Government Digital Service provides a dataset on benthic fauna abundance and biomass, standardized per area of seabed sampled. The data includes species-level trait information, measured environmental variables for water and sediment, and remote-sensed chlorophyll and fishing effort data for each sample location. The dataset's row count and last update date are unknown.
Use Cases
- Modeling species distribution based on environmental variables like sediment and water column data.
- Analyzing the relationship between fishing effort (VMS data) and benthic community biomass.
- Studying biological and behavioral traits of taxa in relation to their abundance and weight classes.
- Investigating correlations between remote-sensed chlorophyll levels and local faunal biomass.
Strengths
- Data is standardized to the area of seabed sampled, enabling spatial comparisons.
- Integrates multiple data sources: biological samples, environmental measurements, remote sensing, and vessel monitoring systems.
- Includes biological and behavioral trait information for each taxon.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Collection Method
- Field sampling with biological and environmental measurements, supplemented by remote sensing and Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Celtic Seas