IMAS Metadata Catalogue
Sea urchin and macroalgal cover in the western Mediterranean
The data here presented shows the relationship between sea urchin numbers and algal cover in the Western Mediterranean. Data was collected in several underwater surveys using subdivided quadrats. The grazing effect of urchins on the macroalgal community was evaluated.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-07-22
Principal investigator
- Purpose
- To evaluate the grazing effect of urchins on the macroalgal community.
- Credit
- We acknlowledge projects CMT2010-22273-C02-01-02 and CMT2013-48027-C03-R and scholarship BES-2011-043630
- Status
- Completed
Resource provider
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
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W
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2013-06-01 2013-10-31
Vertical element
- Minimum value
- 2
- Maximum value
- 9
- Identifier
- EPSG::5715
- Name
- MSL depth
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
Resource format
- Title
- CSV
- Date
- Edition
- -
- Keywords (Taxon)
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- Paracentrotus lividus
- Arbacia lixula
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Regime shifts
- Consumer-resource interactions
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Linkage
-
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Cite data as: Boada, J. (2016), Sea urchin and macroalgal cover in the western Mediterranean. [Dataset]. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. Data accessed at https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/aae033d6-1f3e-4843-a652-3c552ab31989 on [date-of-access]
- Other constraints
- Please contact the researcher if using this dataset.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Description
- Percentage cover of macroalgae - named "Percentage_Cover" in dataset
Identifier
- Code
- Abundance of biota
- Identifier
- http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UPCT
- Name
- Percent
- Description
- Biomass of sea urchins (units unknown - check with author) - named "Biomass" in dataset
Identifier
Distribution Information
Resource lineage
- Statement
- ~60 replicates (50x50 quadrats) were evaluated in 2 regions of the Western Mediterranean along 8 different locations.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- diver
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/aae033d6-1f3e-4843-a652-3c552ab31989
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
-
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/aae033d6-1f3e-4843-a652-3c552ab31989
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2019-09-02T12:06:26
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-05-31T21:27:21
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
Spatial extent
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W
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Associated resources
Not available