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Bibliographic resource
Type of document
Journal article
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AS
Title
Biological traits of marine benthic invertebrates in Northwest Europe
Abstract
Biological traits analysis (BTA) provides insight into causes and consequences of biodiversity change that cannot be achieved using traditional taxonomic approaches. However, acquiring information on biological traits (i.e., the behavioural, morphological, and reproductive characteristics of taxa) can be extremely time-consuming, especially for large community datasets, thus hindering the successful application of BTA. Here, we present information on ten key biological traits for over a thousand marine benthic invertebrate taxa surveyed in Northwest Europe (mainly the UK shelf). Scores of 0 to 3 are provided to indicate our confidence that taxa exhibit each possible mode of trait expression. The information was acquired over a decade through an extensive appraisal of relevant sources, including peer-reviewed papers, books, online material and, where necessary, professional judgement. These data may be inspected, used, and augmented by fellow researchers, thus assisting in the wider application of BTA in marine benthic ecology.
WebOfScience code
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000814794200001
Bibliographic citation
Clare, D.S.; Bolam, S.G.; McIlwaine, P.S.O.; Garcia, C.; Murray, J.M.; Eggleton, J.D. (2022). Biological traits of marine benthic invertebrates in Northwest Europe. Scientific Data 9: 339. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01442-y
Topic
Marine
Is peer reviewed
true
Access rights
open access
Is accessible for free
true

Authors

author
Name
David Clare
author
Name
Stefan Bolam
author
Name
Paul McIlwaine
author
Name
Clement Garcia
author
Name
Joanna Murray
author
Name
Jacqueline Eggleton

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https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01442-y

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date created
2022-08-08
date modified
2022-08-09