Polychaetes from two subtidal rocky shores of the North coast of Crete, collected for the NaGISA project 2007-2008

Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou

doi:10.15468/b7dt2n

Polychaetes from two subtidal rocky shores of the North coast of Crete, collected for the NaGISA project 2007-2008

Citation

Chatzigeorgiou G, Faulwetter S, Arvanitidis C. (2014). Polychaetes from two subtidal rocky shores of the North coast of Crete, collected for the NaGISA project 2007-2008. https://doi.org/10.15468/b7dt2n accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

This dataset contains occurrence records of subtidal polychaetes (Annelida) from two midlittoral rocky shore sampling sites in northern Crete (Greece). Samples were collected for a monitoring project of midlittoral rocky shores in Crete, in the framework of the NaGISA project (Natural Geography in Shore Areas, http://www.coml.org/projects/natural-geography-shore-areas-nagisa). The two sampling sites are characterised by a continuous hard bottom habitat with dense algal coverage and a moderate wave exposure and are not impacted by detectable anthropogenic activity. At each site, five random replicate units were collected from each depth of 1m, 5m, 10m, 15m and 20m by placing a plexiglas frame (25x25 cm) on the substrate and scraping the framed area completely. The samples were then collected with an underwater suction device working with pressure from a diving bottle. Samples were washed through a 0.5 mm mesh sieve and fixed in 99% ethanol. In the laboratory, all samples were identified to the most precise taxonomic level possible, using the most recent literature for the taxon. This dataset does not contain the records for the syllid species collected during this sampling campaign. The syllid records are available as a separate dataset (together with other syllid occurrences in the Eastern Mediterranean) in the dataset "Eastern Mediterranean Syllidae", available at http://ipt.medobis.eu/manage/resource?r=easternmedsyllids.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

25x25cm sampling area

Sampling

plexiglas frame 25x25cm and suction device 2 sampling stations (Alykes and Elounda)

Method steps

5 replicates from each depth and transect

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS. This dataset does not contain the records for the syllid species collected during this sampling campaign. The syllid records are available as a separate dataset (together with other syllid occurrences in the Eastern Mediterranean) in the dataset "Eastern Mediterranean Syllidae", available at http://ipt.medobis.eu/manage/resource?r=easternmedsyllids. The intertidal polychaete data from the NaGISA dataset are part of the dataset “MidMedPol: Polychaetes from midlittoral rocky shores in Greece and Italy (Mediterranean Sea)”,doi: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e961 (http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource.do?r=mediterraneanpolychaetaintertidal)

Taxonomic Coverages

Polychaetes

Polychaetes

Geographic Coverages

Alykes-Agia Pelagia- Heraklion-Crete-Greek eez Elounda- Agios Nikolaos-Crete-Greek eez subtidal rocky shores from 1-20m with photophilic algae

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou
originator
position: PostDoc
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
71003
Telephone: +302810337740
email: chatzigeorgiou@hcmr.gr

Sarah Faulwetter
metadata author
position: PostDoc
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
71003
Telephone: +302810337753
email: sarifa@hcmr.gr

Sarah Faulwetter
administrative point of contact
position: PostDoc
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
71003
Telephone: +302810337753
email: sarifa@hcmr.gr

Christos Arvanitidis
principal investigator
position: Senior Reserarcher
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
71003
email: arvanitidis@hcmr.gr

Stamatina Nikolopoulou
curator
position: Research Technician
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
71003
email: snikolo@hcmr.gr

Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou
administrative point of contact
position: PostDoc
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
71003
Telephone: +302810337740
email: chatzigeorgiou@hcmr.gr