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Meiobenthos at the stations 115, 702, 790 on the Belgian Continental Shelf
Citation
Steyaert, M. (1994). Meiobenthos at the stations 115, 702, 790 on the Belgian Continental Shelf. Ghent University, Department of Biology, Marine Biology Section (MARBIOL), Belgium. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/749
Contact: Steyaert, Maaike
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Nematode communities were sampled at three localities along the Belgian coast more

The main aim was to describe vertical distribution patterns and species diversity and relate this to both particular natural environmental parameters and anthropogenic influences.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Data, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Marine Genomics, Meiobenthos, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Nematoda, Nematoda, Nematoda
Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) Stations [Marine Regions]
115
702
790
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,6003; MinLat: 51,1508 - MaxLong: 3,322; MaxLat: 51,3858 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
1993 - 1994
Taxonomic coverage
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Parameters
Ammonia (NH3)
Bacterial density
Chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll c
Count of Nematoda
Fucoxanthine
Granulometric variables
Meiofauna density
Nitrate (NO3-)
Nitrate (NO3-) + Nitrite (NO2-)
Nitrite (NO2-)
Phosphate (PO43-)
Redox potential
Silicon (Si)
Stage of Nematoda
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
Project
IMPULS: Impulsprogramme "Marine Sciences", more
Grant agreement ID MS
Publication
Based on this dataset
Steyaert, M. et al. (1999). Nematode communities from the North Sea: environmental controls on species diversity and vertical distribution within the sediment. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 79(2): 253-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315498000289, more
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Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2009-03-10
Metadatarecord created: 2006-01-25
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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