HBS GEANS: ARMS observations of hard-bottom communities by Flanders Marine Institute, SeAnalytics, Nord University and Aarhus University

Citation

Obst M., Stæhr P., Sundberg P., Reiss H., Daraghmeh N., Axberg A., Deneudt K., Hablutzel P., Mortelmans J., Delacauw S., Lagaisse R. (2019) Hard Bottom Substrate pilot GEANS.

Contact: Deneudt, Klaas ;

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

In GEANS, the ARMS network will be used in the assessment of Good Environmental Status as part of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), mainly related to measures of benthic biodiversity (MSFD Descriptor 1), and measures of Non-Indigenous species (MSFD Descriptor 2). ARMS, as a standardized sampling technique, combined with today’s powerful molecular methods will enable the monitoring of marine communities over large areas, such as the North Sea, says Matthias Obst, the coordinator of the network. As a pilot study within the GEANS project, genetic protocols will be developed and harmonized, which will be applied in the assessment of ecological status and changes in hard bottom benthic communities of near coastal environments.

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Benthos > Epibenthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, North Sea, Animalia

Geographical coverage

North Sea [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

March 2019 - May 2023
Yearly

Taxonomic coverage

Animalia [WoRMS]

Contributors