Harant H. 1939. Les fonds de peche pres d'Alexandrie. Ascidiacea (Cartes 1-5). Notes et Memoirs No 28. Institut fouad 1er d' Hydrobiologie et de peche, Egypt

Stamatina Nikolopoulou

doi:10.15468/kzvjzv

Harant H. 1939. Les fonds de peche pres d'Alexandrie. Ascidiacea (Cartes 1-5). Notes et Memoirs No 28. Institut fouad 1er d' Hydrobiologie et de peche, Egypt

Citation

Nikolopoulou S, Tsikopoulou I (2018). Harant H. 1939. Les fonds de peche pres d’Alexandrie. Ascidiacea (Cartes 1-5). Notes et Memoirs No 28. Institut fouad 1er d’ Hydrobiologie et de peche, Egypt. Version 1.9. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/kzvjzv accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-01-21.

Description

This is a historical dataset that was published in 1939 by H. Harant and concerns of the faunistic report on the Ascidiacea collected during the floristical and faunistical survey of Adolf Steuer on the coasts near Alexandria mainly with the vessel “El Hoot”. This dataset contains occurrence data of Ascidiacea in the coasts of Alexandria, Egypt. Temporal coverage for this dataset is not described in the historical paper but only in the preliminary report of the expedition. Thus, it is assumed that the sample collection was done in the autumn of 1933 (beggining from the end of August to end of November).The digitization of this dataset was done by LifewatchGreece team.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

This digitized historical dataset is based on a faunistic report compiled from the expedition by the Fisheries Research Directorate in fishery grounds near Alexandria at 1933.

Sampling

This dataset is only a part of a large faunistical expedition (http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionpreliminaryrepor) that took place in the coasts near Alexandria. The samples were collected by A. Steuer. For bottom samples almost exclusively a dredge with 20x70 cm opening was used. A single catch was made in a depth of 20 m with a large otter trawl in the eastern part of the Bay of Abukir. In general, the motor-launch of the Marine Laboratory “El Hoot” was used for dredging and a rowing boat in shallow water. All excursions were one-day trips. After the expedition, taxonomic identification of the samples was done by specialists. The results of this expedition were published in separate for each taxonomic group volumes. Thus, sampling methods were described in a preliminary report by A. Steuer. Ascidian species were identified by H. Harant.

Method steps

Adolf Steuer.Preliminary report.The Fishery Grounds Near Alexandria. Notes and Memories No 8.http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionpreliminaryrepor

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS. Publication: Digging for historical data on the occurrence of benthic macrofaunal species in the southeastern Mediterranean https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/10071/

Taxonomic Coverages

Ascidiacea
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Ascidiacea were found in about 30 sampling stations near Alexandria, Egypt, eastern Mediterranean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Stamatina Nikolopoulou
originator
position: Data Manager
Hellenic Center for Marine Research
HERAKLION
GR
email: snikolo@hcmr.gr

Irini Tsikopoulou
metadata author
position: Data Manager
University of Crete
HERAKLION
GR
email: fellow_irene@yahoo.gr

Irini Tsikopoulou
user
position: Data Manager
University of Crete
HERAKLION
GR
email: fellow_irene@yahoo.gr

Irini Tsikopoulou
administrative point of contact
position: Data Manager
University of Crete
HERAKLION
GR
email: fellow_irene@yahoo.gr