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MACROBEL: Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf [Lange-termijn trends in het macrobenthos van de Belgische Continentale Plaat]
Citation
Degraer, S.; Wittoeck, J.; Appeltans, W.; Cooreman, K.; Deprez, T.; Hillewaert, H.; Hostens, K.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vincx, M. (2006) Macrobel: Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf. Oostende, Belgium. Http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/145
Contact:
Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (UGent-MARBIOL), more Availability:
![]() Description
The global objective of this project is to deliver a substantial contribution to the knowledge of the long term variability in the biodiversity of the macrobenthos and the relationship with anthropogenic activities on the Belgian Continental Shelf. more
The Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) (surface : 2017 km²) is only 0.5 % of the North Sea surface, but it has a very high diversity in marine habitats and associated biological communities. Also, the socio-economic importance of the BCS is very high. As in most areas around the North Sea, a lot of anthropogenic activities, such as sea fisheries, maritime transport, military shootings, dredging activities and others occur on the BCS. The combination of the ecological and the socio-economic value of the BCS causes conflicts between both interests. Therefore it is very important to develop a sustainable management plan for the natural resources of the BCS. To obtain this goal, information and knowledge is required about:
Macrobenthic organisms are good candidates for monitoring the short and long-term effects of natural and anthropogenic impacts on and within the marine environment because of their direct link with the sediment and with the processes that occur immediately above the sediments. The global objective of this project is to deliver a substantial contribution to the knowledge of the long term variability in the biodiversity of the macrobenthos and the relationship with anthropogenic activities. The specific aim of this website is to deliver an atlas with distribution maps of the macrobenthos of the Belgian Coastal Shelf (BCS) for the periods 1977-1983 and 1994-2000. Besides biogeographic and taxonomy information, which is given for each taxon, descriptive details on morphology, biology, ecology, habitat preferences and illustrations are given for a limited number a taxa (see list below). Eventually, by continuing monitoring programmes, our knowledge of different effects of antropogenic activities on the macrobenthos will aid in the development of a sustainable management plan for the Belgian Coastal Shelf. Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Benthic communities, Biogeography, Data, Long-term effects, Macrobenthos, Marine Genomics, Taxonomy, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Amphipoda, Bivalvia, Echinodermata, Polychaeta Geographical coverage ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 2,258; MinLat: 51,0983 - MaxLong: 3,3114; MaxLat: 51,7511 [WGS84] Temporal coverage
1976 - 1986 1994 - 2001 1 December 2001 - 30 November 2003 Parameters
Granulometric variables: Coulter Counter LS particle size analyzer Contributors
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data creator, data owner, data creator
Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO), more, sponsor
Onderzoeksdomein Visserij, more, partner, data creator
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data creator
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Landbouw en Visserij; Instituut voor landbouw- , visserij en voedingsonderzoek; Kenniseenheid: Dier; Aquatisch Milieu en Kwaliteit, more, data creator
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Landbouw en Visserij; Instituut voor landbouw-, visserij en voedingsonderzoek (ILVO), more
Related datasets
Project
MACROBEL: Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf, more
Publication
Based on this dataset
Degraer, S. et al. (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy: Brussel. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164, photographs, 1 cd-rom pp., more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2005-03-21
Metadatarecord created: 2004-06-09
Information last updated: 2013-12-04
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