Dataset

ARMS-MBON data on long-term monitoring of hard-bottom communities: 18S results from 2020-2021

EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact DNADerivedData Open in mapper Explore occurrences

ARMS-MBON is a network of more than 25 partners who deploy Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) settlement units in the vicinity of marine stations and Long-term Ecological Research sites in European coastal waters and Ant/arctica. After a few months the units are brought up, and visual, photographic, and genetic assessments are made of the lifeforms that settled on them. The collected data are published (see the related datasets and GitHub links listed in this record) and the omics data analysed. 

In this record we include the outputs of our analysis of the 18S data from the 2020-2022 campaign. The analysis used the PEMA bioinformatics software, and the resulting taxonomics inventory has been turned into DwC format. In addition, all the PEMA inputs and outputs can be found on the ARMS-MBON GitHub site (see links in this record), and the subset of the sampling data to which these 18S results are linked can also be found on the ARMS-MBON GitHub site.

Citation: Pagnier J.; Allcock L.; Cancio I.; Chatzinikolaou E.; Chatzigeorgiou G.; Chrismas NAM.; Costantini F.; Dailianis T.; Deneudt K.; Diaz de Cerio, O.; Digenis M.; Exter K.; GerovasileiouV.; , González Fernández J.; Kauppi L.; Keklikoglou K.; Kristoffersen JB.; Lagaisse R.; Mavrič B.; Mortelmans J.; Paredes E.; Pavloudi C.; Piazza A.; Power AM.;  Ramšak A.; Santi I.; Solbakken J.; Stavroulaki M.; Stæhr PAU.; Tajadura J.;  Souza  Troncoso J.; Vasileiadou K.; Vernadou E.; Obst M. (2025): ARMS-MBON data on long-term monitoring of hard-bottom communities: 18S results from 2020-2022

Published: December 04, 2025 at 13:05

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

URL: https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=arms_18s_2020-22

Contacts:

Justine Pagnier
University of Gothenburg; Faculty of Science; Department of Marine Sciences

Christina Pavloudi
European Marine Biological Research Centre

Jon Bent Kristoffersen
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Matthias Obst
University of Gothenburg; Faculty of Science; Department of Marine Sciences

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

Ibon Cancio
University of the Basque country; Plentzia Marine Station

Oihane Diaz de Cerio
University of the Basque country; Plentzia Marine Station

Francisco Javier Tajadura
University of the Basque country; Plentzia Marine Station

Jose González
University of Vigo; Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal; Station of marine Science of Toralla

Jesús Souza Troncoso
University of Vigo; Ecology and Animal Biology Department; Facultad de Ciencias do Mar; Grupo de Investigación en Ecología Costera

Estefanía Paredes Rosendo
University of Vigo; Ecology and Animal Biology Department; Facultad de Ciencias do Mar; Grupo de Investigación en Ecología Costera

Thanos Dailianis
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Emmanouela Vernadou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Melanthia Stavroulaki
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Katerina Vasileiadou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Kleoniki Keklikoglou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Evangelia Chatzinikolaou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Vasilis Gerovasileiou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Markos Digenis
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Ioulia Santi
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Borut Mavric
National Institute of Biology; Marine Biological Station Piran

Laura Kauppi
University of Helsinki; Tvärminne Zoological Station

Peter Anton Staehr
University of Aarhus; Faculty of Technical Sciences; Department of Ecoscience

Frederica Costantini
University of Bologna; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences

Alessandro Piazza
University of Bologna; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences

Louise Allock
University of Galway

Anna Maria Power
University of Galway

Jostein Solbakken
University of Helsinki; Tvärminne Zoological Station

Jonas Mortelmans
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

Andreja Ramšak
National Institute of Biology; Marine Biological Station Piran

21,087
occurrence records
84,348
measurements and facts
21,087
sequences
698
taxa
75
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 21,087
100.0%
scientificNameID 1,601 8
7.6%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_MATCH 1,607
7.6%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_UNRESOLVABLE 616
2.9%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 543
2.6%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS 529
2.5%
ON_LAND 526
2.5%
MARINE_UNSURE 480
2.3%
NOT_MARINE 42
0.2%

Measurement types

DNA derived data