Within the framework of LifeWatch and the 4DEMON project, zooplankton data for the Southern North Sea, collected during Belgian research campaigns, has been recovered from historic reports and publications. In January 2014, different library units were consulted to trace back to literature that can be a potential source for plankton datasets in the BPNS: the Belgian Marine Bibliography (BMB), the archive of the Flanders Marine Institute, the archive and library of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (KBIN) and the library of KULeuven and Ghent University. The data collection holds historic zooplankton measurements for the BPNS and the Dutch Coast between 1902 and 1979.
CITATION
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2017): Zooplankton data from Belgian research campaigns in the Southern North Sea (1902-1979). https://doi.org/10.14284/303
DATA
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SOURCES
Van Meel, J. (1975)
Projekt Zee - Zooplankton, 1970-1976
CRA - Biological datasets, 1977-1981
RELATED INFORMATION
LifeWatch Data Explorer - Zooplankton data
4DEMON project
Van Ginderdeuren K., 2013
The zooplankton dataset consists of 23,396 records (8,276 species level and 1,809 genera level observations) and originates from three major sources:
The dataset includes records for 20 orders mostly belonging to the Calanoida (36%), Anthoathecata (19%), Harpacticoida (13%) and Leptothecata (7%). These higher abundances of Hydrozoa and Calanoida are due to 2 specific case study datasets which were also included in the zooplankton collection: