Macrobenthos of the Western Scheldt estuary in September 1978

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Vermeulen Y.M.; Govaere J.C.R.; Marine Biology Section; Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos of the Western Scheldt estuary in September 1978. https://doi.org/10.14284/131

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Description

Species richness and density of macrobenthos and observed species of the Western Scheldt river in September 1978. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Vermeulen, Y.M.; Govaere, J.C.R. (1982). Macrobenthos in the Western Schelde estuary, in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. (Ed.) (1982). Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksacties Interuniversitaire Actie Oceanologie: eindverslag 3. Biological processes and translocations = Actions de Recherche Concertées Action Interuniversitaire Océanologie: rapport final 3. Biological processes and translocations. pp. 83-88

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Macrobenthos, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Ossenisse, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Terneuzen, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Valkenisse, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Vlissingen, ANE, Scheldt Estuary, EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Ossenisse [Marine Regions]

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Terneuzen [Marine Regions]

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Valkenisse [Marine Regions]

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Vlissingen [Marine Regions]

ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 3,5967; MinLat: 51,3467 - MaxLong: 4,1217; MaxLat: 51,4425 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

27 September 1978 - 28 September 1978

Parameters

Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Count of species
Macrobenthos density
Presence of biota
Sampling protocol [BODC]

Contributors

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data creator

Vermeulen, Yvette
Govaere, Jan

Related datasets

Parent dataset:

CRA - Biological datasets from the Belgian Part of the North Sea and estuaria 1977-1981

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Publication

Based on this dataset

Vermeulen, Y.M.; Govaere, J.C.R. (1983). Distribution of benthic macrofauna in the western Scheldt estuary (The Netherlands). Cah. Biol. Mar. 24(3): 297-308

Vermeulen, Y.M.; Govaere, J.C.R. (1982). Macrobenthos in the Western Schelde estuary, in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. (Ed.) (1982). Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksacties Interuniversitaire Actie Oceanologie: eindverslag 3. Biological processes and translocations = Actions de Recherche Concertées Action Interuniversitaire Océanologie: rapport final 3. Biological processes and translocations. pp. 83-88

Vermeulen, Y.M.; Govaere, J.C.R. (1979). Benthic studies in the Southern Bight of the North Sea and its adjacent continental estuaries. V. Macrobenthos in the Westerschelde Estuary. Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Zoologisch Instituut: Gent

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research: field survey

Metadatarecord created: 2015-06-17

Information last updated: 2016-05-09

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