Specific diversity data of macrobenthic communities in the "Rivière de Morlaix" study site in the English Channel from 1977 to 1996

Céline HOUBIN1, Éric THIEBAUT2, Mark HOEBEKE2, IPT Administrator3

1 Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680, Roscoff, France; 2 Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680, Roscoff, France; 3 

Corresponding author(s): Céline HOUBIN (celine.houbin@sb-roscoff.fr)Éric THIEBAUT (eric.thiebaut@sb-roscoff.fr)Mark HOEBEKE (mark.hoebeke@sb-roscoff.fr)

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Resource Citation

HOUBIN C, THIEBAUT É, HOEBEKE M (2018): Specific diversity data of macrobenthic communities in the "Rivière de Morlaix" study site in the English Channel from 1977 to 1996. v1.10. No organisation. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://doi.org/10.21411/qxef-sr30 https://doi.org/10.21411/qxef-sr30

Abstract

The experiment was designed to study long-term changes in communities strucutre in response to global change (climatic change) and local anthropogenis pressures (e.g. eutrophication). Muddy sand macrobenthic communities are monitored five times a year at the "Rivière de Morlaix" site. The different parameters wich are measured are: (1) total and specific abundances, (2) specific richness

Keywords: biodiversity, benthic community, macrofauna, abundance of marine invertebrates, Samplingevent

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.sb-roscoff.fr/ipt/resource?r=benthobs-riv-mlx

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Mollusca, Arthropoda, Echinodermata
Class: Polychaeta

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Rivière de Morlaix: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5373
Coordinates: 48°39'14.4''N and 48°39'14.4''N Latitude; 3°52'4.8''W and 3°52'4.8''W Longitude 

Formation period: 1977-1996

Methods

Method step description: After collection, the sediment was sieved (1 mm circular mesh) and the retained material is fixed with 10 % neutralized formalin prior to analysis in the lab.
In the laboratory, organisms are sorted, identified to species level and stored in a 70% ethanol solution.
Study extent description: Fine sand macrobenthic communities long-term monitoring in Rivière de Morlaix site (Bay of Morlaix - France).
Sampling description: Macrofauna is sampled using a Smith McIntyre grab covering a surface of 0.1 m2. Ten replicates are collected at each sampling date.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Specific diversity data of macrobenthic communities in the "Rivière de Morlaix" study site in the English Channel from 1977 to 1996
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.sb-roscoff.fr/ipt/archive.do?r=benthobs-riv-mlx
Publication date of data: 2020-09-02
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-08-31
Hierarchy level: Dataset