Benthic Genera Presence and Absence in the North Sea from 1990 to 2011

Distribution data for benthic genera in the North Sea, covering a 22-year timespan from 1990 to 2011. This data accompanies a manuscript in the Journal of Applied Ecology and was obtained from re-analysis of OBIS data supplemented with Cefas survey data, with the study region partitioned into a 0.25° x 0.25° regular grid.

Use Cases

• Modeling species distribution shifts based on the 22-year temporal coverage and gridded spatial data.
• Analyzing community thresholds in response to environmental gradients based on the study's stated focus.
• Validating benthic survey methodologies by comparing integrated OBIS and Cefas data sources.

Strengths

• Covers a 22-year time span from 1990 to 2011, providing a long-term perspective.
• Integrates data from two sources: OBIS and Cefas benthic surveys.
• Spatial coverage is structured on a regular 0.25° x 0.25° grid for the North Sea.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.

Provenance

Source

Re-analysis of OBIS benthic data supplemented with benthic survey data collected by Cefas.

Collection Method

Data integration and analysis for a scientific manuscript.

Time Range

1990 to 2011

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

North Sea