Dataset

Soft-bottom macrozoobenthos from the coastal Bulgarian Black Sea collected in 2022 by IBER-BAS, BRIDGE-BS project

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Abundance (individual counts) and biomass (g) of macrozoobenthic taxa at soft-bottom stations along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, collected during a field survey of IBER-BAS in 2022 as part of project BRIDGE-BS (<a href="https://bridgeblacksea.org/">https://bridgeblacksea.org/</a>). The dataset also contains organism life stages, sediment type (Folk16), and EUNIS L3 habitat type at the stations.

Citation: Klayn, S., Berov D., Bobchev N., Karamfilov V., 2024. Soft-b ottom macrozoobenthos from the coastal Bulgarian Black Sea collected in 2022 by IBER-BAS, BRIDGE-BS project. Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER-BAS). Dataset/Samplingevent. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/660

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:31

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

Stefania Klayn
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Dimitar Berov
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Nikola Bobchev
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Ventzislav Karamfilov
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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

344
occurrence records
1,137
measurements and facts
119
taxa
101
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

No missing or invalid fields.

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 4
1.2%

Measurement types

DNA derived data