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Spatial and temporal epibenthos and hyperbenthos variations at the Belgian Continental Shelf monitoring stations [De ruimtelijke en temporele variatie van het epibenthos en het hyperbenthos van monitoringsstations op het Belgisch Continentaal Plat]
Citation
Cattrijsse, A. ; Marine Biology Research Group - Ugent, Belgium (2004). Spatial and temporal epibenthos and hyperbenthos variations at the Belgian Continental Shelf monitoring stations. Http://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?module=dataset&dasid=156. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/156
Contact: Cattrijsse, André
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of the epi- and hyperbenthic community were studied at the monitoring stations on the Belgian Continental Shelf.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Benthic communities, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Epibenthos, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Hyperbenthos, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sand banks, Sea regions, Spatial variations, Temporal variations, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), EurOBIS calculated BBOX
Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,554; MinLat: 51,1218 - MaxLong: 3,3113; MaxLat: 51,6292 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
1997 - 1998
Parameters
Ammonium (NH4+)
Chlorophyll a
Depth
Epibenthos biomass
Epibenthos density
Fucoxanthine
Hyperbenthos biomass
Hyperbenthos density
Nitrate (NO3-)
Nitrite (NO2-)
Optical backscatter (OBS)
Phosphate (PO43-)
Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
Salinity
Silicon (Si)
Solar radiation
Temperature in water
Wind direction
Wind speed
Contributors
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data creator, data owner
Cattrijsse, André
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
IMERS: Integrated Marine Environmental Samples and Readings, more
(Partly) included in:
Historical hyperbenthos data (1987-2001) from the North Sea and some adjacent areas, more
Project
Structural and functional biodiversity of North Sea ecosystems: species and their habitats as indicator for the sustainable management of the BCS, more
Grant agreement ID MN/DD1/004
Publication
Based on this dataset
Platteeuw, E. (2000). De ruimtelijke en temporele variatie van het epibenthos en het hyperbenthos van monitoringsstations op het Belgisch Continentaal Plat. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Mariene Biologie. Instituut voor Dierkunde. Vakgroep Morfologie, Systematiek en Ecologie: Gent. 83 + annex. pp., more
URLs
Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2014-01-17
Metadatarecord created: 2004-06-10
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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