Study of the meiobenthos from a dumping site in the Southern Bight of the North Sea [Studie van het meiobenthos van een dumpingsgebied in de Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee]
Citation
Vandenberghe, R. & Coomans, A. (1985). Study of the meiobenthos from a dumping site in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Ghent University, Department of Biology, Marine Biology Section (MARBIOL), Belgium. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/847
Contact:
Vincx, Magda Availability: This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
The meiobenthos of a dumping site in the Southern Bight of the North Sea was examined as part of a PhD thesis. Next to the faunistic research, it also examined the link between abiotic parameters and the characteristics of presen nematode communities. Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Dumping grounds, Meiobenthos, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Archiannelida, Ciliata Couch, 1832, Cyclopoida, Gastrotricha, Halacaridae Murray, 1877, Harpacticoida, Hydrozoa, Kinorhyncha, Nematoda, Oligochaeta, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Rotifera, Tardigrada, Turbellaria Geographical coverage ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions] ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight Stations
[Marine Regions] 420 Coordinates: Long: 2,4633; Lat: 51,4544 [WGS84] 430 Coordinates: Long: 2,6864; Lat: 51,5575 [WGS84] 530 Coordinates: Long: 2,65; Lat: 51,5783 [WGS84] 535 Coordinates: Long: 2,72; Lat: 51,6353 [WGS84] 545 Coordinates: Long: 3,0597; Lat: 51,7328 [WGS84] 630 Coordinates: Long: 2,5583; Lat: 51,6339 [WGS84] 640 Coordinates: Long: 2,8242; Lat: 51,7608 [WGS84] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 2,462; MinLat: 51,4536 - MaxLong: 3,0584; MaxLat: 51,76 [WGS84] Temporal coverage
12 March 1985 - 15 March 1985 Not relevant Taxonomic coverage
Archiannelida [WoRMS]
Ciliata Couch, 1832 [WoRMS]
Cyclopoida [WoRMS]
Gastrotricha [WoRMS]
Halacaridae Murray, 1877 [WoRMS]
Harpacticoida [WoRMS]
Hydrozoa [WoRMS]
Kinorhyncha [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Oligochaeta [WoRMS]
Ostracoda [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Rotifera [WoRMS]
Tardigrada [WoRMS]
Turbellaria [WoRMS]
Parameters
Depth Gravel Median grain size Nematode density Sand Silt content Skewness (0.4-900 µm) Sorting coefficient Contributors
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data manager, data owner, co-promotor, data creator
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Publication
Based on this dataset
Vandenberghe, R. (1987). Studie van het meiobenthos van een dumpingsgebied in de Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee, met nadruk op de vrijlevende mariene nematoden. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 148 pp., more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2006-06-20
Information last updated: 2012-11-13
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