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Abundance and biomass of the Invasive Kelp Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, 1873 Along Artificial and Natural Habitats in North Portugal
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Fernández-Gutiérrez J.; Rubal M.; Carreira-Flores D.; Gomes P.T and Veiga P.; (2025): Abundance and biomass of the Invasive Kelp Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, 1873 Along Artificial and Natural Habitats in North Portugal. https://doi.org/10.14284/728
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Fernández Gutiérrez, Jesús Availability:
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The kelp Undaria pinnatifida is considered one of the 100 worst invasive species in the world. The presence of Undaria in Portugal was reported more than 20 years ago, but there is not recent detailed information about its distribution and impacts. The aim of this dataset is to provide updated data about the abundance and biomass of Undaria in marinas and natural habitats along the north Portuguese coast. This data can provide valuable insights about Undaria impacts and distribution both in natural and artificial habitats. moreDataset contains information on the abundance and biomass of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida both in artificial (recreational marinas) and natural habitats (rocky shores) in the Northern Portuguese Coast. Sampling and dataset creation were done in the framework of the project 'Marina-Forests' (10.54499/2022.06806.PTDC) funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT ) and partially through national funds within the scope of UIDB/04423/2020 and UIDP/04423/2020, granted to CIIMAR and LA/P/0069/2020, to the Associate Laboratory ARNET and (10.54499/UIDB/04050/2020) to CBMA. P Veiga (2023.08939.CEECIND) and M Rubal (10.54499/CEECINST/00018/2021/CP2806/CT0021) were hired through the “Regulamento do Emprego Científico e Tecnológico—RJEC”, and Jesús Fernández-Gutiérrez (2023.04100.BD) was supported by a PhD scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) program. Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos, Biology > Macroalgae Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Abundance, Algae, Alien species, Biomass, Undaria pinnatifida, ANE, Portugal, Laminariales, Ochrophyta, Undaria Suringar, 1873, Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, 1873 Geographical coverage ANE, Portugal [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
5 June 2023 - 25 July 2024 Not relevant Taxonomic coverage
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Abundance Biomass Contributors
Publication
Based on this dataset
Rubal, M. et al. (2025). Current distribution of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, 1873 along artificial and natural habitats in north Portugal - impacts and mitigation initiatives. Plants-Basel 14(5): 658. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants14050658, more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2025-03-24
Information last updated: 2025-03-25
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