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Nematodes from the Exe Estuary (microcosm experiments)

Citation

Austen, M. & McEvoy, A. (1993). Nematodes from the Exe estuary (UK): microcosm experiments. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/712

Contact: McEvoy, Andrea

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Archived data

Archived file:

Exe-microcosm.XLS

Availability:

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

Description

This dataset is the result of a laboratory experiment to determine the response of benthic nematode communities to different pollutants in various doses and in two sediment types. The Lynher estuary is characterised by muddy sediments, whereas the Exe estuary is sandy.

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Meiobenthos, ANE, British Isles, England, Devon, Exe Estuary, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Nematoda

Geographical coverage

ANE, British Isles, England, Devon, Exe Estuary [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -3,4272; MinLat: 50,6233 - MaxLong: -3,4272; MaxLat: 50,6233 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

1992 - 1993

Taxonomic coverage

Nematoda [WoRMS]

Parameter

Count of Nematoda

Contributors

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

McEvoy, Andrea
Austen, Melanie

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

Austen, M.C.; McEvoy, A.; Warwick, R.M. (1994). The specificity of meiobenthic community responses to different pollutants: results from microcosm experiments Mar. Pollut. Bull. 28(9): 557-563, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research: experiment

Metadatarecord created: 2006-01-18

Information last updated: 2011-01-31

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