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The meiobenthos of the Southern Bight of the North Sea

Citation

Huotong, C. & Vincx, M. (1986). The meiobenthos of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Ghent University, Department of Biology, Marine Biology Section (MARBIOL), Belgium. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/845

Contact: Vincx, Magda

Access data

Archived data

Archived file:

Guotong_VLIZ.mdb

Availability:

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

Description

This dataset, compiled in the framework of a Msc thesis, contains information on the meiobenthic communities of six different stations in the Southern Bight of the North Sea, together with information on a number of environmental parameters.

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Meiobenthos, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Gastrotricha, Halacaridae Murray, 1877, Harpacticoida, Hydrozoa, Mollusca, Nematoda, Oligochaeta, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Tardigrada, Turbellaria

Geographical coverage

ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]

ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight Stations [Marine Regions]

701
Coordinates: Long: 3,1542; Lat: 52,3666 [WGS84]
110
Coordinates: Long: 2,5278; Lat: 51,1392 [WGS84]
753
Coordinates: Long: 2,6264; Lat: 51,2597 [WGS84]
751
Coordinates: Long: 2,6792; Lat: 51,3111 [WGS84]
435
Coordinates: Long: 2,295; Lat: 51,59 [WGS84]
800
Coordinates: Long: 2,8667; Lat: 51,8592 [WGS84]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,2936; MinLat: 51,1383 - MaxLong: 3,1528; MaxLat: 52,3659 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

12 March 1985 - 19 September 1986
Not relevant

Taxonomic coverage

Gastrotricha [WoRMS]

Halacaridae Murray, 1877 [WoRMS]

Harpacticoida [WoRMS]

Hydrozoa [WoRMS]

Mollusca [WoRMS]

Nematoda [WoRMS]

Oligochaeta [WoRMS]

Ostracoda [WoRMS]

Polychaeta [WoRMS]

Tardigrada [WoRMS]

Turbellaria [WoRMS]

Parameters

Gravel
Median grain size
Median grain size sand fraction
Silt-clay percentage
Skewness (0.4-900 µm)
Sorting coefficient

Contributors

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

Vincx, Magda

Related datasets

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

(Partly) included in:

MANUELA: MANUELA Database, more

Publication

Based on this dataset

Cheng, G. (1987). Study of the meiobenthos in the Southern Bight of the North Sea and its use in ecological monitoring. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Zoologisch Instituut: Gent. 172 pp.

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research

Metadatarecord created: 2006-06-20

Information last updated: 2013-05-08

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