MacroBen integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves: a tool for large-scale analysis across Europe.

Authors :: Berghe, E. Vanden
Claus, S.
Appeltans, W.
Faulwetter, S.
Arvanitidis, C.
Somerfield, P. J.
Aleffi, I. F.
Amouroux, J. M.
Anisimova, N.
Bachelet, G.
Cochrane, S. J.
Costello, M. J.
Craeymeersch, J.
Dahie, S.
Degraer, S.
Denisenko, S.
Dounas, C.
Duineveld, G.
Emblow, C.
Escaravage, V.
Source :: Marine Ecology Progress Series; 4/30/2009, Vol. 382, p225-238, 14p, 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: The article describes an integrated databases on European macobenthic fauna, developed within the framework of the European Network of Excellence Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (MarBEF), and the data and data integration exercise that provided its content. It states that a total of 44 datasets including 465,354 distribution records from soft-bottom macrobenthic species were uploaded into the relational MacroBen database, corresponding to 22,897 sampled station from all European seas, and 7,203 valid tax. Moreover, an interface which allows the user to explore, subselect, export and analyse the data by calculating different indices was created.

Subjects :: DATABASES
ELECTRONIC data processing
USER interfaces
SYSTEMS design
COMPUTER systems
INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
MARINE biodiversity
MARINE biology

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