Dataset

Dataset used to assess the spatio-temporal dynamic of macrobenthic communities on submarine sand dunes

EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The present dataset has been used to assess how macrobenthic communities vary depending on (i) the type of dune, (ii) the position within the dune and (iii) the season. It has been combined with a biological traits dataset

Citation: Robert Alexandre Elie, Quillien Nolwenn, Bacha Mahmoud, Caulle Clémence, Nexer Maëlle, Parent Briz, Garlan Thierry, Desroy Nicolas (2021). Biological traits of macroinvertebrates associated with subtidal sandy beforms. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/80785] and results from this analysis have been published in Marine Pollution Bulletin in 2021 [Alexandre Elie Robert, Nolwenn Quillien, Mahmoud Bacha, Clémence Caulle, Maëlle Nexer, Briz Parent, Thierry Garlan, Nicolas Desroy, Sediment migrations drive the dynamic of macrobenthic ecosystems in subtidal sandy bedforms, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 171, 2021, 112695, ISSN 0025-326X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112695

Published: November 25, 2025 at 08:53

First registration: November 25, 2025 at 08:57

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

URL: https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=macrobenthic_sand_dunes

Contacts:

Alexandre Elie Robert
France Energies Marines Environmental Integration R&D Program

Nolwenn Quillien
France Energies Marines Environmental Integration R&D Program

Mahmoud Bacha
France Energies Marines Environmental Integration R&D Program

Clémence Caulle
Ocean Zoom

Maëlle Nexer
France Energies Marines Environmental Integration R&D Program

Briz Parent
Ocean Zoom

Thierry Garlan
Shom

Nicolas Desroy
IFREMER, Unité Littoral, Laboratoire Environnement et Ressources de Bretagne Nord

Naffisa Fekranie
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (SEANOE)
SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (SEANOE)

1,105
occurrence records
4,420
measurements and facts
108
taxa
96
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,105
100.0%

Quality flags

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

No quality flags.

Measurement types

DNA derived data