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Spatial heterogeneity of nematodes on an intertidal flat in the Westerschelde Estuary

Citation

Steyaert, M. (1996). Spatial heterogeneity of nematodes on an intertidal flat in the Westerschelde Estuary. Ghent University, Department of Biology, Marine Biology Section (MARBIOL), Belgium. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/669

Contact: Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (UGent-MARBIOL), more

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Archived file:

Maaike_ecoflat_spatial.mdb

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Description

The spatial heterogeneity of the nematode associations on a small intertidal estuarine flat was investigated. more

Data were specifically used to test the extent to which macroscale variability was more important than microscale variability.

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity

Keywords:

Brackish water, Estuarine environment, Intertidal flats, Marine nematodes, Meiobenthos, Nematoda, Variability, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Molenplaat, ANE, Scheldt Estuary, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Nematoda, Nematoda, Nematoda

Geographical coverage

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Molenplaat [Marine Regions]

ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 3,9467; MinLat: 51,4358 - MaxLong: 3,96; MaxLat: 51,4405 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

4 June 1996 - 7 June 1996

Taxonomic coverage

Nematoda [WoRMS]

Parameters

% Oxygen (O)
Chlorophyll a+c
Count of Nematoda
Fucoxanthine
Granulometric variables

Contributors

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

Steyaert, Maaike

Related datasets

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

(Partly) included in:

MANUELA: MANUELA Database, more

Other relations:

Benthos on the Molenplaat as part of ECOFLAT

ECOFLAT PH: Molenplaat delta C13 experiment

Tidal migration of nematodes on an estuarine tidal flat in the Western Scheldt, more

Project

ECOFLAT: The eco-metabolism of estuarine intertidal flat, more

Grant agreement ID ENV4-CT96-0216

Publication

Based on this dataset

Steyaert, M. et al. (2003). The importance of fine-scale, vertical profiles in characterising nematode community structure. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 58(2): 353-366. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0272-7714(03)00086-6, more

Steyaert, M. et al. (2003). The importance of fine-scale, vertical profiles in characterising nematode community structure, in: Steyaert, M. Ruimtelijke en temporele patronen van nematodengemeenschappen in de Noordzee en Westerschelde = Spatial and temporal scales of nematode communities in the North Sea and Westerschelde. pp. 53-74, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research

Metadatarecord created: 2006-01-05

Information last updated: 2012-11-13

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