MedSens data (Version 3.0.0, update February 24, 2022). Dataset maintained by Reef Check Italia

• Main Authors: Ponti, Massimo, Turicchia, Eva, Cerrano, Carlo
• Other Authors: EcoDivers
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Biotic index; community-based ecosystem monitoring; coralligenous habitats; climate change; impact assessment; species sensitivity; temperate reefs; Mediterranean Sea; Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder; 1845; Caulerpa taxifolia (M.Vahl) C.Agardh; 1817; Axinella spp; Aplysina spp. Nardo; 1834; Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus; 1767); Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus; 1758); Paramuricea clavata (Risso; 1826); Eunicella cavolini (Koch; 1887); Eunicella singularis (Esper; 1791); Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas; 1766); Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt; 1862); Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni; 1819); Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus; Astroides calycularis (Pallas; Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea (Risso; Leptopsammia pruvoti Lacaze-Duthiers; 1897; Pinna nobilis Linnaeus; 1758; Arca noae Linnaeus; Palinurus elephas (Fabricius; 1787); Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus; Scyllarides latus (Latreille; 1803); Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck; Duthiers; Lacaze-Duthiers; Lamarck; Homarus gammarus
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6330628; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6330628

MedSens data is a dataset including the abundance of selected Mediterranean marine species, collected by trained volunteers (EcoDivers, i.e. scuba divers, free divers and snorkelers) according to the Reef Check Mediterranean Underwater Coastal Environment Monitoring (RCMed U-CEM) protocol (Cerrano e...