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data) Contributors
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Institute of Oceanology (IO-Bas), more, data creator, principal investigator, technician
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Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
URLs
Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Release date: 2026-04-27
Metadatarecord created: 2026-05-05
Information last updated: 2026-07-10
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