Benthic occurrences, habitat maps, and species traits

Description: This data product links occurrences of benthic invertebrates from the EMODnet benthic numerical abundance product to two complementary seabed habitat products: the EMODnet broadscale habitat map 2019 (Vasquez et al., 2020), and Wilson et al.'s (2018) synthetic map of the north-west European Shelf sedimentary environment. We also process and incorporate qualitative information on the habitat and sediment preferences of species from the Biological Traits Information Catalogue BIOTIC database.

Bibliographic

Published 2021-04-07
Keywords
  • Marine/Coastal
  • Benthos
  • Habitat (Ecology)
  • Marine
  • Ocean floor
Funder European Marine Observation and Data Network- Biology III
License CC-BY 4.0

Coverage

Temporal

Begin 1980-03-17
End 2018-07-04

Spatial

Attributes

Name Description Unit
total_events total events
GravelD50 GravelD50
GravelPercent GravelPercent
log_D50 log D50
MudPercent MudPercent
Rock10cm Rock10cm
Rock50cm Rock50cm
SandD50 SandD50
SandPercent SandPercent
TotalD50 TotalD50
Energy_High energy Energy High energy
Energy_Low energy Energy Low energy
Energy_Moderate energy Energy Moderate energy
Energy_No energy information Energy No energy information
Energy_NA Energy NA
Biozone_Arctic lower bathyal Biozone Arctic lower bathyal
Biozone_Arctic mid bathyal Biozone Arctic mid bathyal
Biozone_Arctic upper abyssal Biozone Arctic upper abyssal
Biozone_Atlantic upper bathyal Biozone Atlantic upper bathyal
Biozone_Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal Biozone Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal
Biozone_Deep circalittoral Biozone Deep circalittoral
Biozone_Infralittoral Biozone Infralittoral
Biozone_Shallow circalittoral Biozone Shallow circalittoral
Biozone_NA Biozone NA
Substrate_Coarse substrate Substrate Coarse substrate
Substrate_Fine mud Substrate Fine mud
Substrate_Fine mud or Sandy mud or Muddy sand Substrate Fine mud or Sandy mud or Muddy sand
Substrate_Mixed sediment Substrate Mixed sediment
Substrate_Muddy sand Substrate Muddy sand
Substrate_Rock or other hard substrata Substrate Rock or other hard substrata
Substrate_Sand Substrate Sand
Substrate_Sandy mud Substrate Sandy mud
Substrate_Sandy mud or Muddy sand Substrate Sandy mud or Muddy sand
Substrate_Seabed Substrate Seabed
Substrate_Sediment Substrate Sediment
Substrate_NA Substrate NA
Salinity_Euhaline Salinity Euhaline
Salinity_Mesohaline Salinity Mesohaline
Salinity_Oligohaline Salinity Oligohaline
Salinity_Polyhaline Salinity Polyhaline
Salinity_NA Salinity NA
Oxygen_NA Oxygen NA
EUNIScomb_A3.1 EUNIScomb A3.1
EUNIScomb_A3.2 EUNIScomb A3.2
EUNIScomb_A3.3 EUNIScomb A3.3
EUNIScomb_A3.4 EUNIScomb A3.4
EUNIScomb_A3.5 EUNIScomb A3.5
EUNIScomb_A3.6 EUNIScomb A3.6
EUNIScomb_A4 EUNIScomb A4
EUNIScomb_A4.1 EUNIScomb A4.1
EUNIScomb_A4.2 EUNIScomb A4.2
EUNIScomb_A4.27 EUNIScomb A4.27
EUNIScomb_A4.3 EUNIScomb A4.3
EUNIScomb_A4.33 EUNIScomb A4.33
EUNIScomb_A4.4 EUNIScomb A4.4
EUNIScomb_A4.5 EUNIScomb A4.5
EUNIScomb_A4.6 EUNIScomb A4.6
EUNIScomb_A5 EUNIScomb A5
EUNIScomb_A5.13 EUNIScomb A5.13
EUNIScomb_A5.14 EUNIScomb A5.14
EUNIScomb_A5.15 EUNIScomb A5.15
EUNIScomb_A5.23 EUNIScomb A5.23
EUNIScomb_A5.23 or A5.24 EUNIScomb A5.23 or A5.24
EUNIScomb_A5.24 EUNIScomb A5.24
EUNIScomb_A5.24 or A5.33 or A5.34 EUNIScomb A5.24 or A5.33 or A5.34
EUNIScomb_A5.25 EUNIScomb A5.25
EUNIScomb_A5.25 or A5.26 EUNIScomb A5.25 or A5.26
EUNIScomb_A5.26 EUNIScomb A5.26
EUNIScomb_A5.26 or A5.35 or A5.36 EUNIScomb A5.26 or A5.35 or A5.36
EUNIScomb_A5.27 EUNIScomb A5.27
EUNIScomb_A5.27 or A5.37 EUNIScomb A5.27 or A5.37
EUNIScomb_A5.33 EUNIScomb A5.33
EUNIScomb_A5.34 EUNIScomb A5.34
EUNIScomb_A5.35 EUNIScomb A5.35
EUNIScomb_A5.36 EUNIScomb A5.36
EUNIScomb_A5.37 EUNIScomb A5.37
EUNIScomb_A5.43 EUNIScomb A5.43
EUNIScomb_A5.44 EUNIScomb A5.44
EUNIScomb_A5.45 EUNIScomb A5.45
EUNIScomb_A6 EUNIScomb A6
EUNIScomb_A6.11 EUNIScomb A6.11
EUNIScomb_A6.2 EUNIScomb A6.2
EUNIScomb_A6.3 or A6.4 EUNIScomb A6.3 or A6.4
EUNIScomb_A6.5 EUNIScomb A6.5
EUNIScomb_Na EUNIScomb Na
EUNIScomb_NA EUNIScomb NA
MSFD_BBHT_Abyssal MSFD BBHT Abyssal
MSFD_BBHT_Circalittoral coarse sediment MSFD BBHT Circalittoral coarse sediment
MSFD_BBHT_Circalittoral mixed sediment MSFD BBHT Circalittoral mixed sediment
MSFD_BBHT_Circalittoral mud MSFD BBHT Circalittoral mud
MSFD_BBHT_Circalittoral mud or Circalittoral sand MSFD BBHT Circalittoral mud or Circalittoral sand
MSFD_BBHT_Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef MSFD BBHT Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef
MSFD_BBHT_Circalittoral sand MSFD BBHT Circalittoral sand
MSFD_BBHT_Infralittoral coarse sediment MSFD BBHT Infralittoral coarse sediment
MSFD_BBHT_Infralittoral mixed sediment MSFD BBHT Infralittoral mixed sediment
MSFD_BBHT_Infralittoral mud MSFD BBHT Infralittoral mud
MSFD_BBHT_Infralittoral mud or Infralittoral sand MSFD BBHT Infralittoral mud or Infralittoral sand
MSFD_BBHT_Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef MSFD BBHT Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef
MSFD_BBHT_Infralittoral sand MSFD BBHT Infralittoral sand
MSFD_BBHT_Lower bathyal sediment MSFD BBHT Lower bathyal sediment
MSFD_BBHT_Na MSFD BBHT Na
MSFD_BBHT_Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment MSFD BBHT Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment
MSFD_BBHT_Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment MSFD BBHT Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment
MSFD_BBHT_Offshore circalittoral mud MSFD BBHT Offshore circalittoral mud
MSFD_BBHT_Offshore circalittoral mud or Offshore circalittoral sand MSFD BBHT Offshore circalittoral mud or Offshore circalittoral sand
MSFD_BBHT_Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic reef MSFD BBHT Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic reef
MSFD_BBHT_Offshore circalittoral sand MSFD BBHT Offshore circalittoral sand
MSFD_BBHT_Upper bathyal rock and biogenic reef MSFD BBHT Upper bathyal rock and biogenic reef
MSFD_BBHT_Upper bathyal sediment MSFD BBHT Upper bathyal sediment
MSFD_BBHT_NA MSFD BBHT NA
AphiaID AphiaID
total_occ total occ
total_ab total ab
mean_ab mean ab
inf_epi inf epi
plank_larv plank larv
Bedrock Bedrock
Cobbles Cobbles
Large_VLarge_Boulders Large VLarge Boulders
Small_Boulders Small Boulders
Mud Mud
Muddy_gravel Muddy gravel
Muddy_sand Muddy sand
Sandy_mud Sandy mud
Coarse_sand Coarse sand
Fine_sand Fine sand
Other_species Other species
Pebbles Pebbles
Artificial Artificial
Caves Caves
Overhangs Overhangs
Gravel_shingle Gravel shingle
Algae Algae
Mixed Mixed
Salt_marsh Salt marsh
Seagrass Seagrass
Biogenic_reef Biogenic reef
Under_boulders Under boulders
Crevices Crevices
Rockpools Rockpools
Pelagic Pelagic
Mud_grav_sand Mud grav sand
Sand_grav_mud Sand grav mud
Maerl Maerl
Clay Clay
Gravel_sand Gravel sand
Mud_sand_gravel Mud sand gravel
Strandline Strandline

Distribution

File Format  
benthic_sampling_event_habitat_summaries csv Download
benthic_specicies_habitat_summaries csv Download