Reef Check Med - key Mediterranean marine species 2001-2020

The dataset consists of abundance records of 43 marine species in the Mediterranean Sea from 2001 to 2020. Selected species include some protected and non-indigenous species, ecosystem engineers, species sensitive to climate change, and/or threatened by human activities. Taken together, these taxa represent key ecological aspects of Mediterranean subtidal habitats (Cerrano et al., 2017) and can be used to calculate the MedSens, an index of the environmental status of subtidal rocky coastal habitats based on species sensitivity (Turicchia et al., 2021). Observations were carried out by the EcoDivers (trained scuba divers, freedivers and snorkelers) according to a rigorous protocol (RCMed U-CEM) developed by the association Reef Check Italia onlus.

Identifier
Source https://data.blue-cloud.org/search-details?step=~012E522A19860382746332A512936BD1FF706B7FFFA
Metadata Access https://data.blue-cloud.org/api/collections/E522A19860382746332A512936BD1FF706B7FFFA
Provenance
Publisher Blue-Cloud Data Discovery & Access service; EurOBIS - EMODnet Biology
Contributor Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Reef Check Italia onlus
Publication Year 2024
OpenAccess true
Contact blue-cloud-support(at)maris.nl
Representation
Discipline Marine Science
Spatial Coverage (-1.155W, 35.403S, 25.362E, 45.764N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z