The sampler for the benthic assemblages was a dredge with a 20*70 cm opening.

Study Extent This digitised historical dataset is part of the bigger floristical and faunistical qualitative survey "The fishery grounds near Alexandria" coordinated by Adolf Steuer. It concerns the area along the coasts of the city of Alexandria in Egypt during the year 1938. Quality Control Taxonomy checked using WoRMS (match taxa tool). Method step description:

The publication "Steuer Ad., 1935. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. I Preliminary report. Notes and Memoirs No 8, Fisheries Research Directorate, Egypt" http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionpreliminaryrepor was used in order to determine the localities of the present dataset.