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Benthic algal vegetation of Borgafjördur
Citation
Munda I. (1969). Benthic algal vegetation of Borgafjördur. Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1587
Contact: Munda, Ikva

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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Description
The purpose of this study was to follow the gradient of the benthic algal vegetation from the head to the mouth of the Borgafjördur. Attention was paid to the zonation patterns, algal associations and the species distribution. These data were also compared to the vegetation of other Icelandic fjords.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Macroalgae
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Algae, Phytobenthos, Rocky shores, ANE, Iceland, EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage
ANE, Iceland [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -22,0333; MinLat: 63,917 - MaxLong: -19,0105; MaxLat: 64,929 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
1969 - 1970

Parameter
Presence of biota

Contributors
Munda, Ikva
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Scientific research centre, moredata providerdata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
(Partly) included in:
LargeNet database

Publication
Describing this dataset
Munda, I. (1980). Survey of the benthic algal vegetation of the Borgarfjördur, Southwest Iceland. Nova Hedwigia 32: 855-927

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2008-01-21
Information last updated: 2016-12-05
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