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Experimental effects of TBT on meiobenthic communities

Citation

Austen, M. & McEvoy, A. (1993). Experimental effects of TBT on meiobenthic communities. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/713

Contact: McEvoy, Andrea

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Archived file:

TBT_exp.zip

Availability:

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

Description

This dataset arises from probably the first study on the effects of TBT on meiobenthic communities. Microcosm experiments were conducted where meiobenthos is concentrated in TBT contaminated and uncontaminated sediments.

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Experimental research, Meiobenthos, Meiofauna communities, ANE, British Isles, England, Cornwall, ANE, British Isles, England, Devon, Exe Estuary, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Nematoda

Geographical coverage

ANE, British Isles, England, Cornwall Stations [Marine Regions]

Rame Estuary
Lynher Estuary

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

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -4,2493; MinLat: 50,3067 - MaxLong: -4,2445; MaxLat: 50,3828 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

September 1993

Taxonomic coverage

Nematoda [WoRMS]

Parameter

Count of Nematoda

Contributors

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

Austen, Melanie
McEvoy, Andrea

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. (1997). Experimental effects of tributyltin (TBT) contaminated sediment on a range of meiobenthic communities. Environ. Pollut. 96(3): 435-444, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research: experiment

Metadatarecord created: 2006-01-18

Information last updated: 2010-02-08

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