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Linking pelagic food web and its top predators: observations - Westbanks [Linken van het pelagische voedelweb en de toppredatoren: observaties - Westbanks]
Citation
Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek- Belgium. Linking pelagic food web and its top predators: observations - Westbanks - SSD - Belgian Science Policy. http://www.vliz.be/projects/westbanks/westbanks.php?module=dataset&dasid=1262. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1262
Contact: Stienen, Eric
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Availability: Unrestricted after moratorium period
Data are initially restricted, but the access condition relaxes to academic or unrestricted once a specified period of time after an event (such as collection, publication, completion of QC procedures or project cessation) has elapsed
Description
Observations are made by INBO on the feeding and breeding ecology of several marine bird species. The results are recorded in this dataset.
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Birds, Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Birds, Feeding behaviour, Fish, Food webs, Marine birds, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Belgium, Brugge, Zeebrugge, Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758, Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758, Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787, Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
ANE, Belgium, Brugge, Zeebrugge [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
1992 - 2010
Taxonomic coverage
Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 [WoRMS]
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763) [WoRMS]
Parameters
Bird density
Body mass
Diet composition of marine birds
Feeding frequency birds
Nest attendance
Contributors
Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO), more, data owner
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Leefmilieu, Natuur en Energie; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; Afdeling Biodiversiteit en Natuurlijk Milieu; Onderzoeksgroep Ecosysteemdiversiteit, more, data owner, data creator
Stienen, Eric
Courtens, Wouter
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), more, data owner
Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Study of birds in Zeebrugge, more
(Partly) included in:
PROJECT DATA: WESTBANKS integrated database (2007-2010), more
Project
WESTBANKS: Understanding benthic, pelagic and air-borne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas, more
URLs
Institute home page:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2007-05-10
Information last updated: 2012-11-13
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