NZTD - The New Zealand Trait Database for shallow-water marine benthic invertebrates.

ABSTRACT: Macrobenthic traits, for example feeding mode, life history, morphology, are increasingly used for determining responses of macrobenthic fauna to environmental change and influences on ecosystem functioning. Yet, trait information is scarce or non-existent in several parts of the world, such as New Zealand. This deficit makes collecting trait data a difficult and time-consuming task, limiting its potential use in trait-based assessments. Here, we present the New Zealand Trait Database (NZTD) for marine benthic invertebrates, the first comprehensive assessment of macrobenthic traits in New Zealand. The NZTD provides trait information for more than 700 macrobenthic taxa, categorised by 18 traits and 77 trait modalities. The NZTD includes five freely downloadable datasets, (1) the macrobenthi

SUBMITTER: Lam-Gordillo O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10387081 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature