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Summary on benthic studies of the Southern Bight of the North Sea and its adjacent continental estuaries (Western Scheldt and Eems-Dollard) between 1976 and 1978
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Heip C.H.R.; Herman R.; Bisschop G.; Govaere J.C.R.; Holvoet M.; Van Damme D.; Vanosmael C.; Willems K.R.; De Coninck L.A.P.; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2017): Summary on benthic studies of the Southern Bight of the North Sea and its adjacent continental estuaries (Western Scheldt and Eems-Dollard) between 1976 and 1978. https://doi.org/10.14284/274
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 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
A summary of work on benthic communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea and adjacent estuaries sampled between 1976 and 1978. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, R.; Bisschop, G.; Govaere, J.C.R.; Holvoet, M.; Van Damme, D.; Vanosmael, C.; Willems, K.R.; De Coninck, L.A.P. (1979). Benthic studies of the Southern Bight of the North Sea and its adjacent continental estuaries: Progress Report 1, in: Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksacties Interuniversitaire Actie Oceanologie: verslag van de studiedagen = Actions de Recherche Concertées Action Interuniversitaire Océanologie: rapports des journées d'études. Pp. 133-163. more
The dataset contains biotic data (macro-and meiobenthos density and biomass) as well as abiota (sediment analysis). Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Macrobenthos, Meiobenthos, Nematode diversity, Sediment analysis, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast, ANE, Ems-Dollard Estuary, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight, ANE, Scheldt Estuary, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Crustacea, Echinodermata, Gastrotricha, Hydrozoa, Mollusca, Nematoda, Oligochaeta, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Tardigrada, Turbellaria Geographical coverage ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast [Marine Regions] ANE, Ems-Dollard Estuary [Marine Regions] ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde [Marine Regions] ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight [Marine Regions] ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 2,5278; MinLat: 51,1194 - MaxLong: 7,2; MaxLat: 53,4667 [WGS84] Temporal coverage
1976 - 1978 Taxonomic coverage
Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC] Ash-free dry weight (AFDW) biomass Ash-free dry weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC] Count Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] Diversity Gender of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] Gravel Macrobenthos biomass Macrobenthos density Median grain size Meiobenthos biomass Meiobenthos density Mud content Skewness Sorting coefficient Wet weight biomass Wet weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC] Contributors
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Heip, C.H.R. et al. (1979). Benthic studies of the Southern Bight of the North Sea and its adjacent continental estuaries: Progress Report 1, in: (1979). Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksacties Interuniversitaire Actie Oceanologie: verslag van de studiedagen = Actions de Recherche Concertées Action Interuniversitaire Océanologie: rapports des journées d'études. pp. 133-163, more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-10-21
Information last updated: 2017-02-27
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