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Estuarine salt marsh creeks in Saeftinghe as a habitat for the crab Carcinus maenas [Estuariene schorkreken in Saeftinghe als habitat voor de strandkrab Carcinus maenas]
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Description
This database contains abundances of megalopae, juvenile and adult Carcinus maenas in the salt marsh creeks of Saeftinghe.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Invertebrates
Keywords:
Brackish water, Habitat, Megalopae, Population abundance (in number), ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Schor van Waarde, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Verdronken Land van Saeftinge, ANE, Scheldt Estuary, Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographical coverage
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Schor van Waarde [Marine Regions]
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Verdronken Land van Saeftinge [Marine Regions]
ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
March 1990 - October 1991

Taxonomic coverage
Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]

Parameters
Carapax width of crabs
Density
Developmental stages

Contributors
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), moredata creatordata owner
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Salt marsh creeks in the brackish part of the Westerschelde estuary as habitat for fishes and macrocrustaceans, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Cattrijsse, A. (1994). Schorkreken in het brakke deel van het Westerschelde estuarium als habitat voor vissen en macrocrustacea. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent, Vakgroep morfologie, systematiek en ecologie: Gent. V, 123 pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2007-08-09
Information last updated: 2015-12-04
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