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Study of epibenthos and demersal fish in and around the dredging areas of the Belgian Continental Shelf (1977-1981)
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Maertens D.; Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij; Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (CLO): Belgium; (2016): Study of epibenthos and demersal fish in and around the dredging areas of the Belgian Continental Shelf (1977-1981). https://doi.org/10.14284/192
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Description
Presence, density and biomass data for ichtyofauna and epibenthos sampled in and around the dredging areas between 1977 and 1981. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Maertens, D. (1984). Analyse van de levensgemeenschappen op het Belgisch Kontinentaal Plat: studie van de epibenthale biocoenoses en van de demersale Pisces in en rondom de baggerzones. Mededelingen van het Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij (CLO Gent), 201. CLO Gent: Gent. 45, + annexes pp. more

The first part of the dataset contains a list of all epibenthos and fish species caught in and around the dredging areas between 1977 and 1981. Next seven sampling points (BV1-BV7) were choosen in the dredging areas and divided in 2 zones (Zone I and Zone II). Per sampling point and sampling date or period abiotic factors and some exceptional catch data are given. Per zone and per year (1977-1981) average density, biomass, diversity, dominance and association indices for epibenthos and fish is calculated. Eventually density of autumn samplings for most important groups of epibenthos and fish is given.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Fish, Biology > Productivity - biomass
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Abiotic factors, Demersal fishes, Dredging, Dredging wastes, Ecological monitoring, Epibenthos, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Ammodytes lancea Cuvier, 1829, Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758), Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758, Bryozoa, Crangon allmanni Kinahan, 1860, Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758), Crustacea, Echinodermata, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758), Gadiformes, Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758, Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758), Liparis liparis (Linnaeus, 1766), Polybius (Polybius) holsatus (Fabricius, 1798), Mollusca, Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758), Odontogadus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758), Ophiura Lamarck, 1801, Pandalus montagui Leach, 1814, Pectinaria koreni (Malmgren, 1866), Pisces, Pleuronectiformes, Pomatoschistus Gill, 1863, Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758, Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758), Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758), Trisopterus luscus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,7775; MinLat: 51,2361 - MaxLong: 3,2203; MaxLat: 51,4711 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
14 February 1977 - 9 November 1981

Taxonomic coverage
Ammodytes lancea Cuvier, 1829 [WoRMS]
Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Bryozoa [WoRMS]
Crangon allmanni Kinahan, 1860 [WoRMS]
Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Gadiformes [WoRMS]
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Liparis liparis (Linnaeus, 1766) [WoRMS]
Polybius (Polybius) holsatus (Fabricius, 1798) [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Odontogadus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 [WoRMS]
Pandalus montagui Leach, 1814 [WoRMS]
Pectinaria koreni (Malmgren, 1866) [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]
Pleuronectiformes [WoRMS]
Pomatoschistus Gill, 1863 [WoRMS]
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Trisopterus luscus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]

Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Biomass
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Current direction
Diversity
Dominance
Epibenthos density
Fish density
Grain size < 63µm
Organic matter content (OM)
Presence of biota
Proportion of calcium carbonate {CaCO3 CAS 471-34-1} per unit dry weight of sediment <2000um [BODC]
Proportion of particles (silt size-fraction) in sediment [BODC]
Sample duration [BODC]
Size of sample collector (mesh) {mesh size} [BODC]
Temperature of the water body [BODC]
Transparency
Visibility in the water body by Secchi disk [BODC]
Water depth
Water temperature
Wet weight biomass (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Wet weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (CLO), moredata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Maertens, D. (1984). Analyse van de levensgemeenschappen op het Belgisch Kontinentaal Plat: studie van de epibenthale biocoenoses en van de demersale Pisces in en rondom de baggerzones. Mededelingen van het Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij (CLO Gent), 201. CLO Gent: Gent. 45, + annexes pp. [Other original], more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-08-18
Information last updated: 2016-08-18
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