The fishery ground near Alexandria. XVI. Cumacea, stomatopoda, leptostraca by Adolf Steuer (1938).Notes and Memoirs No 26.
Citation
Stamatina Nikolopoulou, Evangelia Avramidou and Irini Tsikopoulou (2016). Digitization of The fishery grounds near Alexandria. XVI Cumacea, Stomatopoda, Leptostraca. Notes and Memoirs No 26. Hydrobiology and Fisheries Directorate, 1938, Egypt https://doi.org/10.15468/sgfkx5 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-18. accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-18. accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-14.Description
This is a historical dataset that was published in 1938 by A. Steuer and concerns of the faunistic report on the Cumacea, Stomatopoda and Leptostracacollected during the floristical and faunistical survey of himshelf on the coasts near Alexandria mainly with the vessel “El Hoot”. This dataset covers the time span of 15/5/1933 to 13/11/1933 and contains occurrence data of Cumacea, Stomatopoda and Leptostraca in the coasts of Alexandria, Egypt. Besides occurence data, this dataset contains individual counts, sex, lifestage and body length. The digitization of this dataset was done by LifewatchGreece team.Sampling Description
Study Extent
This 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 from 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. For plankton samples, vertical hauls were made using medium sized nets with buckets of celluloids with gauze bottom. 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.Method steps
- Adolf Steuer.Preliminary report.The Fishery Grounds Near Alexandria. Notes and Memories No 8.http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionpreliminaryrepor http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionbottomsampler Body length measurements will be uploaded soon
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
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Cumacearank: order
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Stomatopodarank: order
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Leptostracarank: order
Geographic Coverages
12 stations were sampled, 2 of them were planktonic stations.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Irini Tsikopoulouoriginator
position: Data Manager
University of Crete
email: fellow_irene@yahoo.gr
Stamatina Nikolopoulou
metadata author
position: Data Manager
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
email: snikolo@hcmr.gr
Evaggelia Avramidou
content provider
position: Data Manager
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Stamatina Nikolopoulou
administrative point of contact
position: Data Manager
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
email: snikolo@hcmr.gr