Bryozoa diversity and abundance in Phyllophora crispa (Rhodophyta) mats and Posidonia oceanica meadows near Giglio Island (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

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Dataset on the epibenthic abundance of Bryozoa on P. crispa and P. oceanica habitats in the NW Mediterranean Sea (Giglio Island, Italy). Samples were obtained via SCUBA diving in summers 2018 and 2019 and analyzed by microscopic determination and counting of specimens. Sampling was part of a larger project on the diversity of the epiphytic invertebrate community on P. crispa mats in the area. The dataset includes details on the sampling efforts, diversity indices (Shannon (H'), Pielou (J')), and density of colonies m-². The numbers of individuals per family were counted on the subsamples. Densities of bryozoa (Dens) were extrapolated using wet weights of the sub- and main sample, as well as the measured surface area of the subsample. Detailed descriptions of the calculations can be found in the corresponding publication (Rossbach et al. (in review)).

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942472
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.942472
Provenance
Creator Rossbach, Felix Ivo ORCID logo; Plewka, Julia ORCID logo; Schmidt, Neele ORCID logo; Wild, Christian ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2022
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 3154 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (10.878W, 42.338S, 10.890E, 42.389N); Tyrrhenian Sea
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-05-18T12:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-07-12T10:47:00Z