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Nematode data from the Firth of Clyde (Scotland)

Citation

Lambshead, J. (1978). Nematode data from the Firth of Clyde (Scotland). Natural History Museum (NHM), UK. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/691

Contact: Lambshead, P John D

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Archived data

Archived file:

CLYDEWORK1.xls

Availability:

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

Description

The general aim of this dataset was to investigate aspects of the practical potential of nematodes as pollution monitoring organisms. To this end, six stations with different scales of contamination were sampled for nematodes and compared.

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Meiobenthos, Meiofauna, Nematode, Pollution monitoring, ANE, British Isles, Scotland, Firth of Clyde, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Nematoda

Geographical coverage

ANE, British Isles, Scotland, Firth of Clyde Stations [Marine Regions]

Ettrick Bay
Scalpsie
Irvine
Prestwick

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -5,13; MinLat: 55,49 - MaxLong: -4,63; MaxLat: 55,84 [WGS84]

Taxonomic coverage

Nematoda [WoRMS]

Parameter

Count of Nematoda

Contributors

Natural History Museum (NHM), more, data creator, data owner

Lambshead, P John D

Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), more, data provider

Related datasets

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

(Partly) included in:

MANUELA: MANUELA Database, more

Publication

Describing this dataset

Lambshead, P.J.D. (1986). Sub-catastrophic sewage and industrial waste contamination as revealed by marine nematode faunal analysis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 29: 247-260, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research

Metadatarecord created: 2006-01-12

Information last updated: 2007-11-21

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