title: Epiphytic bryozoans on Neptune grass - a sample-based data set.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The seagrass Posidonia oceanica L. Delile, commonly known as Neptune grass, is an endemic species of the Mediterranean Sea. It hosts a distinctive and diverse epiphytic community, dominated by various macroalgal and animal organisms. Mediterranean bryozoans have been extensively studied but quantitative data assessing temporal and spatial variability have rarely been documented. In Lepoint et al. (2014a, b) occurrence and abundance data of epiphytic bryozoan communities on leaves of Posidonia oceanica inhabiting Revellata Bay (Corsica, Mediterranean Sea) were reported and trophic ecology of Electra posidoniae Gautier assessed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Here, metadata information is provided on the data set discussed in Lepoint et al. (2014a) and published on the GBIF portal as a sampling-event data set: http://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=ulg_bryozoa&v=1.0). The data set is enriched by data concerning species settled on Posidonia scales (dead petiole of Posidonia leaves, remaining after limb abscission).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Oceanology, FOCUS research unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lepoint
authors.affiliation: Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heughebaert
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Oceanology, FOCUS research unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Loïc N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Michel
keywords: Bryozoa; Epiphytism; Mediterranean Sea; biodiversity; biofouling; ecological traits; sample-based data set; seagrass