Distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate living modes in European seas

This series of products displays the main functional types of benthic macroinvertebrates derived from a multivariate analysis of 13 life history traits. Several occurrence lists from EMODnet Biology were combined. A multivariate analysis of the life history traits revealed three main living modes. All final outcomes were interpolated by DIVAnd, the n-dimensional Data Interpolating Variational Analysis tool. The first living mode one comprises species resistant to physical stress in natural conditions through a strong mobility, a short life cycle and a high offspring survival probability. The second one is composed of opportunistic species, also with a relatively short life span, among which many are pioneer species which are not very habitat-specific. The third group is composed of species which require many years or even decades to achieve.

DIVAnd version 2.1.0 was used to interpolate the observations to maps:

Alexander Barth. (2018, September 3). Gher-ulg/DIVAnd.jl: v2.1.0 (Version v2.1.0). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1407912