Published May 28, 2022 | Version v1
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Datasets used on the analysis of Mediterranean Mass mortality events during the 2015-2019 period

Creators

  • 1. Institut de Ciències del Mar-CSIC
  • 2. Universitat de Barcelona
  • 3. Polytechnic University of Marche, Dept of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • 4. University of Bologna, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
  • 5. Sorbonne Université
  • 6. Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography,
  • 7. Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean
  • 8. Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Ionian University
  • 9. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn of Naples
  • 10. Centre d'estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)
  • 11. National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR)
  • 12. CIIMAR-Interdisciplinary centre of marine and environmental research - University of Porto
  • 13. National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia
  • 14. Abyss Environmental Services
  • 15. Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et de l'Aménagement (ENSSMAL)
  • 16. MMC (Museo del Mar de Ceuta)
  • 17. Laboratory 'Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome' , Faculty of Sciences, Mohamed V University in Rabat
  • 18. Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBIO), Universitat de Barcelona
  • 19. School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
  • 20. Dpto. Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Universidad de Alicante
  • 21. CIMAR - Universidad de Alicante
  • 22. Dpt. Physiology, Genetics and Microbiology
  • 23. Centro Nacional-Instituto Español de Oceanografia
  • 24. King Abudllah University of Science and Technology
  • 25. IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats; Global Change Research Group
  • 26. IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats
  • 27. Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Universidad de Sevilla
  • 28. IMC - International Marine Centre
  • 29. CNR-IRBIM, NR-IRBIM. National Research Council. Institute of Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies
  • 30. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn-National Institute of Marine Biology, Ecology and Biotechnology
  • 31. University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Biology
  • 32. University of Genoa, Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences
  • 33. Polytechnic University of Marche, Dept of Life and Envirnmental Sciences
  • 34. Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II
  • 35. University of Sassari
  • 36. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
  • 37. D.I.I.V. Ltd for Marine, Freshwater and Subterranean Ecology
  • 38. Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre
  • 39. Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
  • 40. Mediterranean Conservation Society
  • 41. IFREMER
  • 42. GIS Posidonie
  • 43. Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
  • 44. CNRS-Sorbonne University

Description

This upload contains three datasets in CSV files and a PDF file with the specific description of the CSV files. These data was used for the analysis of the mass mortality events reported during the period 2015-2019 across the Mediterranean.

The datasets are 1) a CSV file with the data used for the description of the spatial-temporal, depth and biological patterns of mortality observed in the Mediterranean Sea in the 2015-2019 period; 2) a CSV file with the data used to conduct the analyses on the relationship between marine heatwaves (MHW) days found on the surface (averaged per monitored area and year) and the corresponding mass mortality incidence of benthic organisms; 3) a CSV file with the data used to conduct the analyses on the relationship between in-situ MHW days (averaged per monitored area, depth and year) and the corresponding mass mortality incidence. 

Data were obtained through benthic community field surveys conducted by 33 research teams from 11 Mediterranean countries. Surveys covered thousands of kms of coastline, spanning 13º of latitude (32 °S to 45 °N) and 40º of longitude (-5°W to 35°E) in the Mediterranean Sea. The dataset provides the most updated inventory of mass mortality events records for benthic species between 2015-2019 in the region. The surveys were conducted in 142 monitoring areas. Monitoring areas were considered as geographic areas (10-25 km coastline, e.g., a marine protected area and the nearby coast) sharing common environmental features. 

In situ temperature conditions datasets base consists of high frequency (hourly) time series obtained using HOBO data loggers (accuracy ± 0.21°C) set-up at standard depths along rocky walls by divers, generally every 5 m from the surface to 40 m depth.This dataset as in the case of the mortality was assembled under the T-MEDNet initiative (www.t-mednet.org).

Satellite derived sea surface temperature (SST) across the Mediterranean Sea was obtained from CMEMS (https://resources.marine.copernicus.eu/?option=com_csw&view=details&product_id=SST_MED_SST_L4_REP_OBSERVATIONS_010_021). The data consists of daily (night-time), gap free, optimally interpolated foundation SST at ~4 km resolution from AVHRR with improved accuracy and stability over the 1982-2019 period

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