Document of dataset 4591

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
DOI
https://www.doi.org/10.14284/224
title in English
Epifauna community at Waarde and Saeftinghe (Westerschelde) in 1991
Description in English
Samples were collected in February, April, June and August in the saltmarsh of Waarde. In the saltmarsh of Saeftinghe samples were collected in April, June and August. A passive fishing method was used to sample the organisms migrating in and out of the creeks. The gear used was a simple fykenet that was operated from a bridge across the saltmarsh creek. When water started to enter the creek on the rising tide, the net was placed on the creek bottom, its mouth facing the current. Ropes and weights kept the net in place and the net was hauled every hour. After the moment of high water the net was placed at the other side of the bridge, now facing the ebb current. Measurements of the current and waterheight allowed quantification of the catches in relation to the volume of water which passed through the net. All animals caught were identified to species level, counted and measured under the binocular microscope. The dry weight of the detritus present in all samples was measured and used as an environmental variable. Common species caught included, Neomysis integer, Mesopodopsis slabberi, Crangon crangon, Palaemonetes varians, Corophium volutator, Gammarus salinus, Carcinus maenas, Pomatoschistus microps and Platichthys flesus postlarvae.
Abstract in English
Species composition, density and biomass of epifauna in the creeks of saltmarshes Waarde and Saeftinghe between February and August 1991. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Makwaia, E.S. (1992). Utilization of saltmarshes by fishes and macrocrustaceans in the Westerschelde estuary. MSc Thesis. RUG: Gent. 49 pp.
License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation
Makwaia E.S.; Hamerlynck O.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Epifauna community at Waarde and Saeftinghe (Westerschelde) in 1991. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4591)

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
1991-02-01
End date
1991-08-01

Geographical coverage

Spatial
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Waarde
ANE, Scheldt Estuary

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Epibenthos
Epifauna
Macrocrustacean communities
Saltmarsh

Themes

theme
Biology > Benthos
Biology > Fish

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Carcinus maenas
Corophium volutator
Crangon crangon
Gammarus salinus Spooner, 1947
Mesopodopsis slabberi (Van Beneden, 1861)
Neomysis integer
Palaemonetes varians (Leach)
Platichthys flesus
Pomatoschistus microps

Ownerships

contactPoint
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
contributor
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
creator
Esther Shushu Makwaia
creator
Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program
contributor
Olivier Hamerlynck
contributor
Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
contributor
Carlo Heip
contributor
Netherlands Institute of Ecology
contributor
André Cattrijsse
contributor
Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
creator
Olivier Hamerlynck
creator
Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
creator
Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program
creator
Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

Publication references

related reference
Based on this dataset /id/publication/26432
Based on this dataset /id/publication/17456

Dataset references

is part of
Salt marsh creeks in the brackish part of the Westerschelde estuary as habitat for fishes and macrocrustaceans
record
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Special collections

part of special collection
available through EurOBIS
EMODNET

Document metadata

date created
2014-05-20
date modified
2016-10-05