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Zooplankton abundance data during 2021 in the Bulgarian Black Sea
Citation
Kremena Stefanova and Elitsa Stefanova; Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IO-BAS); (2025): Zooplankton abundance data during 2021 in the Bulgarian Black Sea. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/9075
Contact: Stefanova, Kremena
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Description

Zooplankton data, species composition, abundance (ind/m3) collected at coastal stations located in the 1n.m. and on a coastal-open sea transects in the Bulgarian Black Sea region, including the EEZ.

Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Bulgarian part of the Black Sea · Acartia Dana, 1846 · Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767 · Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758) · Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 · Bivalvia · Brachionus Pallas, 1766 · Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) · Cirripedia · Copepoda · Ctenophora · Decapoda · Diplostraca · Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Gastropoda · Harpacticoida · Hydrozoa · Isopoda · Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 · Nematoda · Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 · Oithona davisae Ferrari F.D. & Orsi, 1984 · Oithona similis Claus, 1866 · Penilia avirostris Dana, 1849 · Phoronis Wright, 1856 · Pleurobrachia pileus (O. F. Müller, 1776) · Podon leuckartii (G.O. Sars, 1862) · Polychaeta · Pseudocalanus elongatus (Brady, 1865) · Rotifera · Synchaeta Ehrenberg, 1832 · Syngnathidae Bonaparte, 1831 · · Turbellaria · Vertebrata
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 27,5167; MinLat: 42,068 - MaxLong: 29,3333; MaxLat: 43,6333 [WGS84]
Bulgarian part of the Black Sea [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
21 March 2021 - 3 December 2021
21 March 2021 - 30 June 2021 (EurOBIS harvested data)
18 June 2021 - 30 June 2021
Taxonomic coverage
Acartia Dana, 1846 [WoRMS]
Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767 [WoRMS]
Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 [WoRMS]
Bivalvia [WoRMS]
Brachionus Pallas, 1766 [WoRMS]
Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) [WoRMS]
Cirripedia [WoRMS]
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Ctenophora [WoRMS]
Decapoda [WoRMS]
Diplostraca [WoRMS]
Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Gastropoda [WoRMS]
Harpacticoida [WoRMS]
Hydrozoa [WoRMS]
Isopoda [WoRMS]
Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 [WoRMS]
Oithona davisae Ferrari F.D. & Orsi, 1984 [WoRMS]
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 [WoRMS]
Penilia avirostris Dana, 1849 [WoRMS]
Phoronis Wright, 1856 [WoRMS]
Pleurobrachia pileus (O. F. Müller, 1776) [WoRMS]
Podon leuckartii (G.O. Sars, 1862) [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Pseudocalanus elongatus (Brady, 1865) [WoRMS]
Rotifera [WoRMS]
Synchaeta Ehrenberg, 1832 [WoRMS]
Syngnathidae Bonaparte, 1831 [WoRMS]
Turbellaria [WoRMS]
Vertebrata [WoRMS]
Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit volume of the water body [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Gender of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Size of sample collector (mesh) {mesh size} [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Volume of sample from the water body [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Contributors
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Institute of Oceanology (IO-Bas), more, data creator, principal investigator, technician
Stefanova, Kremena
Stefanova, Elitsa
Stefanov, Asen
Petkov, Ivelin
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Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
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Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Release date: 2026-04-27
Metadatarecord created: 2026-05-11
Information last updated: 2026-06-04
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