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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

. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/932

Contact: De Maersschalck, Veronique

Access data

Archived data

Archived file:

wreck_idod2002-2004.xls

Campaigns2.xls

Campaigns1.xls

Bewremabi_export_05_2006.xls

BEWREMABI[932].xls

Availability:

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 · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · 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 · Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS)

Geographical coverage

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]

Other Stations Stations

Shipwreck: Kilmore
Shipwreck: LST
Shipwreck: Sperbrecher
Shipwreck: Bourrasque

Temporal coverage

2 April 2004

2 April 2004 - 11 May 2006 (EurOBIS harvested data)

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

Parameters

Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Gender of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
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