Dataset record
- Type
- Dataset
- title in English
- Macrodat database 4
- Description in English
- MACRODAT is a relational Access database (developed by Drs. Tim Deprez, SMB) and compiles data that were gathered in the framework of different research projects and PhD studies. Next to macrobenthic densities and species richness values, also sedimentological data are integrated in the database. The database covers the surface area of the BCS (and its associated beaches) almost entirely. For several stations temporal variation data for macrobenthic community parameters have been collected and these are integrated in the database as well. Most data are present for the period 1994-2009. Since recent years other parameters are measured and included as well (nutrients, pigments,…).
- Abstract in English
- MACRODAT is a database, which combines taxonomy, geography, biotic and abiotic data. MACRODAT contains a full compilation of all available macrobenthos data of the BCS and associated beaches from the year 1971 and for the periods 1976-1986,1994-2009.
- Rights
- Restricted
- bibliographicCitation
- Marine Biology Section, Ugent -Belgium. Macrodat. Macrobenthos of the Belgian Part of the North Sea and associated beaches since 1971. http://www.vliz.be/imis/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1615 accessed on [..date of extraction..]
- Version
- 4.0
Temporal coverage
- Temporal
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- Start date
- 1975-01-01
- End date
- 1986-01-01
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- Start date
- 1994-01-01
- End date
- 2009-01-01
Thesaurus terms
- Keyword
- Benthic communities
- Macrobenthos
Themes
- theme
- Biology > Benthos
- Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
- Biology > Invertebrates
- Biology > Pigments (e.g. chlorophyll)
- Bottom samples (e.g. core, dredge, grab)