Skip to main content

IMIS

A new integrated search interface will become available in the next phase of marineinfo.org.
For the time being, please use IMIS to search available data

 

[ report an error in this record ] Print this page

Analysis of the macrobenthic community near Nieuwpoort (1970-1971)
Citable as data publication
Govaere J.; Laboratorium voor Morfologie en Systematiek der Dieren. RUG: Belgium; (2016): Analysis of the macrobenthic community near Nieuwpoort (1970-1971). https://doi.org/10.14284/206
Contact:

Access data
Archived data
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
Average density and biomass for macrobenthos species sampled at 7 stations near Nieuwpoort between June 1970 and November 1971. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Govaere, J. (1975). Kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve analyse van het macrobenthos ter hoogte van Nieuwpoort. Mededelingen van het Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij (CLO Gent) 99: 315-327.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Grain size analysis, Macrobenthos, ANE, Belgium, Nieuwpoort, Nieuwpoort-aan-Zee, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Crustacea, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Polychaeta

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Nieuwpoort, Nieuwpoort-aan-Zee [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,6308; MinLat: 51,1428 - MaxLong: 2,8125; MaxLat: 51,2169 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
23 June 1970 - 30 November 1971

Taxonomic coverage
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]

Parameters

Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Area of sample {sampled area} from the bed [BODC]
Macrobenthos biomass
Macrobenthos density
Organic matter (OM)
Presence/absence of biota
Proportion of particles (sand size-fraction) in sediment [BODC]
Sand fraction
Silt-clay percentage
Wet weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie, moredata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
Other relations:
Monthly by-catches and stock recordings from scientific shrimp fishery surveys in Belgian Waters (1970-1976), more
Micro- and nannoplankton in Belgian coastal waters near Nieuwpoort between 1970 and 1972, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Govaere, J. (1975). Kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve analyse van het macrobenthos ter hoogte van Nieuwpoort, in: Lievens, F. Ekologische en biologische studie van de kustwateren ter hoogte van Nieuwpoort in verband met het lozen van afvalwateren. Mededelingen van het Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij (CLO Gent), 99: pp. 315-327, more
Lievens, F. (1975). Ekologische en biologische studie van de kustwateren ter hoogte van Nieuwpoort in verband met het lozen van afvalwateren. Mededelingen van het Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij (CLO Gent), 99. Kommissie voor Toegepast Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek in de Zeevisserij (T.W.O.Z.): Gent. 428 pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-08-19
Information last updated: 2016-09-09
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy