Vanek, Magdalena; Gross, Sarah Maria; Scotti, Alberto (2022): Abundances of benthic invertebrates collected for the Biodiversity Monitoring project of South Tyrol - BMS (Italy) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.941321, In: Vanek, M et al. (2022): Abundances of benthic invertebrates and related environmental variables collected for the Biodiversity Monitoring project of South Tyrol - BMS (Italy) [dataset bundled publication]. Eurac Research, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.941503
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Abstract:
Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol (BMS) is an ongoing survey of nature. The monitoring not only serves as basic research, but it is also intended to provide the scientific basis for political decisions concerning spatial planning, agriculture and nature conservation. Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol has been set up under the direction of Eurac Research in collaboration with the South Tyrol Museum of Natural History and the government of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen. More information are available at: https://biodiversity.eurac.edu/ For monitoring running waters, a total of 120 sites spread all around the region have been identified, to be sampled within a 4-year period. After this period, the same 120 sites are sampled again, in order to build an ecological time series in the long-term. Every year 48 points are sampled:
- 24 are considered as reference sites for assessing temporal variability, so this subset (with the same 24 sampling points) is sampled annually;
- 24 are additional sites whose re-sampling is scheduled to happen every 4 years.
For this dataset (year n. 1 of the project) stream benthic invertebrates and a set of abiotic parameters have been collected in streams and rivers of South Tyrol, during year 2021 (from March to July). Organisms were collected through a kick-net sampler (mesh size 500 µm), perturbating an area of approximately 0.05 squared metres per each subsample, closely following the protocols described by Stucki et al. (2019). Faunal nomenclature fully complies with Fauna Europaea standard (https://fauna-eu.org), whilst the operational nomenclature (column names) refers - where possible - to the list of Darwin Core terms (https://dwc.tdwg.org/list/).
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Further details:
Stucki, Pascal; Martinez, Nicolas; Roth, Tobias; Küry, Daniel (2019): Methoden zur Untersuchung und Beurteilung von Fliessgewässern (IBCH_2019). Makrozoobenthos – Stufe F. 1. aktualisierte Ausgabe, November 2019; Erstausgabe 2010. Bundesamt für Umwelt, Bern. Umwelt-Vollzug Nr. 1026: 59 S, methoden-zur-untersuchung-und-beurteilung-der-fliessgewaesser.pdf
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 46.629522 * Median Longitude: 11.408157 * South-bound Latitude: 46.261996 * West-bound Longitude: 10.485187 * North-bound Latitude: 46.934983 * East-bound Longitude: 12.368961
Date/Time Start: 2021-03-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2021-06-11T00:00:00
Event(s):
Comment:
dwc:habitat(1) -> substrate evaluation according to Stucki et al. (2019)
mobile blocks: >250mm
moss: bryophytes
hydrophytes: submerged spermatophytes
particulate coarse organic matter (PCOM): leaves, wood, roots
big mineral sediments: rocks, pebbles; 250mm > Ø > 25mm
gravel: 25 mm > Ø > 2,5 mm
helophytes: amphibious Spermatophytes
fine, organic sediments: mud Ø < 0.1mm; puddles close to the shore
sand and silt: Ø < 2,5 mm fine sediments
natural & artificial surfaces: bedrock, stone slabs, walls; Block > Ø 250mm
algae: algae marl or clay
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Scotti, Alberto | |||
| 2 | Optional event label | Event 2 | Scotti, Alberto | |||
| 3 | Subsample ID | Subsample ID | Scotti, Alberto | |||
| 4 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Scotti, Alberto | Geocode – dwc:eventDate | ||
| 5 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Scotti, Alberto | Geocode – dwc:decimalLatitude | ||
| 6 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Scotti, Alberto | Geocode – dwc:decimalLongitude | ||
| 7 | Habitat | Habitat | Scotti, Alberto | Substrate evaluation according to Stucki et al. (2019) | dwc:habitat(1); see comment | |
| 8 | Current speed | V | cm/s | Scotti, Alberto | Flowatch, JDC Electronics | dwc:habitat(2) |
| 9 | River, water depth | River depth | m | Scotti, Alberto | dwc:habitat(3); water depth at the sampling point | |
| 10 | Order | Order | Scotti, Alberto | Fauna Europaea standard | ||
| 11 | Family | Family | Scotti, Alberto | Fauna Europaea standard | ||
| 12 | Subfamily | Subfamily | Scotti, Alberto | Fauna Europaea standard | ||
| 13 | Genus | Genus | Scotti, Alberto | Fauna Europaea standard | ||
| 14 | Species | Species | Scotti, Alberto | Fauna Europaea standard | ||
| 15 | Macrofauna, abundance | Macrof abund | #/m2 | Scotti, Alberto | standardized value | dwc:sampleSizeUnit |
| 16 | Macrofauna, total | Macrof | # | Scotti, Alberto | actual sampled value | dws:sampleSizeValue |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 3 (ProcLevel3)
Size:
48668 data points
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