Endofauna traits 49 species Wadden Sea

Biological traits for 49 benthic macroinvertebrate species of the German Wadden Sea/shallow North Sea are presented, based on trait compilations of Shojaei et al. (2015), Clare et al. (2021) and Beauchard et al. (2023).

Data reference is Fock et al. (2023).

References:

Beauchard, O., Thompson, M. S. A., Ellingsen, K. E., Piet, G., Laffargue, P., & Soetaert, K. (2023). Assessing sea floor functional biodiversity and vulnerability. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 708, 21–43. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14270

Clare, D. S., Bolam, S. G., McIlwaine, Paul S.O. Garcia, C., Murray, J. M., & Eggleton, J. D. (2021). Ten key biological traits of marine benthic invertebrates surveyed in Northwest Europe. In V1. CEFAS. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.14466/CefasDataHub.123

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Shojaei, M. G., Gutow, L., Dannheim, J., Pehlke, H., & Brey, T. (2015). Functional Diversity and Traits Assembly Patterns of Benthic Macrofaunal Communities in the Southern North Sea. In G. Lohmann (Ed.), Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach in Earth System Science (pp. 183–196). Springer.