Nematoda and Copepoda from the Fal estuary
Citation
Somerfield, P.J. (1992). Nematoda and Copepoda from the Fal estuary (UK). Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/705
Contact:
McEvoy, Andrea Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
Fal nematode and copepode abundance and environmental data; samples from November and March, from 5 creeks (Restronguet, Mylor, Pill, St Just, Percuil) more
The Fal estuary system presented an ideal site for a natural experiment on the effects of long-term contamination by heavy metals on the meiofaunal communities of an intertidal mudflat, and the short-term effects of a spill of minewaters. 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, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Brackish water · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Experimental research · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Intertidal flats · Meiobenthos · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · Nematode · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Fal estuary · Copepoda · Nematoda Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -5,08; MinLat: 50,16 - MaxLong: -5; MaxLat: 50,2 [WGS84] Fal estuary [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
March November 1991 Parameters
Argon (Ar) Cadmium (Cd) Chromium (Cr) Cobalt (Co) Copepoda count Copper (Cu) Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data) Count of Nematoda Iron (Fe) Lead (Pb) Manganese (Mn) Nickel (Ni) Organic carbon (OC) Silt-clay percentage Zinc (Zn) Contributors
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), more, data owner, data creator
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Publication
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Somerfield, P.J.; Clarke, K.R. (1995). Taxonomic levels, in marine community studies, revisited. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 127: 113-119, more
Somerfield, P.J.; Gee, J.M.; Warwick, R.M. (1994). Benthic community structure in relation to an instantaneous discharge of waste water from a tin mine. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 28(6): 363-369, more
Somerfield, P.J.; Gee, J.M.; Warwick, R.M. (1994). Soft sediment meiofaunal community structure in relation to a long-term heavy metal gradient in the Fal estuary system. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 105(1-2): 79-88, more
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2009-03-10
Metadatarecord created: 2006-01-17
Information last updated: 2026-01-26
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