A comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas - Epifauna

Comparison dataset of Animalia in the North Sea, the English Channel and the Celtic Sea.

cdm_data_type = Other
VARIABLES:
ScientificName (Not applicable)
BasisOfRecord (None)
InstitutionCode (None)
YearCollected (None)
MonthCollected (None)
DayCollected (None)
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
MinimumDepth (None)
MaximumDepth (None)
ObservedIndividualCount (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/individualCount)
Notes (None)
longitude (degrees_east)
latitude (degrees_north)
aphia_id (Not applicable)


Port of Rotterdam is carrying out the Project Mainport Development Rotterdam, PMR, expanding the port with 1,000 hectares through suppletion of sand in the shallow coastal Voordelta area in the North Sea. As the Voordelta has the status of protected nature reserve (Natura2000 area), the loss of habitat, caused by the expansion of the port, must be compensated for. As part of the compensating measures, the Dutch national government established a series of protected areas in the Voordelta region and is following the effects of these measures.

This dataset contains abundances and biomasses of fish in the “Voordelta”. The set exists of a pre-protected status data (2003 – 2007) and a post-protected status (currently still under embargo).

cdm_data_type = Other
VARIABLES:
eventID (None)
ScientificName (Not applicable)
BasisOfRecord (None)
InstitutionCode (None)
YearCollected (None)
MonthCollected (None)
DayCollected (None)
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
TimeOfDay (None)
MinimumDepth (None)
MaximumDepth (None)
sex (None)
lifestage (None)
ObservedIndividualCount (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/individualCount)
Notes (None)
longitude (degrees_east)
latitude (degrees_north)
aphia_id (Not applicable)
... (7 more variables)


Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2015

Original provider: Observatoire PELAGIS UMS 3462 University La Rochelle - CNRS Dataset credits: Observatoire PELAGIS UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS -Agence des Aires Marines Protégées - Direction de l'Eau et de la Biodiversité Abstract: In order to establish a baseline map of cetaceans and other pelagic megafauna across the French EEZ, the French agency for marine protected areas (AAMP) decided to conduct a series of surveys allowing hotspots of abundance and diversity to be identified and a future monitoring scheme to be established. A dedicated aerial survey methodology, following standard protocols, was preferred to ship surveys. The general design corresponds to published protocols prepared for small cetaceans, but data for other marine mammals (large whales, sirenians), seabirds, sea-turtles, large teleosts and large elasmobranchs) are collected as well.

cdm_data_type = Other
VARIABLES:
ScientificName (Not applicable)
BasisOfRecord (None)
InstitutionCode (None)
YearCollected (None)
MonthCollected (None)
DayCollected (None)
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
Notes (None)
longitude (degrees_east)
latitude (degrees_north)
aphia_id (Not applicable)


Cetacean sightings along the central Catalan coast made during surveys of the Associació Cetàcea

Data on sightings of different cetacean species made by Associació Cetàcea during their seasonal surveys for the ongoing Fin Whale Project along the central Catalan coast, West Mediterranean, starting in spring 2013.

cdm_data_type = Other
VARIABLES:
ScientificName (Not applicable)
BasisOfRecord (None)
InstitutionCode (None)
YearCollected (None)
MonthCollected (None)
DayCollected (None)
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
TimeOfDay (None)
MinimumDepth (None)
MaximumDepth (None)
lifestage (None)
Notes (None)
longitude (degrees_east)
latitude (degrees_north)
aphia_id (Not applicable)
occurrenceID (None)
BathyDepth_MSL (http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/BATHDPTH/, Metres)
WindSpd (http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/EWSBZZ01/, Metres per second)
Sampling_instrument_name (http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/Q01/current/Q0100002/, Sampling_instrument_name)