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SHARK - National zoobenthos monitoring in Sweden since 1971
Citation
Stockholm University, Gothenburg University, Umeå University, Linnaeus University, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Swedish Meterological and Hydrological Institute (2020). National zoobenthos monitoring in Sweden since 1971. https://doi.org/10.15468/fggzdr
Contact: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
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Description
Data collected within various monitoring programmes and surveys. Standard zoobenthos techniques using benthic grabbers and species analyses for counts and weights on species level. more

Zoobenthos have been monitored in Sweden since 1971. The national monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and is now financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.

Monitoring is performed by Stockholm University, Gothenburg University, Umeå University and Linnaeus University.

Data are stored in the Swedish Ocean Archive database (SHARK), by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.

The purpose of the monitoring program is to detect long term and short term changes in the soft bottom macrozoobenthos (>1mm) communities. Changes in the macrofauna community can indicate changes in environmental threats like eutrophication, environmental toxins and climate change.

Data are collected and analyzed according to Leonardsson K., 2004. (In Swedish) Metodbeskrivning för provtagning och analys av mjukbottenlevande makroevertebrater I marin miljö. Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi och geovetenskap, 26 p (https://www.havochvatten.se/download/18.1690613b166605675de898f4/1539942622449/rapport-umu-metodbeskrivning-provtagning-analys-mjukbottenlevande-makroevertebrater-i-marin-miljo.pdf) or similar methods. Information about the program and the methods are available in Swedish at https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/vagledning--lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/undersokningstyper-for-miljoovervakning/undersokningstyper/mjukbottenlevande-makrofauna-trend--och-omradesovervakning.html and https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/vagledning--lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/undersokningstyper-for-miljoovervakning/undersokningstyper/sediment---basundersokning.html

Data are collected and analyzed according to Leonardsson K., 2004. (In Swedish) Metodbeskrivning för provtagning och analys av mjukbottenlevande makroevertebrater I marin miljö. Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi och geovetenskap, 26 p (https://www.havochvatten.se/download/18.1690613b166605675de898f4/1539942622449/rapport-umu-metodbeskrivning-provtagning-analys-mjukbottenlevande-makroevertebrater-i-marin-miljo.pdf) or similar methods.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Long-term monitoring, ANE, Baltic, ANE, Kattegat, ANE, Skagerrak, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Anthozoa, Bivalvia, Caudofoveata, Clitellata, Echinoidea, Gastropoda, Holothuroidea, Hoplonemertea, Insecta, Malacostraca, Ophiuroidea, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Sipunculidea
Geographical coverage
ANE, Baltic [Marine Regions]
ANE, Kattegat [Marine Regions]
ANE, Skagerrak [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 10,5717; MinLat: 55 - MaxLong: 24,1092; MaxLat: 65,8312 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
From 28 May 1971 on [In Progress]
Taxonomic coverage
Anthozoa [WoRMS]
Bivalvia [WoRMS]
Caudofoveata [WoRMS]
Clitellata [WoRMS]
Echinoidea [WoRMS]
Gastropoda [WoRMS]
Holothuroidea [WoRMS]
Hoplonemertea [WoRMS]
Insecta [WoRMS]
Malacostraca [WoRMS]
Ophiuroidea [WoRMS]
Ostracoda [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Sipunculidea [WoRMS]
Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Contributors
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, data creator
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), data creator
Related datasets
Parent dataset:
SHARK: Marine biological data of Sweden
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
(Partly) included in:
Distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate living modes in European seas
Gridded abundance map of the invasive Polychaete Marenzelleria in the Baltic Sea
URLs
Dataset information:
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2010-07-08
Information last updated: 2021-04-29
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