Dataset record
- Type
- Dataset
- title in English
- RainBase - a field manipulation experiment on four European beaches: data for De Panne (Belgium)
- 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).
- Abstract in English
- A field manipulation experiment was carried out at four geographically separated
European beaches. This dataset contains the data for the beach of De Panne (Belgium).
- Rights
- Restricted
- Version
- 1,0
Temporal coverage
- Temporal
-
- Start date
- 2007-03-05
- End date
- 2007-03-30
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
- MarBEF - Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence
- RainBase - A field manipulation experiment on four European beaches investigating the response of meiofauna communities to increased rainfall