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Polychaete Study in Northeastern Mediterranean Coast of Egypt Citation Abd-Elnaby, F. A. (2013). Polychaete Study in Northeastern Mediterranean Coast of Egypt. National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/4241 Contact: Abd-Elnaby, Faiza ; Arvanitidis, Christos Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description Within the frame work, organized by the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt, 15 quantitative samples were collected and analysed for Polychaetes using a Van Veen grab on the soft bottom, at depths ranging from 12m to 106 m. Samples were taken over two seasons (spring and summer, 2008) during two trips to the Northeastern coast of the Egyptian Mediterranean waters at El Tina Bay, Balteem, Abokhashaba and Gamasa. more The analysis of samples resulted 108 Polychaete species belonging to 25 families and 61 genera. More than 50 species were considered new for Egyptian Mediterranean waters. Data were analyzed with univariate techniques (Diversity, Richness and Eveness or Equitabilty). Results showed that, species richness and abundance were lower in the deeper samples and higher in spring than in summer season. The feeding guild classification was examined. Also the relation between different depths and feeding guild were reported. A total of nine main feeding categories were identified. There were more significant associations between feeding guild and depth. Also the analysis revealed the dominance of surface deposit feeding with slightly fewer Omnivores and micro herbivores. This work, indicating that the polychaetes of the study area are quite diverse and poorly in number of individuals and great number of newly recorded species was reported. Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Data, Introduced species, Marine Genomics, New species, Taxonomy, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, MED, Egypt, Arab Rep., MED, Egypt, Arab Rep., Sinai, Polychaeta Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 30,4657; MinLat: 31,4632 - MaxLong: 32,84; MaxLat: 31,867 [WGS84] MED, Egypt, Arab Rep., Sinai Stations El Tina Bay Temporal coverage March 2008 - September 2008 Taxonomic coverage Polychaeta [WoRMS] Parameter Polychaeta species present Contributors Related datasets Published in: MedOBIS: Mediterranean Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Publication Based on this dataset Abd-Elnaby, F.A. (2009). Polychaete study in northeastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt. World J. Fish Mar. Sci. 1(2): 85-93, more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research Metadatarecord created: 2013-05-27 Information last updated: 2013-10-04 | ||||
