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Inventories of the benthic fauna on Swedish west coast

SND-ID: ECDS 0158

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Kennet Lundin - The Gothenburg Museum of Natural History

Matthias Obst - University of Gothenburg

Description

Data have been compiled from both historical and more recent inventories of the benthic fauna on the Swedish west coast. This catalogue post contains data from four different inventories:
- The Jägerskiöld expedition, conducted between the year 1921 and 1938, is the oldest inventory and was generated by L.A. Jägerskiöld. A total of 440 localities were visited, usually between spring and autumn.
- The Pandalina survey on the Swedish west coast, 2005-2010.
- Morups Bank's inventory, 2005.
- Lilla Middelgrund och Fladen's inventory, 2005.
Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Identifiers

ECDS-id: 01d148f8-f87c-47e3-adfc-c10619f6e9a1

ECDS-id: 899a7344-be36-4756-9d59-3440c2a2758c

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Time period(s) investigated

1920-06-13 – 2010-09-08

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic description: Swedish west coast

Topic and keywords

Research area

Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Biota (INSPIRE topic categories)

Keywords

biosphere, aquatic ecosystems, benthic habitat, biota

Publications

Obst M, Vicario S, Lundin K, Berggren M, Karlsson A, Haines R, Williams A, Goble C, Mathew C, Güntsch A (2017) Marine long-term biodiversity assessment suggests loss of rare species in the Skagerrak and Kattegat region. Marine Biodiversity. DOI:10.1007/s12526-017-0749-5

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Dataset
Inventories of the benthic fauna on Swedish West coast

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Description

Jägerskiöld inventory,1921-1938
Originator: Jägerskiöld, L.A. 1971
Acta reg. soc. scient. litt. goth. Zoologica 6
Number of records: 33661
Contents: species names, collection localities, habitat descriptions, date, collector, depth, sampling method, field notes
Format: tabular
Sample fraction: all multicellular organisms >1 mm were sampled.
Access to sampled material: all samples stored at Gothenburg Natural History Museum, Sweden
Preservation: ethanol
Extensions: min_date 1920-06-13, max_dat

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Citation

Kennet Lundin, Matthias Obst. University of Gothenburg (2018). Inventories of the benthic fauna on Swedish West coast. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5879/7hqa-vq93

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Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Kennet Lundin - The Gothenburg Museum of Natural History

Matthias Obst - University of Gothenburg

Time period(s) investigated

1920-06-13 – 2010-09-08

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Published: 2018-09-07
Last updated: 2019-01-29