ROV Benthic Observations Grøttøy

Occurrence
Latest version published by Aspecto AS on Apr 16, 2026 Aspecto AS
Publication date:
April 16, 2026
Published by:
Aspecto AS
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This dataset contains marine benthic observations recorded from ROV transects at Grøttøy, Norway, on 22–23 July 2022. Records include transect identity, timestamp, UTM coordinates, depth, bottom substrate, taxonomic identification, Norwegian vernacular names, and occasional habitat or sponge morphotype notes. The data represent human observations interpreted from video along transects for the Nordlaks aquaculture site, with mapping by Sea Eco AS.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 342 records.

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Aspecto AS. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: a488ba75-9090-4206-a41c-651b7d2666bc.  Aspecto AS publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Norway.

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Occurrence

Contacts

Kelsey Archer Barnhill
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact
Remi Mathisen
  • Originator
Kelsey Archer Barnhill
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact

Geographic Coverage

Marine benthic ROV transects at Grøttøy, Norway, with UTM easting/northing coordinates and depths recorded for each transect observation.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2022-07-22 / 2022-07-23

Sampling Methods

No Description available

Method step description:

  1. Human observations from ROV video along named transects for the Nordlaks aquaculture site, with mapping by Sea Eco AS. The table records mapper, transect identifier, timestamp, UTM coordinates, depth, bottom substrate, taxonomic identification, Norwegian vernacular name, sponge morphotype and occasional habitat notes.

Additional Metadata