Black Sea - Bulgaria

Basic Information
Site Name
Black Sea
Short name
BS
Country
Bulgaria
Web Address
Site management organizations' website
Site's webpage
Site Manager
Kremena Stefanova
Site Description
Black Sea site includes three areas: cape Kaliakra, cape Galata and Varna Bay, and Koketrays Sand bank (only for macrozoobenthos). They were chosen on the base of historical data availability and eutrophication/pollution impact. Kaliakra marine area is influenced by eutrophication due to mainly the Danube river inflow. The local anthropogenic impact in the region is insignificant. It is a nature reserve. Cape Galata and Varna Bay sites are under the indirect impact of Varna Bay current and the system Beloslav lake-Varna lake - a cascade introducing nutrients and pollutants of industrial (chemical industry), agricultural, sewage origin and nearby ports. Koketrays Sand bank is an unique benthic habitat. The coordinates of the ...
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2025-05-05 08:05:19

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1991
Observed properties
ecosystem parameterwater parameterchemical parameterbiological parameteralgaespeciesabundancealgaespeciespresenceannelidapresencebacillariophyceaeabundancebacillariophyceaebiomassbacillariophyceaebiovolumebacillariophyceaepresencebacillariophyceaespeciesrichnessbenthicinvertebratesabundancebenthicinvertebratespresencediversityindexfaunisticdiversityfishabundancehabitatdegradationhabitatdisturbancehabitatstructureinorganicnutrientcontentlittersizephytoplanktonabundancephytoplanktonbiomassspeciesabundancespeciescompositionspecieslistspeciespresencespeciesrichnesszooplanktonabundancezooplanktonbiomassammoniumnitrateconcentrationammoniumnitrogencontentavailablephosphorusbiologicaloxygendemandchlorophyllcontentofwaterdissolvedorganicnitrogendissolvedorganicphosphoruselectricalconductivitynitrogencontentoxygenconcentrationoxygensaturationseasurfacetemperaturesecchidepthsuspendedsolidswaterdepthwatersalinitywatertemperatureammoniumcontentammoniumnitrateconcentrationammoniumnitrogencontentchemicalcompositionofwaterchlorophyllacontentinwaterinorganicnitrogencontentinorganicnutrientcontentnutrientconcentrationoxygensaturationpHvalueofwatersuspendedsolidswateralkalinitywatersalinitywaterturbiditybiologicaldiversitybiologicaloxygendemandbodysizecellsizedietcomposition
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Bulgaria✔ (LTER_EU_BG_003)This site is a verified "LTER Bulgaria" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
Natura 2000
eLTER catalogue
Photos
cape Kaliakra
cape Kaliakra
Geographic
300 km
200 mi
View in site map
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 43.1861 Longitude: 27.9339

Size
ca. 411109.45ha
Elevation (average)
0.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
0.00msl
Related location(s)
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Coastal
Biome
Marine
Ecosystem Type
Coastal
Marine
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Marine habitats (A)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
14.00°C
Precipitation Annual
57.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
micro sites
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Proprietary file format
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Boat
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » > 10 beds
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
Seasonal (but mainly spring-summer)irregular sampling process.
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
2 dataset(s) in total:
Meteorological data from 2007 to 2017 for the Black Sea - Bulgaria
Meteorological data series from 2008 to 2018, referring to the Bulgarian Black sea LTER site - Varna
External Resources
There is a total of 1 datasets for this site available on the eLTER Digital Asset Register (DAR). Click here to get an overview of these datasets.

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.