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Abundance and biomass of the Invasive Kelp Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, 1873 Along Artificial and Natural Habitats in North Portugal
Citable as data publication
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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Description

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.

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Dataset 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
Laminariales [WoRMS]
Ochrophyta [WoRMS]
Undaria Suringar, 1873 [WoRMS]
Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, 1873 [WoRMS]

Parameters
Abundance
Biomass

Contributors
University of Porto; Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (Porto) (CIIMAR), moredata creatordata ownerdata creator
University of Minho (UMINHO), moredata creatordata owner

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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