Description
The current historical paper dated back in 1892, is available online through the Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10122164#page/379/mode/1up (pages 363-373). Its original title is "Campagne de la Melita, 1892. MOLLUSQUES RECUEILLIS SUR LES COTES DE LA TUNISIE ET DE L'ALGÉRIE, par Ph. DAUTZENBERG, ancient President de la Société". This dataset presents dredging sampling events carried out by researchers off the north coast of Tunisia and Algeria, at several depths. The digitization and standardization process are related to the list of stations sampled and the species - belonging to Phyllum: Mollusca (classes: Pelecypoda, Scaphopoda, Gastropoda,) and Brachiopoda - found. This historical paper is digitized through a Citizen Science Workshop organized by the Hellenic Centre in Marine Research in Lecce, on 15 November 2023, using the Zooniverse platform.
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 20 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.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Loulakaki M, Rallis I, Mavraki D (2024). Expedition of Melita 1892, Molluscs collected on the coasts of Tunisia and Algeria. Version 1.1. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. Samplingevent dataset. http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=melita&v=1.1
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Hellenic Center for Marine Research. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has not been registered with GBIF
Keywords
Sampling event; Citizen Science; Historical Dataset; Mediterranean Sea
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
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Geographic Coverage
Coasts of Tunisia and Algeria
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [32.361, 4.878], North East [38.031, 11.689] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Mollusca
| Phylum | Mollusca |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1892-08-29 / 1892-10-19 |
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Project Data
This is a historical paper and its digitisation took place in the framework of the EMODnet Biology phase 5.
| Title | EMODnet Biology phase 5 |
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| Design Description | The digitisation process of the historical paper, which is available online in the Biodiversity Heritage Library, started during the Citizen Science Workshop organised on 15 November 2023 in Lecce and ended after data curation of the Hellenic Centre Marine Research Data Management Team. |
Sampling Methods
The main equipment used, as described in the original paper, is the following: trawl, trawl and net and dredging.
| Study Extent | Melita Campaign, 1892: Molluscs collected on the coasts of Tunisia and Algeria. |
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| Quality Control | Taxonomy is mapped according to the WoRMS; while for localities we use the Marine Regions Gazetteer and the OBIS Map Tool. |
Method step description:
- The process started by volunteers using the Zooniverse platform, following a methodical workflow with simple tasks supported by tutorial, guidelines, and tips for transcribing the data and transforming it into the Darwin Core standards – a widely accepted, machine-readable format. This approach ensures that volunteers with various educational backgrounds can seamlessly participate in the transcription and FAIRification process of this historical marine biodiversity data. Volunteers managed to successfully complete all tasks of the CS project built in the Zooniverse platform, in a period of 76 days. Their responses were extracted in .csv format and with a specific-designed script (https://github.com/melinalou/Emodnet5/tree/main) and manual modification, the data were transformed into a human-readable .xlsx format. To ensure data quality, online tools such as the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) taxon match tool (https://www.marinespecies.org/tutorial_taxonmatch.php) were employed for cross-referencing taxonomic information, while Marine Regions (https://www.marineregions.org/) and Map Maker (https://maps.co/) were used to correct coordinate uncertainties
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=melita |
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