Reef Check Med - key Mediterranean marine species 2001-2020 ...

• Main Authors: Ponti, Massimo, Turicchia, Eva, Rossi, Gianfranco, Cerrano, Carlo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Marine Data Archive 2020
• Subjects: Biology > Benthos; Biology > Fish; Biology > Macroalgae; Aplidium Savigny, 1816; Aplysina Nardo, 1834; Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758; Astroides calycularis Pallas, 1766; Axinella Schmidt, 1862; Balanophyllia Wood, 1844; Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder, 1845; Caulerpa taxifolia M.Vahl C.Agardh, 1817; Centrostephanus longispinus Philippi, 1845; Chromis chromis Linnaeus, 1758; Cladocora caespitosa Linnaeus, 1767; Conger conger Linnaeus, 1758; Corallium rubrum Linnaeus, 1758; Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810; Epizoanthus Gray, 1867; Eunicella cavolini Koch, 1887; Eunicella singularis Esper, 1791; Eunicella verrucosa Pallas, 1766; Geodia cydonium Linnaeus, 1767; Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810; Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758; Leptopsammia pruvoti Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897; Maasella edwardsii de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888; Ophidiaster ophidianus Lamarck, 1816; Palinurus elephas J.C. Fabricius, 1787; Paracentrotus lividus Lamarck, 1816; Paramuricea clavata Risso, 1826; Parazoanthus axinellae Schmidt, 1862; Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791; Pecten jacobaeus Linnaeus, 1758; Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815; Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758; Polycitor Renier, 1804; Pyuridae Hartmeyer, 1908; Rapana venosa Valenciennes, 1846; Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758; Scyllarides latus Latreille, 1803; Stolonifera; Tethya Lamarck, 1815; Trisopterus minutus Linnaeus, 1758; Duthiers; Lacaze-Duthiers; Lamarck; Homarus gammarus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/468; http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?dasid=6454&doiid=469

The dataset consists of abundance records of 43 marine species in the Mediterranean Sea from 2001 to 2020. Selected species include some protected and non-indigenous species, ecosystem engineers, species sensitive to climate change, and/or threatened by human activities. Taken together, these taxa r...