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Kongsfjorden/Spitsbergen - soft bottom fauna
Citable as data publication
Herrmann, M., J. Laudien, 2004: Soft bottom community structure and diversity in Arctic Kongsfjorden. Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. https://doi.org/10.14284/263
Contact: Herrmann, Marko
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Description
The data was collected in the framework of a dive operated shallow water (5-30m) research of the benthic soft bottom community in Arctic Kongsfjord/Spitsbergen
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, Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Data, diver, Environment, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Macrobenthos, Marine Genomics, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, PNE, Norway, Spitsbergen, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, Zoobenthos
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 11,8597; MinLat: 78,9814 - MaxLong: 11,8597; MaxLat: 78,9814 [WGS84]
PNE, Norway, Spitsbergen [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
June 2003 - August 2003
Parameters

Area of sample {sampled area} from the bed [BODC]
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Density
Contributors
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI), more, data owner, data creator
Laudien, Jürgen
Herrmann, Marko
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
Perez Perez, Ruben
Related datasets
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EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
(Partly) included in:
Macroben: Macroben database (Marbef Theme 1 workshop)
Publication
Based on this dataset
Herrmann, M. (2004). Makrozoobenthos- Gemeinschaften arktischer Weichböden: Struktur und Bedeutung als Nahrungsgrundlage demersaler Fische. MSc Thesis. Christian-Albrechts-Universität: Kiel. 96 pp.
Laudien, J. et al. (2004). Soft bottom community structure and diversity in Arctic Kongsfjord. Ber. Polarforsch. Meeresforsch. 492: 103-111
Laudien, J. et al. (2004). Soft bottom community structure and diversity in Arctic Kongsfjord, in: Wiencke, C. (Ed.) The coastal ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Synopsis of biological research performed at the Koldewey Station in the years 1991-2003. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 492: pp. 103-111
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2008-11-12
Metadatarecord created: 2005-11-09
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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