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Global database of key seagrass structure, biomass and production variables

Global database of key seagrass structure, biomass and production variables is an open dataset published by PANGAEA, under CC BY 4.0. It describes seagrass meadows. Coverage: global, 1975-2020 (publication years of source studies).

CC BY 4.0Published 2021Free download

About this dataset

Seagrass meadows provide valuable socio-ecological ecosystem services, including a key role in climate change mitigation and adaption. Understanding the natural history of seagrass meadows across environmental gradients is crucial to decipher the role of seagrasses worldwide. This database comprises of data compiled from peer-previewed publications (1975-2020; based on a Web of Science search) containing 11 individual measures of seagrass meadow structure (e.g. percent cover), biomass (e.g. above-ground biomass) and productivity (e.g. shoot production). Each row of data also includes biological, spatial and temporally relevant information such as bioregion, latitude, longitude, sampling year and genera. This compiled database will facilitate a deeper understanding of spatial and temporal patterns in seagrass meadow structure, biomass and production characteristics globally.

The authors' description, from the dataset's DataCite record (10.1594/pangaea.929968, CC0).

What it describes

Habitat
Seagrass meadows
Variables
Structure (percent cover (%), shoot density (no. shoots m−2), leaf density (no. leaves m−2);)Production ( shoot production (g DW m−2 d−1), leaf production (g DW m−2 d−1), above-ground production (g DW m−2 d−1), below-ground production (g DW m−2 d−1) and total production (g DW m−2 d−1))Biomass (above-ground biomass dry weight (DW) (g DW m−2), below-ground biomass (g DW m−2) and total biomass (g DW m−2))

Get the data

Open https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.929968 and download the tab-separated text file (Download dataset as tab-delimited text); load rows as points using Latitude/Longitude columns.

How to cite it

Strydom, Simone; Webster, Chanelle L; McCallum, Roisin; et al. (2021): Global database of key seagrass structure, biomass and production variables [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929968

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