seanoe:104981 VAZ Sandrine MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France Sandrine.Vaz@ifremer.fr 2025-10-24 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 Fuzzy coded longevity dataset of European marine benthic invertebrates 2022 2025-10-24 Vaz Sandrine, Cuyvers Daan, Spedicato Maria Teresa, Carbonara Pierluigi, Zupa Walter, Papadopoulou Nadia, Smith Christopher J., Tsikopoulou Irini, Scarcella Giuseppe, Mangano Maria Cristina, Gianluca Sara, Pulcini Marina, Penna Marina, Di Lorenzo Bianca, Nguyen Xuan Alessandra (2022). Fuzzy coded longevity dataset of European marine benthic invertebrates. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/104981 The ICES Working Group on Fisheries Benthic Impact and Trade-offs (WGFBIT) has developed an assessment framework based on the life history trait longevity, to evaluate the benthic impact of fisheries at the regional scale. In order to apply this framework to the Mediterranean sea, several Mediterranean longevity databases were merged together with existing North-East Atlantic ones to develop a common database. Longevity was fuzzy coded into four longevity classes: <1, 1-3, 3-10 and >10 years. Both benthic mega and macrofauna organisms are included in this dataset. Further details about both the purpose and the methodology may be found in ICES (2022) and Cuyvers et al. (2023). The result of the final dataset merging is one dataset containing the fuzzy coded average longevity (and standard deviation) for 2264 taxa and for each, the number of databases used.  We are grateful to the French Environment Ministry ( Direction de l'Eau et de la Biodiversité) for funding Daan Cuyvers' Master internship through the Ifremer/MFSD convention. We are also grateful to ICES and WGFBIT participants for triggering and supporting this work. VAZ Sandrine MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France Sandrine.Vaz@ifremer.fr Cuyvers Daan MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France Spedicato Maria Teresa Fondazione COISPA ETS, Bari, Italy Carbonara Pierluigi Fondazione COISPA ETS, Bari, Italy Zupa Walter Fondazione COISPA ETS, Bari, Italy Papadopoulou Nadia HCMR, IMBRIW, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Smith Christopher J. HCMR, IMBRIW, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Tsikopoulou Irini HCMR, IMBRIW, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Scarcella Giuseppe Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology of the National Research Council (CNR-IRBIM), Ancona, Italy Mangano Maria Cristina Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Integrated Marine Ecology Department, Sicily Marine Centre, Ex Complesso Roosevelt – Pad. Tresca, Via lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521, Palermo, 90149, Italy NBFC - National Biodiversity Future Centre, University of Palermo, Piazza Marina, 61 - 90133 Palermo Gianluca Sara NBFC - National Biodiversity Future Centre, University of Palermo, Piazza Marina, 61 - 90133 Palermo Laboratory of Ecology, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Edificio 16, Palermo, Italy Pulcini Marina Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Rome, Italy Penna Marina Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Rome, Italy Di Lorenzo Bianca Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Rome, Italy Nguyen Xuan Alessandra Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Rome, Italy SEANOE https://www.seanoe.org/data/00938/104981/illustration.gif Benthic epifauna median longevity in years benthic invertebrates longevity biological trait Biological oceanography Invertebrates ODATIS aggregation parameters and Essential Variable names 2025-07-29 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.NVS.OD1 Biological oceanography SeaDataNet Parameter Disciplines 2025-07-29 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.parameter.NVS.P08 Aggregate data Type de jeux de donnée ODATIS 2024-10-15 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.type_jeux_donnee CC-BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) We do our best to ensure that the data is complete, accurate and useful. However, because the processing required to generate the data is complex, we cannot be liable for omissions or inaccuracies. The data and any related materials contained therein are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to, fitness for a particular purpose, non-interference, system integration, or non-infringement. The entire risk of use of the data shall be with the user. In case errors or inconsistencies are detected, please signal them to the authors. Relative benthic status guides sustainable trawl management in the Adriatic–Ionian Seas 2025 Oxford University Press (OUP) Zupa Walter Carbonara Pierluigi Bitetto Isabella Casini Michele Maiorano Porzia D'Onghia Gianfranco Isajlovic Igor Spedicato Maria Teresa Van Hoey Gert Rindorf Anna 10.1093/icesjms/fsaf148 Working Group on Fisheries Benthic Impact and Trade-offs (WGFBIT; outputs from 2022 meeting) 2023 ICES 10.17895/ices.pub.22123193 Seabed sensitivity to bottom trawling in the French Mediterranean. Application of ICES WGFBIT assessment framework 2023 Ifremer CUYVERS DAAN VAZ SANDRINE 10.13155/92506 Biological traits of marine benthic invertebrates in Northwest Europe 2022 Springer Science and Business Media LLC Clare David S. Bolam Stefan G. McIlwaine Paul S. O. Garcia Clement Murray Joanna M. Eggleton Jacqueline D. 10.1038/s41597-022-01442-y The use of multiple biological traits in marine community ecology and its potential in ecological indicator development 2017 Elsevier BV Beauchard O. Veríssimo H. Queirós A.M. Herman P.M.J. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.01.011 oceans -15.0 37.0 30.0 60.0 CSV https://www.seanoe.org/data/00938/104981/data/117313.csv WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-link--download Processed data A csv file containing for each taxon: the fuzzy coded average longevity and standard deviations. Freq. is the number of databases available for each taxon, the taxonomical classification and aphiaID - 290 KB https://doi.org/10.17882/104981 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--metadata-URL DOI of the product https://www.seanoe.org/data/00938/104981/ rel-canonical Seanoe Seven longevity databases were available: 1. BTA_EMODNET_LifeSpan-OBeauchard from Beauchard et al. (2017) (616 atlantic taxa)  2. Full_list (323 Mediterranean taxa from the Italian coasts) 3. Lista delle specie con score (323 Mediterranean taxa observed during MEDITS from GSA 18, Italian Southern Adriatic Sea) 4. Longevity data (219 Mediterranean taxa observed during Solemon rapido trawl survey and GAP2 epibenthic data from GSA 17, Italian Northern Central Adriatic Sea) 5. LongevityDatabaseMega&Macrofauna241121 (164 megafauna and 889 macrofauna taxa observed in GSA 20,22,23, Greek waters in Aegean Sea, Cretan Sea and Eastern Ionian Sea) 6. Cefas traits data from Clare et al. (2022) (1025 taxa from the North-East Atlantic) 7. Glandiceps talaboti (1 Mediterranean taxa, based on expert jugement) In order to collate the databases, they were first adjusted to the same format. For each of them, the general procedure consisted in uploading the taxon lists in WORMS to match them to their accepted scientific names and AphiaID (WoRMS Editorial Board, 2022). Second, the longevity classes were transformed into four classes: <1, 1-3, 3-10 and >10 years. Fuzzy coding was adjusted where three longevity classes were transformed into four longevity classes and the longevity classes were standardized in case their sum did not equal to one.  Once prepared in a common format, the 7 datasets were merged to obtain a unique dataset containing for each available taxon, the average fuzzy coded longevity, its standard deviation and the number of occurrences in the seven available databases. Each taxon is further described by its 'kingdom', 'phylum', 'class', 'order', 'family', 'genus', 'aphiaID' as defined in Worms in 2022.