A macrozoobenthic data set of the Black Sea northwestern shelf
Abstract Benthic ecological data are crucial to study and manage ecosystems. On the one hand, abiotic and species data provide complementary information to identify habitats. On the other hand, trait data, describing taxon characteristics, are required to predict anthropogenic impacts on marine ecos...
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| author | Séverine Chevalier Olivier Beauchard Adrian Teacă Tatiana Begun Valentina Todorova Luc Vandenbulcke Karline Soetaert Marilaure Grégoire |
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| description | Abstract Benthic ecological data are crucial to study and manage ecosystems. On the one hand, abiotic and species data provide complementary information to identify habitats. On the other hand, trait data, describing taxon characteristics, are required to predict anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems. Indeed, species traits are now widely used to understand natural selection in communities or to highlight ecosystem functions. While trait data are in growing demand, compiling them is challenging, time-consuming and there are no properly established procedures for major marine ecosystems. Here, we share a data set comprising macrozoobenthic occurrences for 215 taxa over the Black Sea northwestern shelf, between 1995 and 2017, and 27 traits documented for 127 taxa that related to life cycle and ecosystem function. In addition, we provide an abiotic data set of physical and chemical variables generated by a model or compiled from in-situ data. This data set aims to fill the functional knowledge gap in the Black Sea and offers research opportunities to future studies covering ecosystem functions, biodiversity conservation, and management. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-008fa884761b4f2c8d0277c14bc8a7d02025-08-20T03:25:12ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632025-06-0112111410.1038/s41597-025-05311-2A macrozoobenthic data set of the Black Sea northwestern shelfSéverine Chevalier0Olivier Beauchard1Adrian Teacă2Tatiana Begun3Valentina Todorova4Luc Vandenbulcke5Karline Soetaert6Marilaure Grégoire7MAST-FOCUS, Department of Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography, University of Liège, Allée du 6 Aoû t 19Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7Department of Biology and Ecology, National Institute for Research and Development on Marine Geology and Geoecology – GeoEcoMar, 23-25 Dimitrie Onciul Str.Department of Biology and Ecology, National Institute for Research and Development on Marine Geology and Geoecology – GeoEcoMar, 23-25 Dimitrie Onciul Str.Institute of Oceanology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, P.O.Box 152MAST-FOCUS, Department of Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography, University of Liège, Allée du 6 Aoû t 19Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7MAST-FOCUS, Department of Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography, University of Liège, Allée du 6 Aoû t 19Abstract Benthic ecological data are crucial to study and manage ecosystems. On the one hand, abiotic and species data provide complementary information to identify habitats. On the other hand, trait data, describing taxon characteristics, are required to predict anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems. Indeed, species traits are now widely used to understand natural selection in communities or to highlight ecosystem functions. While trait data are in growing demand, compiling them is challenging, time-consuming and there are no properly established procedures for major marine ecosystems. Here, we share a data set comprising macrozoobenthic occurrences for 215 taxa over the Black Sea northwestern shelf, between 1995 and 2017, and 27 traits documented for 127 taxa that related to life cycle and ecosystem function. In addition, we provide an abiotic data set of physical and chemical variables generated by a model or compiled from in-situ data. This data set aims to fill the functional knowledge gap in the Black Sea and offers research opportunities to future studies covering ecosystem functions, biodiversity conservation, and management.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05311-2 |
| spellingShingle | Séverine Chevalier Olivier Beauchard Adrian Teacă Tatiana Begun Valentina Todorova Luc Vandenbulcke Karline Soetaert Marilaure Grégoire A macrozoobenthic data set of the Black Sea northwestern shelf Scientific Data |
| title | A macrozoobenthic data set of the Black Sea northwestern shelf |
| title_full | A macrozoobenthic data set of the Black Sea northwestern shelf |
| title_fullStr | A macrozoobenthic data set of the Black Sea northwestern shelf |
| title_full_unstemmed | A macrozoobenthic data set of the Black Sea northwestern shelf |
| title_short | A macrozoobenthic data set of the Black Sea northwestern shelf |
| title_sort | macrozoobenthic data set of the black sea northwestern shelf |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05311-2 |
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