Kick samples of the shallow water benthos of Øvre Heimdalsvatn, Norway, 1972, 1985 and 2000

Sampling event
Latest version published by University of Oslo on Nov 13, 2023 University of Oslo
Publication date:
13 November 2023
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University of Oslo
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Description

Sorted kick samples taken in the shallow water benthos of Øvre Heimdalsvatn, Norway, 1972, 1985 and 2000. Identified to order and suborder.

Data Records

The data in this sampling event 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 5 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
5
Occurrence 
1452

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Brittain J E (2023). Kick samples of the shallow water benthos of Øvre Heimdalsvatn, Norway, 1972, 1985 and 2000. Version 1.6. University of Oslo. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=sparkeprover_heimdalen&v=1.6

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Oslo. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 3ce58192-816c-48d2-8fa0-1f62648526ce.  University of Oslo publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Norway.

Keywords

Sampling event; benthos; time-series; subalpine lake; Gammarus; time series

Contacts

John Edward Brittain
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • User
  • Point Of Contact
Emeritus
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
PO Box 1172 Blindern
0318 Oslo
NO
Vidar Bakken
  • Programmer
University of Oslo
Sars' gate 1
0562 Oslo
Norge
NO
45436546

Geographic Coverage

Øvre Heimdalsvatn, Norway

Bounding Coordinates South West [61.417, 8.84], North East [61.428, 8.896]

Taxonomic Coverage

All benthos identified to order, except Diptera identified to family and Gammarus to species. All species groups were checked for in the kick samples.

Class Bivalvia (Muslinger), Hirudinea (Igler), Gastropoda (Snegler)
Subclass Oligochaeta (Fåbørstemark)
Order Ephemeroptera (Døgnfluer), Trichoptera (Vårfluer), Plecoptera (Steinfluer), Coleoptera (Biller), Diptera (Andre diptera), Megaloptera (Mudderfluer)
Suborder Hydracarina (Prostigmata) (Vannmidd), Nematocera (Mygg)
Family Chironomidae (Fjærmygg), Tipulidae (Stangelbein)
Species Gammarus lacustris (Marflo)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1972-01-01 / 2000-01-01

Sampling Methods

Kick samples taken at station around the lake.

Study Extent Øvre Heimdalsvatn, a Norwegian subalpine lake

Method step description:

  1. See Brittain & Borgstrøm (2010). The subalpine lake ecosystem, Øvre Heimdalsvatn, and its catchment: local and global changes over the last 50 years. Hydrobiologia 642.

Collection Data

Collection Name Øvre Heimdalsvatn
Collection Identifier Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Specimen preservation methods Alcohol

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Brittain & Borgstrøm (2010). The subalpine lake ecosystem, Øvre Heimdalsvatn, and its catchment: local and global changes over the last 50 years. Hydrobiologia 642.

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 3ce58192-816c-48d2-8fa0-1f62648526ce
https://ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=sparkeprover_heimdalen