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Benthos Gironde Estuary Citation Bachelet, G., 2004: Benthos Gironde Estuary. Université Bordeaux 1, Station Marine d'Arcachon, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologique, France. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/597 Contact: Bachelet, Guy Availability: ![]() Description The data is the integration of three different subdatasets i.e. the impact of dredging on benthic macrofauna (1979 data), comparison of macrobenthos between major European tidal estuaries (1991-92 data) and ecological monitoring of macrobenthos in an area affected by the effluents of a nuclear power plant (2004 data) 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 Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Benthic fauna, Bio-geographical regions, Biogeography, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Macrobenthos, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, Zoobenthos, ANE, Biscay Bay, ANE, France, Gironde Estuary, EurOBIS calculated BBOX Geographical coverage ANE, Biscay Bay [Marine Regions] ANE, France, Gironde Estuary [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -1,4358; MinLat: 45,0603 - MaxLong: -0,6311; MaxLat: 45,6231 [WGS84] Temporal coverage 1979 1991 - 1992 2004 Parameters Area of sample {sampled area} from the bed [BODC] Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] Density Description of lithology of sediment by visual estimation [BODC] Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] Grain-size mean of particles in sediment by sieving and settling tube method [BODC] Granulometric variables Proportion of particles (<63um) in the sediment by particle sizer [BODC] Salinity of the water body [BODC] Contributors Related datasets Project MarBEF: Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more Grant agreement ID 505446 Publication Based on this dataset Bachelet, G. (1981). Données préliminaires sur l'organisation trophique d'un peuplement benthique marin, in: (1981). Vie Milieu (1980). Vie et milieu (1980), 31: pp. 205-213, more URLs Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research Release date: 2008-12-17 Metadatarecord created: 2005-09-27 Information last updated: 2025-03-26 |