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Global database of key seagrass structure, biomass and production variables - Darwin Core Archive

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Strydom, Simone; Webster, Chanelle L; McCallum, Roisin; Lafratta, Anna; O'Dea, Caitlyn M; Said, Nicole E; Inostroza, Karina; Salinas, Cristian; Billinghurst, Samuel; Phelps, Charlie M; Campbell, Connor; Gorham, Connor; Dunham, Natasha; Bernasconi, Rachele; Frouws, Anna M; Werner, Axel; Vitelli, Frederico; Puigcorbé, Viena; D'Cruz, Alexandra; McMahon, Kathryn M; Robinson, Jack; Huggett, Megan J; McNamara, Sian; Hyndes, Glenn A; Serrano, Óscar; Wittmann, Astrid C; PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science (2025): Global database of key seagrass structure, biomass and production variables - Darwin Core Archive [dataset]. VLIZ Marine Data Archive, https://doi.org/10.14284/751. https://doi.org/10.14284/751 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929968

Contact: Glöckner, Frank Oliver ; Huber, Robert ;

Access data

Archived data

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

Seagrass meadows provide valuable socio-ecological ecosystem services, including a key role in climate change mitigation and adaption. Understanding the natural history of seagrass meadows across environmental gradients is crucial to decipher the role of seagrasses worldwide. This database comprises of data compiled from peer-previewed publications (1975-2020; based on a Web of Science search) containing 11 individual measures of seagrass meadow structure (e.g. percent cover), biomass (e.g. above-ground biomass) and productivity (e.g. shoot production). Each row of data also includes biological, spatial and temporally relevant information such as bioregion, latitude, longitude, sampling year and genera. This compiled database will facilitate a deeper understanding of spatial and temporal patterns in seagrass meadow structure, biomass and production characteristics globally.

Lineage

Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Global · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -125,934; MinLat: -52,561 - MaxLong: 176,1692; MaxLat: 64,768 [WGS84]

Parameters

Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Dry weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)

Contributors

Strydom, Simone, data creator

Webster, Chanelle L, data creator

McCallum, Roisin, data creator

Lafratta, Anna, data creator

O'Dea, Caitlyn M, data creator

Said, Nicole E, data creator

Inostroza, Karina, data creator

Salinas, Cristian, data creator

Billinghurst, Samuel, data creator

Phelps, Charlie M, data creator

Campbell, Connor, data creator