Mediterranean Coralligenous Community Coverage and Traits with Temperature Data

Mediterranean Sea data contains coverage and trait information for macrobenthic sessile species, daily temperature records from 2002 to 2021, and demographic data for Paramuricea clavata colonies. The dataset includes raw data files and R code scripts to replicate analyses and figures from the associated research paper. It was authored by Yanis Zentner and last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze community structure changes over time based on species coverage data.
• Study functional trait composition and its relationship with environmental stressors.
• Model the impact of daily temperature fluctuations and marine heatwaves on coralligenous communities.
• Examine demographic patterns and colony survival for the species Paramuricea clavata.

Strengths

• Includes raw data files and complete R code for full reproducibility of the published study.
• Contains daily temperature data at 15m depth sourced from T-MEDNet, spanning from 2002 to 2021.
• Covers multiple data facets: community coverage, species traits, and colony demographics.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Field observations and data collection from studied sites, with temperature data sourced from T-MEDNet.

Time Range

Temperature data from 2002 to 2021; specific years for community data are not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 07:51:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mediterranean Sea (studied sites not further specified).