MarBEF Data System

Meiofauna from the Firth of Clyde (Scotland)

Citation

Somerfield, P.J. (1981). Meiofauna from the Firth of Clyde (Scotland). Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/707

Contact: McEvoy, Andrea

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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

Clyde meiofauna - transect through Garroch Head disposal site (at Station P), Craib cores: Response of the meiofaunal community to sewage sludge disposal in the Firth of Clyde more

The meiofauna of the Firth of Clyde was sampled to examine changes in community structure along a classical gradient of organic enrichment and to compare the responses of the different meiofaunal groups. Additionally, the data were used to investigate the response patterns as revealed by various community measurements (e.g. abundance and diversity).

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Gradients, Meiobenthos, Meiofauna, ANE, British Isles, Scotland, Firth of Clyde, EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage

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

transect through Garroch Head disposal site

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -5,0167; MinLat: 55,6308 - MaxLong: -5,0167; MaxLat: 55,7385 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

June 1981

Parameters

Cadmium (Cd)
Carbon-to-nitrogen Ratio (C:N)
Chromium (Cr)
Cobalt (Co)
Copper (Cu)
Count of Nematoda
DDT (+DDD, DDE)
Lead (Pb)
Manganese (Mn)
Meiofauna density
Nickel (Ni)
Nitrogen (N)
Organic carbon (OC)
pH
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Redox potential
Zinc (Zn)

Contributors

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), more, data owner, data creator

McEvoy, Andrea
Somerfield, Paul

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

Based on this dataset

Moore, C.G.; Somerfield, P.J. (1997). Response of the meiofaunal community to sewage sludge disposal in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, in: McLusky, D.S. (Ed.) The Estuaries of Central Scotland. Coastal Zone Topics: Process, Ecology and Management, 3: pp. 121-128, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research

Metadatarecord created: 2006-01-17

Information last updated: 2007-11-21

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