North Sea Benthos Observatory - Germany

Basic Information
Site Name
North Sea Benthos Observatory
Short name
DE-18-NSBO
Country
Germany
Web Address
http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=12997
Operating Organisation
SGN - Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
Site Manager
Ingrid Kröncke
Site Description
The North Sea Benthos Observatory included several endo- and epibenthic long-term series in the North Sea (see map), which provide a comprehensive and habitat-specific assessment of temporal variability of benthic communities in the North Sea against the background of changing climate and human activities such as fishery. The specific characteristics of the single time series are as following: 1. JADE epifauna sampled since 1972 every 2. and 3. quarter. 2. NORDERNEY infauna since 1978 in the 1., 2. and 3. quarter. 3. TRANSECT German Bight to Doggerbank (Infauna) since 1990 every May. 4. GSBTS, in- and ...
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2021-11-23 11:11:41

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1978
Observed properties
ecosystem parameterbiological parametersoil parameterannelidapresencebenthicinvertebratespresencecommunitycompositiondiversityindexecosystemstructurefaunisticdiversitymacrofaunaabundancespeciesabundancespeciescompositionspeciespresencespeciesrichnessspeciesturnoverpopulationsizespeciestraitcarbon-to-nitrogenratiototalorganiccarbon
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER-D (Germany)✔ (LTER_EU_DE_018)This site is a verified "LTER-D (Germany)" member.
Photos
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Geographic
200 km
100 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 57 Longitude: 3

Size
ca. 7717280.00ha
Elevation (average)
-30.00msl
Elevation (min)
-15.00msl
Elevation (max)
-119.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Biome
Marine
Ecosystem Type
Marine
Temperate shelfs and seas
EUNIS habitat
Marine habitats (A)
Marine habitats (A) » Sublittoral sediment (A5)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.00°C
Precipitation Annual
0.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
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Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
180
General Data Policy
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.