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Bladderwrack-associated invertebrate fauna data from community science along the Finnish Baltic Sea coast in 2020–2021.
Citation
Salo T., Nieminen A., Salovius-Laurén S., Rinne H. (2023):  Bladderwrack-associated invertebrate fauna data from community science along the Finnish Baltic Sea coast in 2020–2021. Åbo Akademi University. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8924
Contact: Salo, Tiina ;


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Description

In this study, a community science campaign was launched to assess geographic and temporal patterns in subtidal bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) -associated invertebrate fauna along the coastal eutrophication gradient of the Finnish Baltic Sea coast in 2020–2021. The community scientists collected the data by collecting a bladderwrack bush, shaking it above a light container, calculating the invertebrate taxa and individuals and measuring the bladderwrack individual. The data collected by the community scientists were quality-controlled and generally similar to scientist-collected data. However, most taxa had somewhat lower abundances than data collected with another, more established sampling method. 

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Data related to the "Community science approach reveals temporal and eutrophication-related spatial patterns in bladderwrack-associated invertebrate fauna" paper by Salo, Nieminen, Salovius-Laurén and Rinne published in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science in 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108822 The data describes the community data collected with the community science method described in the paper.


Scope
Keywords:
Brackish water · Baltic Sea · Citizen science · Isopoda · Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus, 1753

Geographical coverage
Baltic Sea [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1 April 2020 - 30 September 2021

Taxonomic coverage
Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus, 1753 [WoRMS]

Contributors
Abo Akademi University, moredata creatorco-ordinator
Ministry of the Environment of Finland, moreco-ordinator

Project
MARBEFES: MARine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning leading to Ecosystem Services, more
Funding Horizon Europe
Grant agreement ID 101060937

Publication
Based on this dataset
Salo, T. et al. (2024). Community science approach reveals temporal and eutrophication-related spatial patterns in bladderwrack-associated invertebrate fauna. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 304: 108822. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108822, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Citizen science
Metadatarecord created: 2025-09-23
Information last updated: 2025-10-15
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