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Number of species and observations per IHO Sea Area based on EurOBIS data
Contact: De Hauwere, Nathalie ; Claus, Simon ; Hernandez, Francisco

Description
For each IHO Sea area, intersecting with the ERMS scope, the total number of unique species and the total number of distribution records together with the same values for the mammals, birds, reptiles, benthos, zooplankton, phytoplankton, macroalgae en angiosperms. The calculations were done with SQL queries, on the complete sea areas. These areas have been clipped with ERMS, which created a little error on the results on intersecting seas, not completely within the study area.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Birds, Biology > Fish, Biology > Macroalgae, Biology > Mammals, Biology > Plankton, Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton, Biology > Plants, Biology > Reptiles
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Macrobenthos, Meiobenthos, ANE, Europe, European Continental Shelf, Mammalia, Aves, Plantae, Reptilia

Geographical coverage
ANE, Europe, European Continental Shelf [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
Till January 2011

Taxonomic coverage
Mammalia [WoRMS]
Aves [WoRMS]
Plantae [WoRMS]
Reptilia [WoRMS]

Parameters
Count of species
Number of distribution records

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more
De Hauwere, Nathalie
Claus, Simon
Hernandez, Francisco

Related datasets
Source dataset:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Data type: GIS maps
Metadatarecord created: 2011-01-10
Information last updated: 2012-11-13
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