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Macrobenthos samples collected in the Scottish waters in 2001
Citation
Fisheries Research Service, Marine Laboratory (2015). Macrobenthos samples collected in the Scottish waters in 2001. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/1853

Access data
Archived data
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Description
75 samples collected with a NIOZ core in 2001, in the Scottish waters.

Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · ANE, British Isles, Scotland · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Macrobenthos · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Scotland

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -3,0713; MinLat: 54,3045 - MaxLong: 7,3534; MaxLat: 60,9226 [WGS84]
Scotland [Marine Regions]

Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Description of grain-size kurtosis of sediment by classification to a term from the Geo-Seas Particle Size Kurtosos Vocabulary (SDN:GS6::) [BODC]
Description of grain-size skewness of sediment by classification to a term from the Geo-Seas Particle Size Skewness Vocabulary (SDN:GS5::) [BODC]
Description of lithology of sediment by visual estimation [BODC]
Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Grain-size kurtosis of particles in sediment by particle sizer [BODC]
Grain-size mode of particles in sediment by particle sizer [BODC]
Grain-size skewness of particles in sediment by particle sizer [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (0-63um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (1000-2000um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (2000-4000um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (4000-8000um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (500-1000um) in the sediment [BODC]
Proportion by weight or volume of particles (8000-16000um) in the sediment [BODC]

Contributors
Fisheries Research Service; Marine Laboratory (FRS), moredata ownerdata creator
Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), moredata provider
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
NSBP: North Sea Benthos Project, more


Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2009-02-26
Metadatarecord created: 2009-02-18
Information last updated: 2026-01-26
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