Macrobenthic communities of the soft substrates of Madeira (1992 onwards)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Museum of Funchal, Madeira (IMAR network) |
| Country | Portugal  |
| Time period | From 1992 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Shelf and slope down to 500 metres around the island of Madeira |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed; Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed; Habitat characterisation; Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed; Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance; Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts; Zoobenthos generic abundance |
| Instruments | Sediment grabs |
| Description | |
| Summary | This recently initiated project has not yet produced results. As a complement of the SEPLAT-MADEIRA, a government programme developed by the Instituto Hidrografico of Lisbon whose object is to produce a chart of sediments of the shelf and slope down to 500 metres of the archipelago of Madeira, we are trying to make an inventory of the macrobenthic fauna living in the sediments as well as to determine the distribution, structure and dynamics of the communities found, with special emphasis on the molluscs. So far, 180 grab samples have been collected in the south coast of the island of Madeira and are being sieved. |
| Originators | Museum of Funchal, Madeira (IMAR network) |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Museum of Funchal, Madeira (IMAR network) |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | Manuel Jose Biscoito and Antonio Domingos Abreu |
| Address | Museum of Funchal, Madeira (IMAR network) |
| Telephone | +351 29129761 |
| mmf@cm-funchal.pt | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Hydrographic Institute |
| Local identifier | 15031002 |
| Global identifier | 2268 |
| Last revised | 2009-10-30 |
