Dataset record
- Type
- Dataset
- title in English
- RainBase - a field manipulation experiment on four European beaches
- Description in English
- A field manipulation experiment was carried out at four geographically separated
European beaches, investigating the response of meiofauna communities to increased
intensity and frequency of rainfall as predicted by climate change models. The study
specifically tested the following null-hypothesis:
H0: Sandy beach meiofauna from different geographic areas respond in comparable ways to
the same type, intensity and frequency of disturbance (i.e. increased fresh water input as
a result of climate change).
The experimental sites are located at Arina (Crete, Mediterranean Sea: microtidal beach), De
Panne (Belgium, North Sea: macrotidal, dissipative beach), Hel (Poland, Baltic Sea:
microtidal beach) and Sines (Portugal, Atlantic coast: macrotidal, dissipative beach).
- Rights
- Restricted
- Version
- 1,0
Temporal coverage
- Temporal
-
- Start date
- 2007-03-05
- End date
- 2007-05-13
Thesaurus terms
- Keyword
- Disturbance (ecosystem)
- Experimental research
- Intertidal environment
- Meiobenthos
- Rainfall
- Sandy beaches
Themes
- theme
- Biology > Benthos
- Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
- Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries)
Projects
- was generated by
- MANUELA - Meiobenthic And Nematode biodiversity: Unraveling Ecological and Latitudinal Aspects
- RainBase - A field manipulation experiment on four European beaches investigating the response of meiofauna communities to increased rainfall