Description
The database comprises the distribution of freshwater fish species in 28 Italian lakes. Data were obtained between 2007 and 2014 from standardised (CEN based) samplings with benthic and mesopelagic multi-mesh gillnets. The database offers a detailed description of the biodiversity of fish communities in the Italian regions of Piedmont, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige and Sardinia including both natural lakes and reservoirs. Detailed metadata can be found in the Freshwater Metadatabase (http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/metadb/bf_mdb_view.php?entryID=FWM_19) and in the Freshwater Metadata Journal (https://doi.org/10.15504/fmj.2018.35).
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 242 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Volta P. & Galafassi S. (2018). Database on fish distribution in Italian lakes and reservoirs.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is BioFresh. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 7d810c74-098e-422e-8437-2458b187b68a. BioFresh publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data.
Keywords
freshwater fish; Italy; lakes; non native fish species; lakes; Biosphere; Biological Classification; Climate Indicators; Terrestrial Hydrosphere; Biota; Environment; Inland Waters; Occurrence
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| Fish_distribution.csv | http://150.145.35.118/Datasets/Fish_distribution.csv ASCII csv 0 |
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Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
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- Point Of Contact ●
- Principal Investigator
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Geographic Coverage
National coverage
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [40.553, 7.126], North East [46.757, 12.085] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2007-01-01 / 2014-01-01 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | LIFE+ Inhabit, WISER, CENSIMENTO DELLA FAUNA ITTICA DEI LAGHI SUDALPINI |
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| Funding | INHABIT - LIFE08 ENV/IT/000413. WISER - European Union, 7th Framework Programme, Theme 6 (Environment including Climate Change) (contract No. 226273). CENSIMENTO DELLA FAUNA ITTICA DEI LAGHI SUDALPINI - REGIONE LOMBARDIA. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Point Of Contact
Sampling Methods
specification of method(s) used for sampling and sorting: According to the depth and surface area of the lake, an appropriate number of benthic and pelagic multi-mesh gillnets were used, following CEN standards partly modified. Each benthic net was 40 m long and 1.5 m high and was composed of 16 panels (each 2.5 m long) with mesh sizes ranging from 5.5 to 135 mm. The benthic nets were set from the surface down to 100 m depth. Pelagic sampling was performed with a variable number of nets linked together, each being 27.5 m long and 6 m high and having 11 panels (with a mesh size ranging from 8 mm to 55 mm, knot to knot). Four additional nets (40 m long, 6 m high, 4 panels (75, 95, 115 and 135 mm)) were attached to the end of each pelagic net set. The nets were set at 10 m intervals from the surface down to 50 m depth. Nets were set at dusk between 16.00 and 20.00 pm and lifted the following morning between 06.00 and 08.00 am.
| Study Extent | Data were obtained between 2007 and 2014 from standardised (CEN based) samplings with benthic and mesopelagic multi-mesh gillnets. |
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Method step description:
- commonly used series of methods steps regarding fish (e.g. sampling, identification, data management)
Additional Metadata
The dataset is publicly available (data portal, data archive) and can be used without restrictions, but dataset creator/data contributors must be informed prior to publication. Data must be acknowledged and cited correctly.
| Alternative Identifiers | FWM_19 |
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| Fish distribution in Italian lakes | |
| http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/ipt/resource?r=fwm_19_fish_italia_lakes |