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Monitoring Blue Mussel distribution – Baseline survey for 2021 and 2022

Recommended citation:
Strohmeier, Tore; Strand, Øivind; Haugland, Barbro Taraldset; Agüera, Antonio (Havforskningsinstituttet) (2024) Monitoring Blue Mussel distribution – Baseline survey for 2021 and 2022 https://doi.org/10.21335/NMDC-1808091054
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Abstract
Mussels (Mytilus sp.) are widespread along the entire coast of Norway. In the last 15 years, the Institute of Marine Research (HI) has received reports that mussels have disappeared from places where mussels were usually collected. In 2020, HI developed a method to monitor regional populations of mussels. The goal of monitoring is to clarify whether the mussel populations are changing over time. If the stock is changing, the monitoring will also provide a data set to uncover possible reasons for changes. The monitoring started in 2021 and has been carried out for four regions (East (Oslofjord), South (Agder), West (Hardangerfjord) and North (Tromsø). Within each region, 50 – 100 stations along the intertidal zone were examined. Each station covers about 100 meters of coastline. All stations were randomly selected and the occurrence of mussels was determined and logged according to the following categories: 2 continuous cover, 1 patchy distribution or 0 few or no mussels. This dataset covers the baseline surveys for the years 2021 and 2022, which shows that mussels occur in all regions, from the innermost fjord to the exposed coast.
Scientific keywords:
EARTH SCIENCE> BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION> ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES> MOLLUSKS> BIVALVES> MUSSELS
EARTH SCIENCE> BIOSPHERE> ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS> COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
EARTH SCIENCE> OCEANS> COASTAL PROCESSES> INTERTIDAL ZONE
EARTH SCIENCE> BIOSPHERE> ECOSYSTEMS> MARINE ECOSYSTEMS> COASTAL
Key words:
Blue mussel, distribution, intertidal, monitoring, stock, Oslofjord, Hardanger, Tromsø
Data downloads
Type Description URL
GET DATA https://ftp.nmdc.no/nmdc/IMR/mussels/15619-04_2021-2022.csv
58.2883
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Entry ID
IMR_2024_Blue_mussel_2021-22
Entry Title
Monitoring Blue Mussel distribution – Baseline survey for 2021 and 2022
Data Set Citation List
Dataset Creator Dataset Title Dataset Release Date Dataset Publisher Dataset DOI Online Resource
Strohmeier, Tore; Strand, Øivind; Haugland, Barbro Taraldset; Agüera, Antonio (Havforskningsinstituttet) Monitoring Blue Mussel distribution – Baseline survey for 2021 and 2022 2024-08-07T00:00:00:00Z Institute of Marine Research 10.21335/NMDC-1808091054 http://metadata.nmdc.no/metadata-api/landingpage/113cee792dc11fa6f7be64a6df061f67
Personnel List
Role First Name Last Name
DIF Author Arnfinn Morvik
Investigator Tore Strohmeier
Technical Contact Antonio Agüera
Parameters List
Category Topic Term Variable Level 1 Variable Level 2 Variable Level 3
EARTH SCIENCE BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES MOLLUSKS BIVALVES MUSSELS
EARTH SCIENCE BIOSPHERE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
EARTH SCIENCE OCEANS COASTAL PROCESSES INTERTIDAL ZONE
EARTH SCIENCE BIOSPHERE ECOSYSTEMS MARINE ECOSYSTEMS COASTAL
ISO Topic Category List
Oceans
Keywords List
Blue mussel,distribution,intertidal,monitoring,stock,Oslofjord,Hardanger,Tromsø
Temporal Coverage
Start Date Stop Date
2021-05-24 2022-08-12
Data Set Progress
Complete
Spatial Coverage
Location List
Location Category Location Type Location Subregion1
Ocean Atlantic Ocean North Atlantic Ocean
Project List
Access Constraints
unrestricted
Originating Center
Institute of Marine Research
Data Center List
Data Center Name Personnel Data Center URL
Institute of Marine Research, Norwegian Marine Data Center Institute of Marine Research, Norwegian Marine Data Center Datacenter Arnfinn Morvik
NO/IMR Institute of Marine Research Originating institution Tore Strohmeier http://www.imr.no
Distribution List
Distribution Media Distribution Format
ftp csv
Reference List
Summary
Mussels (Mytilus sp.) are widespread along the entire coast of Norway. In the last 15 years, the Institute of Marine Research (HI) has received reports that mussels have disappeared from places where mussels were usually collected. In 2020, HI developed a method to monitor regional populations of mussels. The goal of monitoring is to clarify whether the mussel populations are changing over time. If the stock is changing, the monitoring will also provide a data set to uncover possible reasons for changes. The monitoring started in 2021 and has been carried out for four regions (East (Oslofjord), South (Agder), West (Hardangerfjord) and North (Tromsø). Within each region, 50 – 100 stations along the intertidal zone were examined. Each station covers about 100 meters of coastline. All stations were randomly selected and the occurrence of mussels was determined and logged according to the following categories: 2 continuous cover, 1 patchy distribution or 0 few or no mussels. This dataset covers the baseline surveys for the years 2021 and 2022, which shows that mussels occur in all regions, from the innermost fjord to the exposed coast.
Related URL List
URL Content Type URL
GET DATA https://ftp.nmdc.no/nmdc/IMR/mussels/15619-04_2021-2022.csv
Originating Metadata Node
Norwegian Marine Datacentre
Metadata Name
CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version
9.7.1
DIF Creation Date
2024-08-07T00:00:00:00Z
Use Constraints
CC BY 4.0
boundingboxWKT
POLYGON((19.40384 58.1883,5.117039999999999 58.1883,5.117039999999999 70.09257,19.40384 70.09257,19.40384 58.1883))
113cee792dc11fa6f7be64a6df061f67.xml
No Spatial coverage