European Marine Meiofauna Biodiversity and Environmental Data

Over 80 integrated datasets provide information on meiobenthos, specifically nematodes and copepods, along with environmental variables and feeding types. The data was compiled by the MarBEF European Network of Excellence. It serves as a basis for analyzing large-scale biodiversity patterns in European marine waters.

Use Cases

• Analyze nematode community composition against environmental variables like temperature or salinity to identify structuring factors.
• Assess large-scale biodiversity patterns using species occurrence and geographical information across European marine waters.
• Test the performance of functional attributes from nematode feeding type data in evaluating disturbance effects.
• Identify the role of anthropogenic drivers by correlating disturbance types with changes in meiofaunal distribution patterns.
• Gain insight into species assembly rules by analyzing biometric data and taxonomic information across different habitats.

Strengths

• Integration of over 80 source datasets provides a broad foundational resource.
• Includes multiple data types: species occurrence, environmental variables, feeding types, and biometric data.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Geographic scope is limited to European marine waters, not global.
• Data freshness and last update date are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

MarBEF European Network of Excellence, integrated into the EUROBIS/MANUELA Database.

Collection Method

Integration of multiple smaller datasets collected under the MarBEF network.

Geography

European marine waters.