MarBEF Data System

Darwin Mounds

Citation

Van Gaever, S. (2000). Meiobenthos of the Darwin mounds (North-East Atlantic). Ghent University, Department of Biology, Marine Biology Section (MARBIOL), Belgium. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/758

Contact: Van Gaever, Saskia

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Archived data

Archived file:

Saskia_norm[758].mdb

Availability:

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

Description

The Darwin mounds area was sampled to investigate the importance of local-scale topographic features and small-scale biogenic structures in influencing the density and diversity of the associated meiobenthic communities and nematodes in particular.

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Deep sea, Meiobenthos, ANE, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Nematoda, Nematoda

Geographical coverage

Atlantic North East [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -7,6977; MinLat: 59,6 - MaxLong: -7,3573; MaxLat: 59,8182 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

11 July 2000 - 19 July 2000

Taxonomic coverage

Nematoda [WoRMS]

Parameters

Count
Density

Contributors

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data owner, data creator

Van Gaever, Saskia

Related datasets

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

(Partly) included in:

MANUELA: MANUELA Database, more

Publication

Based on this dataset

Van Gaever, S. et al. (2004). The macro- and micro-scale patchiness of meiobenthos associated with the Darwin Mounds (north-east Atlantic) J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84(3): 547-556. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404009555h, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research

Metadatarecord created: 2006-02-09

Information last updated: 2007-11-21

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