The Fishery Grounds near Alexandria.VII.Decapoda.By Heinrich Balss.(1936).Notes and memoirs No. 15

Aglaia Legaki

doi:10.15468/o5gp3i

The Fishery Grounds near Alexandria.VII.Decapoda.By Heinrich Balss.(1936).Notes and memoirs No. 15

Citation

Legaki A (2017). The Fishery Grounds near Alexandria.VII.Decapoda.By Heinrich Balss.(1936).Notes and memoirs No. 15. Version 1.17. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/o5gp3i accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-06-21.

Description

This is a historical dataset that was published in 1936 by H. Balss and concerns of the faunistic report on the Decapoda collected during the floristical and faunistical survey of Adolf Steuer on the coasts near Alexandria mainly with the vessel “El Hoot”. This dataset covers the time span of 3/9/1933 to 18/11/1933 and contains occurence data of Decapoda in the coasts of Alexandria, Egypt. It also informations about individual counts, sex, lifestage and carapace length. The digitization of this dataset was done by LifewatchGreece team.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

A report on the decapoda collected near coast of Alexandria, in the year 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. 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. Decapod and Scizopod species were identified by H. Balss and Zimmer C. respectively

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.

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

Main category : Decapoda

Decapoda
rank: order
Mysida
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Decapoda were found in about 150 sampling stations in the coasts of Alexandria, Egypt.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Aglaia Legaki
originator
position: Marine Data Manager
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research-Institute of Oceanography
GR
email: aglalegaki@biol.uoa.gr

Aglaia Legaki
metadata author
position: Marine Data Manager
HCMR

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

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

Aglaia Legaki
administrative point of contact
position: Marine Data Manager
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research-Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
Athens
GR
email: aglalegaki@biol.uoa.gr