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Dutch long term monitoring of macrobenthos in the Dutch Continental Economical Zone of the North Sea

Citation

Ministery of Infrastructure and Environment, The Netherlands; (2018): Dutch long term monitoring of macrobenthos in the Dutch Continental Economical Zone of the North Sea.

Contact: Stolte, Willem

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Description

Long term measurements of benthos composition in the Dutch national part of the North Sea. Samples have been taken by benthic sledge, box-corer, video and Hamon sampler. Samples were taken annually between 1991-2010, in 2012 and in 2015 and analysed to the genus or species level. For video sampling, coverage percentages were measured. The dataset has been used for assessment of the marine environment and habitat quality in the scope of the OSPAR Quality Status Reports and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. more

The monitoring is directed and the dataset is maintained by Rijkswaterstaat, the executing body of the Dutch Ministery for Infrastructure and Environment. Publication of the dataset has been facilitated by Deltares, The Netherlands.

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine, Long-term monitoring, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, MSFD, ANE, Netherlands, Dutch Continental Shelf, Anthozoa, Asteroidea, Bivalvia, Echinoidea, Gastropoda, Hexanauplia, Malacostraca, Ophiuroidea, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Pycnogonida

Geographical coverage

ANE, Netherlands, Dutch Continental Shelf [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

1991 - 2015

Taxonomic coverage

Anthozoa [WoRMS]

Asteroidea [WoRMS]

Bivalvia [WoRMS]

Echinoidea [WoRMS]

Gastropoda [WoRMS]

Hexanauplia [WoRMS]

Malacostraca [WoRMS]

Ophiuroidea [WoRMS]

Ostracoda [WoRMS]

Polychaeta [WoRMS]

Pycnogonida [WoRMS]

Contributors

Deltares, more

Stolte, Willem

Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu; Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), more, data creator

Related datasets

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biogeographic Information System, more

(Partly) included in:

Distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate living modes in European seas, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Monitoring: field survey

Metadatarecord created: 2017-07-13

Information last updated: 2018-04-13

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