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Macroben: Macroben database (Marbef Theme 1 workshop)
Citation
MarBEF (2005). Macroben, an integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves. http://www.vliz.be/imis/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=631. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/631
Contact: Claus, Simon ; Appeltans, Ward

Availability: Restricted
The data are withheld from general circulation and disclosure but access may be obtained on a case-by-case basis through negotiation

Notes: Release with permission of the appropriate parties

Description
The Macroben database is compiled and will be used within the Marbef Theme 1 framework. more

The data from the Oslo database is further expanded with 24 new datasets into the second version of the database. The second version of this database has a completely different structure. The basic structure of the new database (Macroben database) consists mainly out of four tables: dr (distribution records); tu (taxonomy), stations, abiotic readings and meta. The database contains at the moment 458,424 distribution records, 11,358 different taxa, 22,046 stations and 40,766 abiotic readings. Depth is available for 403,576 distribution records (88%). Different tools such as export data, preliminary analysis, calculation of indexes and calculation of gridcells are available.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Benthic fauna, Biogeography, Macrobenthos, ANE, Europe, European Continental Shelf, Animalia, Fungi, Plantae, Protozoa

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

Temporal coverage
1935 - 2005

Taxonomic coverage
Animalia [WoRMS]
Fungi [WoRMS]
Plantae [WoRMS]
Protozoa [WoRMS]

Parameters
Biomass
Count
Depth
Granulometric variables
Physicochemical environmental variables

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredatabase developerdata creatordata creator
Claus, Simon
Appeltans, Ward
Vanhoorne, Bart
Cuvelier, Daphne
Vanden Berghe, Edward

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Publication
Based on this dataset
Arvanitidis, C. et al. (2009). Biological geography of the European seas: results from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 265-278. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07955
Renaud, P.E. et al. (2009). Continental-scale patterns in benthic invertebrate diversity: insights from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 239-252. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07963
Vanden Berghe, E. et al. (2009). MacroBen integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves: a tool for large-scale analysis across Europe. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 225-238. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07826

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2005-11-23
Information last updated: 2013-12-13
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