AxIOM: Amphipod crustaceans from insular Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Michel LN, Sturaro N, Heughebaert A & Lepoint G (2016): AxIOM: Amphipod crustaceans from insular Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows. v1. University of Liège. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=axiom&v=1.0

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Liège. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: b146a93c-657b-4768-aa51-9cabe3dac808.  University of Liège publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Samplingevent; Amphipoda; Crustacea; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass; Mediterranean; Corsica; Sardinia; Islands; Revellata Bay; Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo Marine Protected Area; Hierarchical sampling design

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

AxIOM contains samples taken in Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows from Mediterranean Islands. Two regions were investigated: Corsica (Calvi Bay) and Sardinia (Tavolara-Punta Coda Cavallo marine protected area)

Taxonomic Coverage

This dataset comprises 72 amphipod species (including 2 subspecies of Caprella acanthifera) belonging to 51 genera and 29 families.

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

The AxIOM dataset was generated during two doctoral research programmes that took place at University of Liège, Belgium, between 2006 and 2012. The first one focused on ecology of amphipod crustaceans from Posidonia oceanica meadows, on their place in the food web and on their role in the ecosystem. The dissertation is available at http://hdl.handle.net/2268/95644. The second one focused on the multiscale variability patterns of amphipod assemblages associated to P. oceanica meadows, and their potential responses among different protection levels. The dissertation is available at http://hdl.handle.net/2268/129454.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

All sampling was performed by SCUBA diving at depths ranging from 10.4 to 15 metres. 4 complementary methods were used: hand-towed net, litter collection, air-lift and 2 slightly different types of light traps. In both investigated regions, a nested hierarchical sampling design was setup to fully capture the spatial variability of amphipod community structure over multiple scales spanning four orders of magnitude (1 to 1000 metres).

Method step description:

1. After collection, all samples were sieved on 400 µm nylon mesh to eliminate sediment and fine particulate organic matter. They were subsequently fixed for >24 hours in a formaldehyde solution (4% in 0.22 µm-filtered seawater). Samples were then sorted to isolate amphipods and transfer them to a preservation solution consisting of 70% ethanol in distilled water to which 1% glycerine was added to prevent evaporation. After identification, specimens were stored in this preservation solution in airtight vials.

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