Microphytobenthos North Adriatic-Gulf of Trieste, LTER time-series

Tamara Cibic1, Marina Lipizer2, Serena Fonda Umani3

1 OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Via Auguste Piccard, 54, 34151, Trieste, Italy; 2 OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Borgo Grotta Gigante, 42/C, 34010, Trieste, Italy; 3 Univ. Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Corresponding author(s): Tamara Cibic (tcibic@ogs.trieste.it), Marina Lipizer (mlipizer@ogs.trieste.it)

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Resource Citation

Cibic T (2013). Microphytobenthos North Adriatic-Gulf of Trieste, LTER time-series.. https://doi.org/10.6092/a5259fc9-e984-4fbd-ab9e-bd1f459c152c 10.6092/a5259fc9-e984-4fbd-ab9e-bd1f459c152c

Abstract

Regular monitoring of microphytoplankton abundance and community composition has been carried out with a monthly frequency in the Gulf of Trieste, from 05/2002 to 07/2005.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

Project details

Project title: INTERREG Project
Personnel: Serena Fonda Umani
Funding: INTERREG Project
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The time series station C1 ( Latitude 45°42'2.99"N Longitude 13°42'36.00"E), located in the Gulf of Trieste in the northernmost part of the Adriatic Sea, is part of the Adriatic Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site . It is a shallow coastal station (17 m depth) located at 0.2 Km from the coast, at the outer border of the Natural Marine Reserve of Miramare, Trieste.
Design description: Monthly monitoring

Data published through GBIF: http://nodc.ogs.trieste.it/ipt/resource?r=microphytobenthos_lter

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Microphytobenthos
Taxonomic ranks
Superclass: Dinoflagellata
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Common names: Diatoms, Dinoflagellates

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The time series station C1 ( Latitude 45°42'2.99"N Longitude 13°42'36.00"E), located in the Gulf of Trieste in the northernmost part of the Adriatic Sea, is part of the Adriatic Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site . It is a shallow coastal station (17 m depth) located at 0.2 Km from the coast, at the outer border of the Natural Marine Reserve of Miramare, Trieste. The coordinates were measured by a GPS.
Coordinates: 45°30'0''N and 45°45'0''N Latitude; 13°18'0''E and 13°48'0''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: May 14, 2002 - July 20, 2005

Methods

Method step description: Samples were fixed with Ca(HCO3)2-buffered formaldehyde (0.8% final concentration) and cell abundance and species composition of microphytobenthos were estimated according to Utermöhl’s method (1958), using an inverted microscope equipped with phase contrast, at 200-320-400x final magnifications. Data are expressed as cell per cm3 sediment.
Study extent description: Monthly sampling from 05/2002 to 06/2005.
Sampling description: KC Haps bottom corer, 13 cm internal diameter. The sampled layer consists of the upper 5 mm of the sediment which has been homogenized.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Microphytobenthos North Adriatic-Gulf of Trieste, LTER time-series
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://nodc.ogs.trieste.it/ipt/archive.do?r=microphytobenthos_lter
Publication date of data: 2017-05-11
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

External datasets

Dataset description

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2013-12-06
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Cibic, T., Blasutto, O., Falconi, C., & Fonda Umani, S. (2007). Microphytobenthic biomass, species composition and nutrient availability in sublittoral sediments of the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 75(1), 50-62 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.01.020
T. Cibic & C. Facca "MICROPHYTOBENTHOS", Biol. Mar. Mediterr. (2010), 17 (suppl. 1): 754-800 http://www.sibm.it/CHECKLIST/BMM%2017(s1)%202010%20Checklist%20II/49%20MICROPHYTOBENTHOS.pdf