SHARK - Regional monitoring, recipient control and monitoring projects of zoobenthos in Sweden since 1972CitationSwedish county administration boards, Swedish municipalities, Swedish coalitions of water conservation, Swedish companies and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute et.al.(2021). Regional monitoring, recipient control and monitoring projects of zoobenthos in Sweden since 1972. https://doi.org/10.15468/cesssx Contact:
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DescriptionZoobenthos have been regionally monitored in Sweden since 1972. The monitoring is financed by the Swedish county administration boards, Swedish municipalities, Swedish coalitions of water conservation and Swedish companies. Recipient control data financed by companies are also included. more Monitoring is performed by Swedish universities, agencies and consulting firms.Data are stored in the Swedish Ocean Archive database (SHARK), by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.The purpose of the monitoring program is to detect long term and short term changes in the soft bottom macrozoobenthos (>1mm) communities. Changes in the macrofauna community can indicate changes in environmental threats like eutrophication, environmental toxins and climate change.Data are collected and analyzed according to Leonardsson K., 2004. (In Swedish) Metodbeskrivning för provtagning och analys av mjukbottenlevande makroevertebrater i marin miljö. Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi och geovetenskap, 26 p (https://www.havochvatten.se/download/18.1690613b166605675de898f4/1539942622449/rapport-umu-metodbeskrivning-provtagning-analys-mjukbottenlevande-makroevertebrater-i-marin-miljo.pdf) or similar methods. Information about the program and the methods are available in Swedish at https://www.havochvatten.se/download/18.2a9deb63158cebbd2b450dd5/1481269871386/mjukbottenmakrofaunatrendovervakningkustohav.pdf and https://www.havochvatten.se/vagledning-foreskrifter-och-lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/undersokningstyper-for-miljoovervakning/undersokningstyper/sediment---basundersokning.htmlData are collected and analyzed according to Leonardsson K., 2004. (In Swedish) Metodbeskrivning för provtagning och analys av mjukbottenlevande makroevertebrater i marin miljö. Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi och geovetenskap, 26 p (https://www.havochvatten.se/download/18.1690613b166605675de898f4/1539942622449/rapport-umu-metodbeskrivning-provtagning-analys-mjukbottenlevande-makroevertebrater-i-marin-miljo.pdf) or similar methods.
Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos > Zoobenthos Keywords: Marine/Coastal, ANE, Baltic, ANE, Kattegat, ANE, Skagerrak, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Anthozoa, Asteroidea, Bivalvia, Caudofoveata, Clitellata, Echinoidea, Gastropoda, Holothuroidea, Hoplonemertea, Hydrozoa, Insecta, Malacostraca, Ophiuroidea, Ostracoda, Polychaeta
Geographical coverageEurOBIS calculated BBOX StationsBounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 8,4514; MinLat: 55,2133 - MaxLong: 24,2432; MaxLat: 65,8542 [WGS84]
Temporal coverageFrom 19 December 1972 on [In Progress]
ParametersCount (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]Visibility in the water body by Secchi disk [BODC]
ContributorsSwedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) , more, data creator
Related datasetsPublished in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
Dataset status: In Progress Data type: Data Data origin: Monitoring: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2021-04-29 Information last updated: 2021-04-29 All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy |
