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Metadatabase view - dataset: Freshwater fishes of Greece

General information

dataset entry ID:
BF_CF3
name of the dataset:
full name of the dataset:
Freshwater fishes of Greece
type of dataset (more information):
species distribution data
data type:
point data/observation data
short description of the dataset/summary:
2400 geo-referenced distribution data of Greek freshwater fish species.
keywords according to GCMD:
topic:
Biosphere
ISO topic category according to ISO 19115:
Biota, Environment, Inland Waters, Location
INSPIRE keywords according to GEMET:

Technical and administrative specifications

data format:
Excel
operating system:
all Windows systems
data language:
English
current access level:
web (public)
web address:
http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/
currently available through GBIF:
no
exchange planned:
yes
Do you plan to publish the data on the Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal:
update level:
completed
documentation:
type:
internal description
language:
English
contact details:
metadata contact person:
first, last name:
BioFresh Data team
 
email:
aaike.dewever@naturalsciences.be, anne.hartmann@boku.ac.at
institution:
Hellenic Centre for marine Research, Institute of Inland Waters
address:
46.7 km Athinon-Souniou Av., P.O.Box 712
postal code, city:
19013
 
Anavyssos
country
Greece
web address:
http://www.hcmr.gr
technical contact person:
first, last name:
BioFresh Data team
 
email:
aaike.dewever@naturalsciences.be, anne.hartmann@boku.ac.at
scientific contact person:
first, last name:
Maria Th.
 
Stoumboudi
email:
mstoum@ath.hcmr.gr
comments:
Data were processed and integrated into the BioFresh data portal by the BioFresh data team.

Intellectual property rights and citation

dataset publisher
BioFresh
dataset creator (data compiler):
contact name:
The BioFresh Consortium
contact email:
freyhof@igb-berlin.de
data contributors to/owners of this dataset:
single
criteria for using this dataset:
The dataset is publicly available (data portal, data archive) and can be used without restrictions, but must be acknowledged and cited correctly.
other/additional criteria:
For any commercial use, potential users should get in touch with the original data creator/owner.
citation of this dataset:
author(s):
BioFresh (data publisher), Maria Th. Stoumboudi (data provider)
title and journal (name, number, pages):
Distribution data of Greek freshwater fish mobilised through BioFresh. Published on http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu, accessed on [date].
year:
2013
doi (if applicable):
https://doi.org/10.13148/bfcf3
citation of the metadata:

General data specifications

regional coverage of the dataset:
spatial extent of the dataset:
national
continents:
Europe
spatial extent (bounding coordinates):
southernmost latitude [°]:
34.801772
northernmost latitude [°]:
41.740042
westernmost longitude [°]:
19.312012
easternmost longitude [°]:
28.570801
        
minimum altitude:
0
 
metres
maximum altitude:
2919
 
metres
countries:
Europe: Greece
world climatic regions according to Köppen:
Group A: tropical/megathermal climates
Group B: dry (arid and semiarid) climates
Group C: temperate/mesothermal climates
freshwater ecoregions of the world (FEOW) according to WWF:
 
Europe:
Aegean Drainages, Ionian Drainages, Thrace, Vardar
European ecoregions according to Illies (WFD):
Hellenic Western Balkan (ER6)
ecosystem type:
rivers, lakes/ponds, wetlands
year from

Site specifications

coordinate system/grid data:
 

Biological data

biological data origin:
specify project:
general compilation
specify method:
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Inland Waters (IIW) fish collection, as well as unpublished data of the IIW (most included in Reports of the Institute in Greek) and data from publications.
organism group addressed:
fish

Sample resolution

fish

taxonomic resolution:
species
percentage of species level data:
100
taxonomic coding:
sample specifications:

Other specifications

availability of photos:
no
availability of maps:
no
quality control procedures:
Were any quality control procedures applied to your dataset?
yes
quality control protocols and comments:
The quality control is performed by the BioFresh Consortium.
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