Citation:

PANGAEA.996199 (DOI registration in progress)

Name: Macrozoobenthos data from van Veen grabs from Fehmarn Belt area, Baltic Sea, during cruise EMB238 in June 2020
Creator: Mayya Gogina
Published: 2026-07-28
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Baltic Sea; EMB238; macrozoobenthos

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Published: 2026-07-28

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Abstract:

During the cruise of EMB238 at several stations in Fehmarn Belt area macrofauna samples were collected within the framework of DAM pilot mission project, MGF Baltic Sea, aiming to investigate the impact of bottom trawling fishing in marine protected areas of the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The data contains the abundance, biomass and species number. The water depths of all stations was around 24 metres. Samples were obtained using van Veen grab, sieved with 1 mm sieve and fixed with formalin on board. Sorting with microscopy, taxonomic identification, counting and weighing of the species took place in the laboratory.

Keyword(s):

Baltic Sea; EMB238; macrozoobenthos

Related to:

Gogina, Mayya; Hahn, Sarah Joy; Ohde, Ramona; Brandt, Angelika; Forster, Stefan; Kröncke, Ingrid; Powilleit, Martin; Romoth, Katharina; Sonnewald, Moritz; Zettler, Michael Lothar (2024): Baseline Inventory of Benthic Macrofauna in German Marine Protected Areas (2020–2022) before Closure for Bottom-Contact Fishing. Biology, 13(6), 389, https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13060389

Gogina, Mayya; Schönke, Mischa (2020): MGF-Ostsee Project: Potential effects of closure for bottom fishing in the marine protected areas (MPAs) of the western Baltic Sea - baseline observations, Cruise No. EMB238/Leg1+2, 26.05.2020 - 09.06.2020, Rostock (Germany) - Rostock (Germany). ELISABETH MANN BORGESE-Berichte, Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, EMB238, 43 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/cr_emb238

Project(s):

DAM sustainMare - MGF Baltic Sea: Exclusion of mobile bottom-contact fishing in marine protected areas of the German Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea (MGF_Baltic_Sea)

Research Mission of the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM): Protection and sustainable use of marine areas (sustainMare)

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03F0848A : DAM sustainMare - MGF Baltic Sea, IOW

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 54.545884 * Median Longitude: 10.737753 * South-bound Latitude: 54.538867 * West-bound Longitude: 10.685449 * North-bound Latitude: 54.555981 * East-bound Longitude: 10.777133

Date/Time Start: 2020-06-05T06:24:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-06-07T14:41:00

Minimum ELEVATION: -24.11 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: -22.90 m a.s.l.

Event(s):

EMB238_23-3 (Station 23) * Latitude Start: 54.539201 * Longitude Start: 10.725033 * Latitude End: 54.539265 * Longitude End: 10.725061 * Date/Time Start: 2020-06-05T06:22:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-06-05T06:25:00 * Elevation Start: -19.3 m * Elevation End: -19.3 m * Location: Baltic Sea * Campaign: (MPA-DAM 2020 A) * Basis: * Method/Device: van Veen Grab (VGRAB) * Comment: Reference area

EMB238_23-4 (Station 23) * Latitude Start: 54.539234 * Longitude Start: 10.724939 * Latitude End: 54.539175 * Longitude End: 10.724937 * Date/Time Start: 2020-06-05T06:29:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-06-05T06:32:00 * Elevation Start: -19.3 m * Elevation End: -19.4 m * Location: Baltic Sea * Campaign: (MPA-DAM 2020 A) * Basis: * Method/Device: van Veen Grab (VGRAB) * Comment: Reference area

EMB238_23-5 (Station 23) * Latitude Start: 54.539249 * Longitude Start: 10.724900 * Latitude End: 54.539260 * Longitude End: 10.724821 * Date/Time Start: 2020-06-05T06:35:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-06-05T06:39:00 * Elevation Start: -19.3 m * Elevation End: -19.5 m * Location: Baltic Sea * Campaign: (MPA-DAM 2020 A) * Basis: * Method/Device: van Veen Grab (VGRAB) * Comment: Reference area

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Gogina, Mayya
2	LATITUDE	Latitude		Gogina, Mayya		Geocode
3	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Gogina, Mayya		Geocode
4	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Gogina, Mayya		Geocode
5	ELEVATION	Elevation	m a.s.l.	Gogina, Mayya		Geocode
6	Station label	Station		Gogina, Mayya
7	Cruise/expedition	Expedition		Gogina, Mayya
8	Gear	Gear		Gogina, Mayya		Device
9	Area	Area	cm²	Gogina, Mayya		Device size
10	Macrozoobenthos	Macrozoobenthos	#/m²	Gogina, Mayya	Calculated	Abundance
11	Macrozoobenthos, biomass, wet mass	Macrozoobenth biom wm	g/m²	Gogina, Mayya	Calculated	Biomass
12	Number of taxa	Taxa	#	Gogina, Mayya	Counting

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

210 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	4 Date/Time	5 Elevation [m a.s.l.]	6 Station	7 Expedition	8 Gear	9 Area [cm²]	10 Macrozoobenthos [#/m²]	11 Macrozoobenth biom wm [g/m²]	12 Taxa [#]
EMB238_23-3	54.539352	10.725328	2020-06-05T06:24:00	-23.90	f10	EMB238	van Veen Grab	986.0	892	682	17
EMB238_23-4	54.539233	10.725182	2020-06-05T06:32:00	-23.90	f10	EMB238	van Veen Grab	986.0	1227	404	20
EMB238_23-5	54.539367	10.725145	2020-06-05T06:37:00	-23.90	f10	EMB238	van Veen Grab	986.0	801	225	20
EMB238_24-1	54.538867	10.724523	2020-06-05T08:16:00	-23.70	f13	EMB238	van Veen Grab	986.0	1694	746	17
EMB238_24-2	54.538925	10.724740	2020-06-05T08:22:00	-23.70	f13	EMB238	van Veen Grab	986.0	1714	613	22
EMB238_24-3	54.539021	10.724688	2020-06-05T08:28:00	-23.70	f13	EMB238	van Veen Grab	986.0	1704	570	21
EMB238_25-1	54.540135	10.711074	2020-06-05T11:03:00	-24.11	f25	EMB238	van Veen Grab	986.0	1034	876	17
EMB238_25-2	54.540142	10.710804	2020-06-05T11:08:00	-24.11	f25	EMB238	van Veen Grab	986.0	781	303	15
EMB238_25-3	54.540127	10.710714	2020-06-05T11:14:00	-24.11	f25	EMB238	van Veen Grab	986.0	1024	731	18
EMB238_26-1	54.541454	10.694768	2020-06-05T12:16:00	-23.80	f15	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	983	941	17
EMB238_26-2	54.541431	10.694823	2020-06-05T12:35:00	-23.80	f15	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	440	454	11
EMB238_26-3	54.541275	10.694969	2020-06-05T12:41:00	-23.80	f15	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	666	653	13
EMB238_27-2	54.541622	10.685849	2020-06-05T13:53:00	-23.80	f17	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	1198	239	17
EMB238_27-3	54.541749	10.685449	2020-06-05T13:58:00	-23.80	f17	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	778	1423	13
EMB238_27-4	54.541944	10.685649	2020-06-05T14:04:00	-23.80	f17	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	1331	2370	16
EMB238_30-2	54.546358	10.776900	2020-06-06T08:40:00	-22.90	f5	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	1075	895	17
EMB238_30-3	54.546465	10.777133	2020-06-06T08:47:00	-22.90	f5	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	1321	1868	17
EMB238_30-4	54.546511	10.777111	2020-06-06T08:52:00	-22.90	f5	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	2540	864	24
EMB238_44-1	54.551730	10.760291	2020-06-07T13:31:00	-23.44	f8	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	1219	1291	16
EMB238_44-2	54.551685	10.760585	2020-06-07T13:36:00	-23.44	f8	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	789	1590	14
EMB238_44-3	54.551594	10.760905	2020-06-07T13:45:00	-23.44	f8	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	860	368	15
EMB238_42-1	54.548818	10.767904	2020-06-07T11:08:00	-23.35	f18	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	1219	863	18
EMB238_42-2	54.548687	10.768049	2020-06-07T11:14:00	-23.35	f18	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	1946	1748	22
EMB238_42-3	54.548705	10.768052	2020-06-07T11:19:00	-23.35	f18	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	2499	2088	23
EMB238_43-1	54.554592	10.771642	2020-06-07T11:56:00	-23.74	f43	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	1567	60	18
EMB238_43-2	54.554481	10.771123	2020-06-07T12:00:00	-23.74	f43	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	860	753	16
EMB238_43-3	54.554326	10.771480	2020-06-07T12:05:00	-23.74	f43	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	1208	545	20
EMB238_45-1	54.555981	10.759324	2020-06-07T14:32:00	-23.80	f2	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	1342	1111	18
EMB238_45-2	54.555972	10.759192	2020-06-07T14:36:00	-23.80	f2	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	932	235	18
EMB238_45-3	54.555973	10.759194	2020-06-07T14:41:00	-23.80	f2	EMB238	van Veen Grab	976.5	1137	713	18