The hyperbenthos of subtidal sandbanks on the Belgian Continental Shelf: habitats and indicator species
Citable as data publication
Willems, K.; Cattrijsse, A.; Marine Biology Research Group - Ugent: Belgium; (2004): The hyperbenthos of subtidal sandbanks on the Belgian Continental Shelf: habitats and indicator species. Marine data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/531
The structural biodiversity of the hyperbenthos of subtidal sandbanks on the BCS is studied. Furthermore, ecological indicator species are determined which can be usefull parameters for policy makers.
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
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Benthic communities, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Hyperbenthos, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sand banks, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Belgium, Flemish Banks, Middelkerke Bank, ANE, Belgium, Hinder Banks, Westhinder, ANE, Belgium, Zeeland Banks, Goote Bank, EurOBIS calculated BBOX
Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
ANE, Belgium, Flemish Banks, Middelkerke Bank [Marine Regions]
Chlorophyll a Depth Fucoxanthine Granulometric variables Hyperbenthos biomass Hyperbenthos density Nutrients Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) Salinity Temperature in water Turbidity Wind direction
Contributors
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data owner, data creator
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
Willems, K. (2000). Het hyperbenthos van subtidale zandbanken op het Belgisch Continentaal Plat: habitats en indicatorsoorten. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Mariene Biologie. Instituut voor Dierkunde. Vakgroep Morfologie, Systematiek en Ecologie: Gent. 72 pp.
