Inventories of the benthic fauna on Swedish West coast

Data have been compiled from both historical and more recent inventories of the benthic fauna on the Swedish west coast. This catalogue post contains data from four different inventories: - The Jägerskiöld expedition, conducted between the year 1921 and 1938, is the oldest inventory and was generated by L.A. Jägerskiöld. A total of 440 localities were visited, usually between spring and autumn. - The Pandalina survey on the Swedish west coast, 2005-2010. - Morups Bank's inventory, 2005. - Lilla Middelgrund och Fladen's inventory, 2005. Jägerskiöld inventory,1921-1938 Originator: Jägerskiöld, L.A. 1971 Acta reg. soc. scient. litt. goth. Zoologica 6 Number of records: 33661 Contents: species names, collection localities, habitat descriptions, date, collector, depth, sampling method, field notes Format: tabular Sample fraction: all multicellular organisms >1 mm were sampled. Access to sampled material: all samples stored at Gothenburg Natural History Museum, Sweden Preservation: ethanol Extensions: min_date 1920-06-13, max_date 1939-08-15, min_latitude 56.17236667, max_latitude 59.10453333, min_longitude 9.65000, max_longitude 12.93693333. Pandalina inventory, 2005-2010 Originator: Swedish Taxonomy Initiative Number of records: 13528 Contents: species names, collection localities, habitat descriptions, date, collector, depth, sampling method (under measurementRemarks), field notes Format: tabular Sample fraction: all multicellular organisms >1 mm were sampled. Access to sampled material: all samples stored at Gothenburg Natural History Museum, Sweden Preservation: ethanol Extensions: min_date 2005-06-09, max_date 2010-09-08, min_latitude 59.00000, max_latitude 55.86096, min_longitude 10.13345, max_longitude 12.76311. Morups Bank inventory, 2005 Originator: Swedish Taxonomy Initiative Number of records: 810 Contents: species names, collection localities, habitat descriptions, date, collector, depth, sampling method (under measurementRemarks), field notes Format: tabular. Sample fraction: all multicellular organisms >1 mm were sampled Access to sampled material: all samples stored at Gothenburg Natural History Museum, Sweden Preservation: ethanol Extensions: min_date 2005-09-06, max_date 2010-09-08, min_latitude 52.84, max_latitude 50.95000, min_longitude 11.3100, max_longitude 18.8000 Lilla Middelgrund and Fladen inventory, 2005 Originator: Swedish Taxonomy Initiative Number of records: 2911 Contents: species names, collection localities, habitat descriptions, date, collector, depth, sampling method (under measurementRemarks), field notes. Format: tabular Sample fraction: all multicellular organisms >1 mm were sampled Access to sampled material: all samples stored at Gothenburg Natural History Museum, Sweden Preservation: ethanol Extensions: min_date 2005-06-09, max_date 2010-06-17, min_latitude 55.8600, max_latitude 59.1100, min_longitude 9.6500, max_longitude 12.9400