Table 1 Summary of CRITTERBASE contents.

From: CRITTERBASE, a science-driven data warehouse for marine biota

Source

Area

Period

n-samples

Sampling method

Taxonomic resolution

PANABIO

Arctic seas

1800–2014

11,575

Photographs, various trawling and grab methods

Species, genus

BENOSIS

North Sea

1969–2007

6,435

Various grabs, box cores, otter trawls and beam trawls

Species

WEECOS

Weddell Sea

1983–2004

634

Various grabs, trawls, traps and photographs

Species to phylum