Spatial and temporal epibenthos and hyperbenthos variations at the Belgian Continental Shelf monitoring stations [De ruimtelijke en temporele variatie van het epibenthos en het hyperbenthos van monitoringsstations op het Belgisch Continentaal Plat]
Citation
Cattrijsse, A. ; Marine Biology Research Group - Ugent, Belgium (2004). Spatial and temporal epibenthos and hyperbenthos variations at the Belgian Continental Shelf monitoring stations. Http://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?module=dataset&dasid=156. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/156
Contact:
Cattrijsse, André Availability:
![]() Description
Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of the epi- and hyperbenthic community were studied at the monitoring stations on the Belgian Continental Shelf. Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Benthic communities, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Epibenthos, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Hyperbenthos, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sand banks, Sea regions, Spatial variations, Temporal variations, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), EurOBIS calculated BBOX Geographical coverage ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 2,554; MinLat: 51,1218 - MaxLong: 3,3113; MaxLat: 51,6292 [WGS84] Temporal coverage
1997 - 1998 Parameters
Ammonium (NH4+) Chlorophyll a Depth Epibenthos biomass Epibenthos density Fucoxanthine Hyperbenthos biomass Hyperbenthos density Nitrate (NO3-) Nitrite (NO2-) Optical backscatter (OBS) Phosphate (PO43-) Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) Salinity Silicon (Si) Solar radiation Temperature in water Wind direction Wind speed Contributors
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data creator, data owner
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Project
Structural and functional biodiversity of North Sea ecosystems: species and their habitats as indicator for the sustainable management of the BCS, more
Grant agreement ID MN/DD1/004
Publication
Based on this dataset
Platteeuw, E. (2000). De ruimtelijke en temporele variatie van het epibenthos en het hyperbenthos van monitoringsstations op het Belgisch Continentaal Plat. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Mariene Biologie. Instituut voor Dierkunde. Vakgroep Morfologie, Systematiek en Ecologie: Gent. 83 + annex. pp., more
URLs
Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2014-01-17
Metadatarecord created: 2004-06-10
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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