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Microphytobenthos monitoring in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto. 2013-2014 Citation Cibic T.,Del Negro P. (2017): Microphytobenthos monitoring in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto. 2013-2014. OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.6092/ffbf4a8a-e1a5-4199-9039-8c61d4935939 Contact: Cibic, Tamara Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description Microphytobenthos monitoring in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto, 2013-2014 in the framework of the Italian flagship project RITMARE more In June 2013 and April 2014, sampling was carried out at four sites selected as representatives of different environmental issues and anthropogenic impacts At each station, scuba divers collected five virtually undisturbed sediment cores using polycarbonate sample tubes (12.7 cm I.D. with a sample area of 127 cm^2). The three remaining cores were brought to the laboratory, partially extruded, and the oxic sediment layer (0–0.5 cm ca) of each core was collected, homogenised and used for the grain size analysis as well as the quantitative and qualitative determination of microphytobenthos. Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos, Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton Keywords: Marine/Coastal, diver, Microphytobenthos, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, MED, Italy, Taranto Gulf, Bacillariophyceae Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 17,2461; MinLat: 40,4794 - MaxLong: 17,3025; MaxLat: 40,4931 [WGS84] MED, Italy, Taranto Gulf [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 2013 - 2014 Taxonomic coverage Bacillariophyceae [WoRMS] Parameter Occurrence of biota Contributors National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), more, data creator, data creator Related datasets Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Publication Based on this dataset Cibic, T. et al. (2016). Ecosystem functioning approach applied to a large contaminated coastal site: the study case of the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea). Environm. Sc. & Poll. Res. 23(13): 12739-12754. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-4997-2, more Karuza, A. et al. (2016). ‘End to end’ planktonic trophic web and its implications for the mussel farms in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea, Italy). Environm. Sc. & Poll. Res. 23(13): 12707-12724. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5621-1, more Rubino, F. et al. (2016). Microbenthic community structure and trophic status of sediments in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Mediterranean, Ionian Sea). Environm. Sc. & Poll. Res. 23(13): 12624-12644. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5526-z, more URLs Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Monitoring: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2017-07-10 Information last updated: 2022-08-16 | ||||
