Observations of three Idotea species (I. balthica, I. chelipes and I. granulosa) in Northern Europe, including the Baltic Sea - data derived from museum collections
Citation
Leidenberger S (2019). Observations of three Idotea species (I. balthica, I. chelipes and I. granulosa) in Northern Europe, including the Baltic Sea - data derived from museum collections. Version 1.1. Flanders Marine Institute. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-02-29.Description
Observation data of occurrence of three Idotea species collected from museum collections in Northern Europe.
Marine isopods of the genus Idotea Fabricius 1798 are common meso-grazers of the benthos. Approximately 30 different species exist worldwide, including eight species in Europe. Only three species, namely Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772), I. chelipes (Pallas, 1766) and I. granulosa Rathke, 1843, were able to colonize the brackish environment of the Baltic Sea. To understand the ecology and distribution patterns of these key species under on-going environmental changes, occurrence data were collected from museum collections and own sampling.
Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118454
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Idotearank: genus
Geographic Coverages
A, North Atlantic - http://marineregions.org/mrgid/1912
ANE, Baltic - http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2401
Bibliographic Citations
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Sonja Leidenbergeroriginator
University of Gothenburg; Faculty of Science Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
email: sonja.leidenberger@bioenv.gu.se
EurOBIS Data Management Team
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Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
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Sonja Leidenberger
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University of Gothenburg; Faculty of Science Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
email: sonja.leidenberger@bioenv.gu.se