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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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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
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Gastrotricha [WoRMS]
Hydrozoa [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Oligochaeta [WoRMS]
Ostracoda [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Tardigrada [WoRMS]
Turbellaria [WoRMS]

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
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), moredata creator
Heip, Carlo
Herman, Rudy
Govaere, Jan
Holvoet, M.
Van Damme, D.
Vanosmael, Clara
Willems, K.A.
De Coninck, Lucien Adolf Pieter

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
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

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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