Dannheim, Jennifer; Beermann, Jan; Gutow, Lars; Schröder, Alexander (2024): LTER Benthos – German Bight: Long-term ecological research of benthos in the German Bight (2001 et seq) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.965088
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Published: 2024-02-15 • DOI registered: 2024-03-15
Abstract:
The long-term ecological research benthic monitoring comprises four representative permanent stations (SSd, Slt, FSd and WB) that have been sampled continuously in spring since 1969. The four stations are representative for the different benthic communities in the German Bight. Inter-annual variability and possible long-term trends were analysed based on spring-time samples since 1969. Macrozoobenthos of soft-bottom benthic community was collected by van-Veen grabs. Data for each campaign comprise four stations in the German Bight, sampled by grab samples (infauna). Biodiversity data of species include abundance (count data) and biomass (wet mass, g) per sample. The data is also available in a PostgreSQL-based data warehouse that can be accessed and queried through an open-access frontend web service at https://critterbase.awi.de/benosis by searching for the data sets "LTER_Benthos". Earlier datasets covering the years 1969-2000 have been published in the publication series https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667646.
Related to:
Schröder, Alexander; Rachor, Eike (2007): Abundance and biomass of in- and epibenthic invertebrate macrofauna in the German Bight from 1969 to 2000 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667646
References:
Ghodrati Shojaei, Mehdi (2016): Developments in German Bight benthic ecology driven by climate change and anthropogenic utilization | Media SuUB Bremen [dissertation]. Universität Bremen, https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00105326-14
Rishworth, Gavin M; Adams, Janine B; Bird, Matthew S; Carrasco, Nicola K; Dänhardt, Andreas; Dannheim, Jennifer; Lemley, Daniel A; Pistorius, Pierre A; Scheiffarth, Gregor; Hillebrand, Helmut (2020): Cross-continental analysis of coastal biodiversity change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 375(1814), 20190452, https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0452
Shojaei, Mehdi Ghodrati; Gutow, Lars; Dannheim, Jennifer; Schröder, Alexander; Brey, Thomas (2016): Common trends in German Bight benthic macrofaunal communities: Assessing temporal variability and the relative importance of environmental variables. Journal of Sea Research, 107, 25-33, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.11.002
Shojaei, Mehdi Ghodrati; Gutow, Lars; Dannheim, Jennifer; Schröder, Alexander; Brey, Thomas (2021): Long-term changes in ecological functioning of temperate shelf sea benthic communities. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 249, 107097, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107097
Project(s):
Macrobenthic long-term series in the German Bight (LTER_Benthos)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 54.421531 * Median Longitude: 7.182540 * South-bound Latitude: 53.997500 * West-bound Longitude: 5.086167 * North-bound Latitude: 55.017167 * East-bound Longitude: 8.090293
Date/Time Start: 2001-03-30T18:19:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-04-05T11:34:45
Event(s):
HE144_186-1 * Latitude: 55.001833 * Longitude: 6.492167 * Date/Time: 2001-03-30T18:19:00 * Elevation: -46.5 m * Location: German Bight * Campaign: HE144 * Basis: Heincke * Method/Device: van Veen Grab (VGRAB) * Comment: sampled area in m²: 0.1
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Size:
3 datasets
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Datasets listed in this publication series
- Dannheim, J; Gutow, L; Schröder, A (2024): Abundance and biomass of macrofauna in the German Bight from 2001 to 2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964834
- Dannheim, J; Gutow, L; Schröder, A (2024): Abundance and biomass of macrofauna in the German Bight from 2012 to 2015. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.965086
- Dannheim, J; Gutow, L; Schröder, A (2024): Abundance and biomass of macrofauna in the German Bight from 2016 to 2019. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964860