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BEWREMABI dataset: Belgian Shipwreck - hotspots for Marine Biodiversity: Macrofauna in vicinity of shipwrecks [BEWREMABI dataset: Belgische wrakken - hotspots voor mariene biodiversiteit: Macrofauna in nabijheid van wrakken]
Citation
Contact: De Maersschalck, Veronique
Access data
Archived data
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Data was gathered during BEWREMABI project (part of SPSD-II federal science policy programme) sampling campaigns. Macrofauna was sampled in the vicinity of shipwrecks using macrofauna core + scuba.
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, Biodiversity, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, diver, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Macrofauna, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, Shipwrecks, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), Wrecks, XYZ ASCII, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), EurOBIS calculated BBOX
Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,4879; MinLat: 51,2494 - MaxLong: 2,8297; MaxLat: 51,6498 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
2 April 2004
11 August 2004
16 September 2004
8 October 2004 - 9 October 2004
3 May 2005 - 4 May 2005
18 May 2005
3 June 2005
24 November 2005
8 March 2006
11 May 2006
Parameter
Macrobenthos density
Contributors
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data creator, data owner
De Maersschalck, Veronique
Steyaert, Maaike
Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO), more, data owner
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
IMERS: Integrated Marine Environmental Samples and Readings, more
Previous version:
Sampling campaigns - Belgian Continental Shelf Wreck Fauna (pilot study), more
Other relations:
BEWREMABI dataset: Belgian Shipwreck - hotspots for Marine Biodiversity: Macrofauna on shipwrecks, more
BEWREMABI dataset: Belgian Shipwreck - hotspots for Marine Biodiversity: Meiofauna, more
Project
BEWREMABI: Belgian Shipwreck: hotspots for Marine Biodiversity, more
Grant agreement ID EV/42
URLs
Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2014-01-17
Metadatarecord created: 2007-11-23
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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