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The ClimateFish database collates abundance data of 15 fish species proposed as candidate indicators of climate change in the Mediterranean Sea. Data were collected according to a simplified visual census methodology (Garrabou et al. 2019) along standard transects of five minutes performed at a constant speed of 10m/min, corresponding approximately to an area of 50x5m. Four different depth layers were surveyed: 0-3m, 5-10 m, 11-20 m, 21-30 m. So far, the ClimateFish database includes fish counts collected along 3142 transects carried out in seven Mediterranean countries between 2009 and 2021, for a total number of 101'771 observed individuals belonging to the 15 fish species.
Citation: Azzurro Ernesto, Ballerini Tosca, Antoniadou Chryssanthi, Aversa Giulia Domizia, Ben Souissi Jamila, Blašković Andrea, Cappanera Valentina, Chiappi Marina, Cinti Maria-Francesca, Colloca Francesco, Cvitković Ivan, D'Amen Manuela, Despalatović Marija, Di Franco Antonio, Dimitriadis Charalampos, Dragičević Branko, Fanelli Emanuela, Figuerola Ferrando Laura, Fortibuoni Tomaso, Franzitta Giulio, Garrabou Joaquim, Geloso Tatiana, Ghanem Raouia, Gori Andrea, Hervat Martina, lzquierdo-Muñoz Andres, Linares Prat Cristina, La Mesa Gabriele, Merotto Lorenzo, Micallef Reno, Miliou Anastasia, Minelli Annalisa, Moschella Paula, Pannacciulli Federica, Panzalis Pieraugusto, Pavičić Mišo, Petrou Antonis, Ramos-Esplá Alfonso A., Saponari Luca, Scarcella Giuseppe, Spoto Marco, Stagličić Nika, Vrdoljak Dario, Vouriot Pauline, Weitzmann Boris, Schembri Patrick Joseph (2022). ClimateFish: Abundance of selected coastal fish species as candidate indicators of climate change In the Mediterranean Sea. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/86784
Published: September 17, 2025 at 10:20
URL: https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=climate-fish-abundance
Ernesto Azzurro
Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' of Naples
Tosca Ballerini
Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' of Naples
Chryssanthi Antoniadou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Giulia Domizia Aversa
University of Rome La Sapienza
Jamila Ben Souissi
Carthage University; National Institute of Agronomy
Andrea Blašković
Brijuni National Park
Valentina Cappanera
Marina Chiappi
Polytechnic University of Marche
Maria-Francesca Cinti
Francesco Colloca
Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' of Naples
Ivan Cvitković
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Manuela D'Amen
Italian National Research Council; Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies
Marija Despalatovic
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Antonio Di Franco
Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' of Naples
Charalampos Dimitriadis
National Marine Park of Zakynthos
Branko Dragičević
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Emanuela Fanelli
Polytechnic University of Marche; Faculty of Sciences; Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
Tomaso Fortibuoni
Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Giulio Franzitta
Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' of Naples
Chiara Gambardella
Italian National Research Council; Institute for the study of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in the Marine Environment
Joaquim Garrabou
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Institute of Marine Sciences
Tatiana Geloso
Mare Nostrum NGO
Raouia Ghanem
Tunis El Manar University
Andrea Gori
University of Barcelona
Martina Hervat
Brijuni National Park
Andres Izquierdo
The University of Alicante; Departamento Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada
Gabriele La Mesa
Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Cristina Linares
University of Barcelona
Lorenzo Merotto
Reno Micaleff
University of Malta
Anastasia Miliou
Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation
Annalisa Minelli
Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Paula Moschella
International Council for the Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea
Pieraugusto Panzalis
Pavičić Mišo
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Alfonso Ángel Ramos Espla
The University of Alicante; Centro de Investigación Marina
Antonis Petrou
Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre
Luca Saponari
Nature Seychelles
Giuseppe Scarcella
Italian National Research Council; Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies
Marco Spoto
Italian National Research Council; Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies
Nika Stagličić
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Dario Vrdoljak
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Boris Weitzmann
Patrick Schembri
University of Malta
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique- Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique- Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Federica Pannacciulli
Centro Ricerche Ambiente Marino; The Santa Teresa Marine Environment Research Centre
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
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| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 47,130 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
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| ON_LAND | 7,155 |
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| DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH | 3,060 |
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