The ADRIREEF database: a comprehensive collection of natural/artificial reefs and wrecks in the Adriatic Sea

Abstract. The paper presents a database of information on wrecks, natural and artificial reefs located in the Adriatic Sea, collected within the framework of the Interreg Italy-Croatia project ADRIREEF – Innovative exploitation of Adriatic Reefs in order to strengthen Blue Economy. The data collection lasted more than one year and comprehended three surveys and a wide literature review. After being collected, data were harmonized and, where possible, made machine-readable. Moreover, data were widely metadated, published in a webGIS ( https://adrireef.github.io/sandbox3/ ) and shared as Open Data in EMODnet (European Marine Observation Data network) through the SEANOE repository (Ferra et al., 2020; http://doi.org/10.17882/74880 ). The database is composed of 285 three-dimensional records, each one described by 51 attributes. Parameters are clustered in four main groups: identification, reef and site description, management/exploitation information. Available literature (scientific and/or grey) was also included in the database and linked to the corresponding site.