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BIOMON: Biomonitoring of macrobenthos in the Westerschelde.

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Description
The researchprogram BIOMON aims to collect information on a number of fixed stations over the years, so that schanges can be observed and recorded. If possible, they are related to changes in environmental conditions.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Macrobenthos, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde

Geographical coverage
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 1990 on [In Progress]

Parameters
Current velocity water
Grain size distribution
Macrobenthos biomass
Macrobenthos density
Salinity

Contributors
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; NIOZ Yerseke, moredata owner
Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat; Rijkswaterstaat (RWS)data owner

Related datasets
Other relations:
BIOMON: Biomonitoring of the macrobenthos in the Oosterschelde
ZeeMove

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2004-07-08
Information last updated: 2015-10-06
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