Linking pelagic food web and its top predators: bird and prey fish sampling - Westbanks [Linken van het pelagische voedselweb en de toppredatoren: bemonsteren van vogels en prooivissen - Westbanks]
Citation
Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek- Belgium. Linking pelagic food web and its top predators: bird and prey fish sampling - Westbanks - SSD - Belgian Science Policy. http://www.vliz.be/projects/westbanks/westbanks.php?module=dataset&dasid=1261. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/1261
Birds (terns) and prey fish are sampled at several locations along the Belgian coast. Fish are counted and measured. Stomach content analyses and length measurements are performed on seabirds. The results are recorded in this database.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Birds, Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Birds, Birds (marine), Environment, Fish, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Population dynamics, Predator prey interactions, Sea regions, Stomach content, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Belgium, Brugge, Zeebrugge, ANE, Belgium, East Coast, Vlakte van de Raan, ANE, Belgium, Flemish Banks, ANE, Belgium, West Coast, Westdiep, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Leefmilieu, Natuur en Energie; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; Afdeling Biodiversiteit en Natuurlijk Milieu; Onderzoeksgroep Ecosysteemdiversiteit, data owner
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), more, data owner
Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Study of birds in Zeebrugge
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
IMERS: Integrated Marine Environmental Samples and Readings
(Partly) included in:
PROJECT DATA: WESTBANKS integrated database (2007-2010), more
Project
WESTBANKS: Understanding benthic, pelagic and air-borne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas, more
