https://www.vliz.be//nl/imis?dasid=5104 UTF-8 Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata cibm@cibm.it Hellenic Centre for Marine Research arvanitidis@her.hcmr.gr 2015-10-29T00:00:00+01:00 Seagrass beds distribution along the Mediterranean coasts - Mediterranean Sensitive Habitats (MEDISEH) https://www.vliz.be//nl/imis?dasid=5104 The dataset of seagrasses distribution across the Mediterranean produced in the framework of MEDISEH derived from the compilation of published and unpublished information. For example literature search was made using mainly the ISI Web of Knowledge engine. At the same time a new search started from the “Bibliographic References” at the end of each paper. We amended the data set with our own unpublished data (grey literature). Moreover, we included data from reports of national and EU research projects and data networks. A major contribution to the improvement of our knowledge on seagrasses in the Mediterranean and especially <i>Posidonia</i> derived from the establishment of Natura 2000 network. Most of collected data were only available on hard copy. This means that a lot of Posidonia (and other seagrasses) data distribution were in jpeg or .pdf format, or only, as description in a text. So, this kind of information had to be digitilized in order to associate it with a map and incorporate it in the GIS viewer. The final result was a shapefile with the exact position of seagrass, limits, extent, etc. The overall dataset has been separated into historical and current data. The current data are further divided into presence, absence and no data. National Interuniversity Consortium For Marine Sciences info@conisma.it Institute for Coastal Marine Environment dir.iamc@iamc.cnr.it Institute of Marine Sciences direttore@ismar.cnr.it Hellenic Centre for Marine Research arvanitidis@her.hcmr.gr Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata cibm@cibm.it Institute for Coastal Marine Environment dir.iamc@iamc.cnr.it Institute for Coastal Marine Environment dir.iamc@iamc.cnr.it Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata cibm@cibm.it Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata cibm@cibm.it Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs info.mrra@gov.mt Attribution (CC BY) Belluscio A.; Panayiotidis P.; Gristina M.; Knittweis L.; Pace M.L.; Telesca L.; Criscoli A; Apostolaki E.T.; Gerakaris V.; Fraschetti S.; Spedicato M.T.; Lembo G.; Salomidi M.; Mifsud R.; Fabi G.; Badalamenti F. ; Garofalo G.; Alagna A.; Ardizzone G.D.; Martin C.; Valavanis V.; 2013. Seagrass beds distribution along the Mediterranean coasts. Mediterranean Sensitive Habitats (MEDISEH) Final Report, DG MARE Specific Contract SI2.600741. There are no limitations on public access to spatial data sets and services. no linguistic content; not applicable online information about the resource online information about the resource online information about the resource online information about the resource online information about the resource online information about the resource online information about the resource online information about the resource online information about the resource online information about the resource online information about the resource online information about the resource online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE dataset and service metadata based on ISO/TS 19139:2007 2017-03-02 Publication Conformance of this metadata set with the Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE dataset and service metadata based on ISO/TS 19139:2007 was not evaluated Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Publication Conformance of this data set with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services was not evaluated