NOAA's National Benthic Infaunal Database contains quantitative records of benthic species abundances and associated environmental measurements. The database aggregates data from multiple studies and regions. It is maintained by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Use Cases
- Analyze benthic species abundance patterns across different study regions.
- Model relationships between environmental variables and benthic community composition.
- Assess biodiversity metrics using species abundance data per sample.
Strengths
- Quantitative data on species abundances.
- Includes synoptically measured environmental variables.
Limitations
- Unknown sample count and temporal coverage.
- Column names and data structure are unspecified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from multiple studies.
- Geography
- Multiple study regions.