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Characterisation of the habitat of the Flemish banks, the maritime country banks and of the hinder banks on the basis of the hyper benthos communities [Habitatkarakterisering van de Vlaamse Banken, de Zeelandbanken en de Hinderbanken aan de hand van de hyperbenthosgemeenschappen]

Citation

Cattrijsse, A.; Verween, A. ; Marine Biology Research Group - Ugent, Belgium (2004). Characterisation of the habitat of the Flemish banks, the maritime country banks and of the hinder banks on the basis of the hyper benthos communities. http://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?module=dataset&dasid=153. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/153

Contact: Cattrijsse, André

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Archived data

Archived file:

idod_hyp[153].WK4

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

The hyperbenthic community of subtidal sandbanks is described (density, species composition) and related to abiotic variables in order to get an idea about the habitats and the biota of the sandbanks. more

Sampling took place at 3 different Sand Banks: the Oosthinder, the Kwintebank and the Thorntonbank. At each bank, 6 stations were sampled, once in spring and once in authumn.

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Benthic communities, Ecosystem functioning, Habitat, Hyperbenthos, Sand banks, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Belgium, Flemish Banks, Kwinte Bank, ANE, Belgium, Hinder Banks, Oosthinder, ANE, Belgium, Zeeland Banks, Thornton Bank, EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage

ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]

ANE, Belgium, Flemish Banks, Kwinte Bank [Marine Regions]

ANE, Belgium, Hinder Banks, Oosthinder [Marine Regions]

ANE, Belgium, Zeeland Banks, Thornton Bank [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,6008; MinLat: 51,2525 - MaxLong: 2,9842; MaxLat: 51,5911 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

February 1997 - October 1998

Parameters

Ammonium (NH₄⁺)
Chlorophyll a+c
Depth
Fucoxanthine
Granulometric variables
Hyperbenthos biomass
Hyperbenthos density
Nitrate (NO3-) + Nitrite (NO2-)
Phosphate (PO₄^3-)
Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
Salinity
Solar radiation
Temperature in water
Turbidity
Wind direction
Wind speed

Contributors

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data creator, data owner

Cattrijsse, André
Verween, Annick

Related datasets

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

IMERS: Integrated Marine Environmental Samples and Readings

(Partly) included in:

Historical hyperbenthos data (1987-2001) from the North Sea and some adjacent areas, more

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

Verween, A. (1999). Habitatkarakterisering van de Vlaamse banken, de Zeelandbanken en de Hinderbanken aan de hand van de hyperbenthosgemeenschappen. MSc Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 74 pp., more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research

Metadatarecord created: 2004-06-10

Information last updated: 2017-04-11

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