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Meiofauna from Kongsfjord (Spitsbergen Arctic)
Citation
Urban-Malinga, B. (2001). Meiofauna from Kongsfjorden (Spitbergen, Arctic). Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology (IOPAS), Poland. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/693
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Urban-Malinga, Basia Availability:
![]() Description
This dataset was compiled to describe the intertidal meiobenthic community of Kongsfjorden and to better understand the relationship between the horizontal and vertical distribution of meiofauna with a special focus on nematodes and environmental features 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 > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Data, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Horizontal distribution, Intertidal environment, Marine Genomics, Meiobenthos, Meiofauna, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, Vertical distribution, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, PNE, Norway, Spitsbergen, Nematoda Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 12,0336; MinLat: 78,8883 - MaxLong: 12,3975; MaxLat: 79,02 [WGS84] Taxonomic coverage
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Parameters
Meiofauna density Nematode density Contributors
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Urban-Malinga, B.; Wiktor, J.; Jablónska, A.; Moens, T. (2005). Intertidal meiofauna of a high-latitude glacial Arctic fjord (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard) with emphasis on the structure of free-living nematode communities. Polar Biol. 28(12): 940-950. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0022-4, more
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2009-03-10
Metadatarecord created: 2006-01-12
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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