Realm: Marine
Climate: Polar/Temperate
Biome: Polar ecoregions
Central latitude: 65.968523
Central longitude: 38.131417
Duration: 23 years, from 1981 to 2010

7452 records

526 distinct species

Across the time series Mytilus edulis is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

The main sampling method used in subtidal (about 85 per cent samples) was Petersen grab 0.25 sq. M. (Trade mark Ocean-50). but sometimes van Veen grab 0.1 sq. M. different SQUBA diving corers and Agassiz (Sigsby in Russian tradition) trawl were in use. Samples were whashed out on sieve 1 mm mesh size (measured by the mesh side).While sampling in intertidal. frame 0.025 sq. M (at rocky tidal flats) and tube corer 0.0076 sq. M or intertidal grab 0.05 sq. M (at muddy and sandy beaches) were used. The whashing out method was the same. Unit of abundance = AggregatedPresence, Unit of biomass = NA

Citation(s)

Naumov, A. "Benthos of the White Sea. A database". White Sea Biological Station, Zoological Institute RAS. Available at: http://www.emodnet-biology.eu/component/imis/?module=dataset&dasid=2769, accessed 2012.