Multi-scale data on intertidal macrobenthic biodiversity and environmental features in three New Zealand harbours

Kraan, Casper; Greenfield, Barry L.; Thrush, Simon F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-293-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-293-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-293-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Data description paper

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10 Feb 2020

Data description paper |

| 10 Feb 2020

Multi-scale data on intertidal macrobenthic biodiversity and environmental features in three New Zealand harbours

Casper Kraan, Barry L. Greenfield, and Simon F. Thrush

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-293-2020-supplement

Data sets

Multi-scale data on intertidal macrobenthic biodiversity and environmental features in Kaipara, Tauranga, and Manukau Harbours, New Zealand Casper Kraan, Barry L. Greenfield, and Simon F. Thrush https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.903448

Short summary

Understanding how the plants and animals that live in the sea floor vary in their spatial patterns of diversity and abundance is fundamental to gaining insight into the role of biodiversity in maintaining ecosystem functioning in coastal ecosystems. Yet data are lacking. Therefore, we collected multi-scale high-resolution data on macrobenthic biodiversity in New Zealand marine sandflats. For 1200 sampling locations we provide data on benthic biodiversity and associated environmental variables.