Historical quantitative benthos grab samples from the Southern Baltic Sea - German data

Historical quantitative benthos grab samples from the Southern Baltic Sea, collected by German researchers. The dataset was digitised at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences; Marine Ecology Division; Benthos Ecology section. The German data have been reconstructed from several sources:

"Hagmeier 1925" Basis of the distribution records: Die Arbeiten mit dem Petersenschen Bodengreifer auf der Ostseefahrt im April 1925 "Hagmeier 1930" Basis of the distribution records: Die Bodenfauna der Ostsee im April 1929 nebst einigen Vergleichen mit April 1925 und Juli 1926 "Hertling 1928" Basis of the distribution records: Untersuchung über die Ernährung von Meeresfischen (zu: Hagmeier: Die Ostseefahrt im Juli 1926) "Kühlmorgen-Hille 1952-1953" Basis of the distribution records: FIELDWORK "Kühlmorgen-Hille 1961-1965" Basis of the distribution records: FIELDWORK "Löwe 1957" Basis of the distribution records: FIELDWORK: Die Sonderstellung der Saßnitz-Rinne in biologischer und fischereilicher Hinsicht "Petersen 1913" Basis of the distribution records: The animal communities of the sea-bottom and their importance for marine zoogeography "Schulz 1973" Basis of the distribution records: Biologische Untersuchungen während des internationalen Ostseejahres 1969/70

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Temporal extent1911-01-01 – 1970-11-15
Date (publication)2009-01-20
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
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