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Benthic flora in Estonian territorial waters 1997-2016
Citation
Estonian Marine Intstitute, University of Tartu (2019): Benthic flora in Estonian territorial waters 1997-2016. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/6024
Contact: Neito, Elen
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Description
Quantitative results of benthic flora species/taxon biomass dry weight and areal coverage sampled during Estonian national monitoring in the Estonian coastal sea, Baltic Sea. The samples are taken according to the Manual for Marine Monitoring in the COMBINE programme of HELCOM, annex C-8 and C-9.
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 > Macroalgae, Biology > Plants
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · ANE, Baltic, Baltic Proper · ANE, Baltic, Finland Gulf · ANE, Baltic, Riga Gulf · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Estonia · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · Time series · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Baltic Proper · Gulf of Finland · Gulf of Riga · Hiiurnaa · Bryophyta · Charophyta · Chlorophyta · Phaeophyceae · Rhodophyta · Tracheophyta
Geographical coverage
Baltic Proper [Marine Regions]
Estonia [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 21,8624; MinLat: 57,8167 - MaxLong: 28,007; MaxLat: 59,6554 [WGS84]
Gulf of Finland [Marine Regions]
Gulf of Riga [Marine Regions]
Hiiurnaa [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
1997 - 2016
17 July 1997 - 11 October 2016 (EurOBIS harvested data)
Taxonomic coverage
Bryophyta [WoRMS]
Charophyta [WoRMS]
Chlorophyta [WoRMS]
Phaeophyceae [WoRMS]
Rhodophyta [WoRMS]
Tracheophyta [WoRMS]
Parameters

% Coverage
Area of sample {sampled area} from the bed [BODC]
Coverage (HELCOM COMBINE) of biological entity specified elsewhere on the bed [BODC]
Dry weight biomass
Dry weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Contributors
University of Tartu; Estonian Marine Institute (EMI), more, data creator
Republic of Estonia; Estonian Environment Agency, more
Neito, Elen
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Release date: 2019-09-12
Metadatarecord created: 2018-07-30
Information last updated: 2026-01-26
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