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SHARK - National Epibenthos monitoring in Sweden since 1992
Citation
Stockholm University, University of Gothenburg, Linnaeus University, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (2022). SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Epibenthos in Sweden since 1992. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/2455
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This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
Epibenthos has been nationally monitored in Sweden since 1992. The monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and later the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management took over the responsibility and financing of the program. The monitoring is performed by Stockholm University, University of Gothenburg and Linnaeus University. The data is stored in the database SHARK, hosted and maintained by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. The epibenthos monitoring program studies hard and soft bottoms from the surface down to 10-20 meters. Data is collected in transects or squares with help of divers. Species abundances are determined directly by the divers or photographs are taken and analyzed later. More information is available in Swedish at https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/samordning--fakta/miljoovervakning/miljoovervakningens-programomrade-kust-och-hav/delprogram-vegetationskladda-bottnar.html more
Data is collected in transects or squares with help of divers. Species abundances are determined directly by the divers or photographs/video are taken and analyzed later. Discipline: Marine biology; Datatype: Epibenthos; Measuring area type: point; Platform class: diver, video, photo; Parameters: # counted, Abundance, Abundance, Abundance class, Cover (%), Dry weight, Salinity, Sediment deposition cover (%), Sediment deposition cover (class), Species distribution max depth, Species distribution min depth, Temperature, Total cover of all species (%). More information about the method is available in Swedish at https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/samordning--fakta/miljoovervakning/miljoovervakningens-programomrade-kust-och-hav/delprogram-vegetationskladda-bottnar.html
Data is collected in transects or squares with help of divers. Species abundances are determined directly by the divers or photographs/video are taken and analyzed later. Discipline: Marine biology; Datatype: Epibenthos; Measuring area type: point; Platform class: diver, video, photo; Parameters: # counted, Abundance, Abundance, Abundance class, Cover (%), Dry weight, Salinity, Sediment deposition cover (%), Sediment deposition cover (class), Species distribution max depth, Species distribution min depth, Temperature, Total cover of all species (%). More information about the method is available in Swedish at https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/samordning--fakta/miljoovervakning/miljoovervakningens-programomrade-kust-och-hav/delprogram-vegetationskladda-bottnar.html
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Benthos, diver, Long-term monitoring, ANE, Baltic, ANE, Kattegat, ANE, Skagerrak, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Animalia, Bacteria, Chromista, Plantae, Protozoa
Geographical coverage
ANE, Baltic [Marine Regions]
ANE, Kattegat [Marine Regions]
ANE, Skagerrak [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 11,0396; MinLat: 56,0159 - MaxLong: 18,9102; MaxLat: 62,9033 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: 11,0396; MinLat: 56,0159 - MaxLong: 18,9102; MaxLat: 62,9033 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
From 1992 on [In Progress]
Taxonomic coverage
Parameters
Abundance category of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Depth maximum of biological entity specified elsewhere on the bed by epibenthic sampling [BODC]
Depth minimum of biological entity specified elsewhere on the bed by epibenthic sampling [BODC]
Dry weight biomass (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Salinity of the water body [BODC]
Speed of wind {wind speed} in the atmosphere [BODC]
Temperature of the water body [BODC]
Visibility in the water body by Secchi disk [BODC]
Wave height mean of waves on the water body by visual estimation [BODC]
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Depth maximum of biological entity specified elsewhere on the bed by epibenthic sampling [BODC]
Depth minimum of biological entity specified elsewhere on the bed by epibenthic sampling [BODC]
Dry weight biomass (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Salinity of the water body [BODC]
Speed of wind {wind speed} in the atmosphere [BODC]
Temperature of the water body [BODC]
Visibility in the water body by Secchi disk [BODC]
Wave height mean of waves on the water body by visual estimation [BODC]
Contributors
Stockholm University (SU), data creator
University of Gothenburg, data creator
Linnaeus University, data creator
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, data creator
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), 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:
Presence/Absence maps of phytoplankton in the Greater Baltic Sea
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2010-07-08
Information last updated: 2024-07-10
