Benthos of the Kwinte Bank (an exploited sandbank in the Southern Bight)
Vanosmael, C.; Willems, K.; Vincx, M.; Claeys, D.; Heip, C.H.R. (1982). Benthos of the Kwinte Bank (an exploited sandbank in the Southern Bight), in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. (Ed.) Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksacties Interuniversitaire Actie Oceanologie: eindverslag 3. Biological processes and translocations = Actions de Recherche Concertées Action Interuniversitaire Océanologie: rapport final 3. Biological processes and translocations. pp. 65-79 In: Heip, C.H.R.; Polk, Ph. (Ed.) (1982). Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksacties Interuniversitaire Actie Oceanologie: eindverslag 3. Biological processes and translocations = Actions de Recherche Concertées Action Interuniversitaire Océanologie: rapport final 3. Biological processes and translocations. Programmatie van het Wetenschapsbeleid: Brussel. 226 pp., more |
Keywords | Aquatic communities > Benthos Sedimentary structures > Bed forms > Banks (topography) > Sand banks ANE, Belgium [Marine Regions] Marine/Coastal |
Abstract | This paper summarizes studies on the meio- and macrofauna of a linear subtidal sandbank, the Kwinte Bank, situated in the Belgian Coastal waters, which is exploited for sand and gravel. The distribution of the macrofauna is strongly correlated with the gradient in grain size, but this is much less the case for the meiofauna. Especially nematodes seem to be able to exploit microhabitats more efficiently than the macrofauna. |
Dataset | - Speek project UGent data: copepoda on Kwintebank, more
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