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Macrobenthos of the Western Scheldt (Ossenisse, Valkenisse, Terneuzen and Vlissingen) on 27 and 28 September 1978
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Vermeulen Y.; Coomans A.; Faculteit Wetenschappen. RUG: Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos of the Western Scheldt (Ossenisse, Valkenisse, Terneuzen and Vlissingen) on 27 and 28 September 1978. https://doi.org/10.14284/231
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Description
Counts, density and biomass of macrobenthos species for 20 stations sampled in the Western Scheldt estuary on 27-28 September 1978. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Vermeulen, Y. (1980). Studie van het makrobenthos van het Westerschelde-estuarium. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 83, maps, figures pp. more

On 27 and 28 September 20 stations in the Western Scheldt (Ossenisse, Valkenisse, Terneuzen and Vlissingen) were sampled using a Van Veen grab (3 replica's per station). A list of species is given for each sampling station. For each station replica (total of 60) density and biomass is noted.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Macrobenthos, Sediment analysis, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Ossenisse, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Terneuzen, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Valkenisse, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Vlissingen, ANE, Scheldt Estuary, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780), Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758), Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766), Crustacea, Eteone longa (Fabricius, 1780), Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864), Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777), Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758), Mollusca, Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776, Oligochaeta, Polychaeta, Pygospio elegans Claparède, 1863

Geographical coverage
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Ossenisse [Marine Regions]
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Terneuzen [Marine Regions]
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Valkenisse [Marine Regions]
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Vlissingen [Marine Regions]
ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 3,5967; MinLat: 51,3467 - MaxLong: 4,1217; MaxLat: 51,4425 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
27 September 1978 - 28 September 1978

Taxonomic coverage
Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) [WoRMS]
Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766) [WoRMS]
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Eteone longa (Fabricius, 1780) [WoRMS]
Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) [WoRMS]
Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777) [WoRMS]
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776 [WoRMS]
Oligochaeta [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Pygospio elegans Claparède, 1863 [WoRMS]

Parameters

% Organic carbon (OC)
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Area of sample {sampled area} from the bed [BODC]
Ash-free dry weight (AFDW) biomass
Ash-free dry weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Count
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Depth (spatial coordinate) relative to water surface in the water body [BODC]
Dry weight biomass
Dry weight biomass of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC]
Gravel fraction
Macrobenthos biomass
Macrobenthos density
Median grain size
Presence/absence of biota
Proportion of particles (sand size-fraction) in sediment [BODC]
Proportion of particles (silt size-fraction) in sediment [BODC]
Sand fraction
Silt fraction

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappendata creatordata creator
Vermeulen, Yvette
Coomans, August

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Publication
Based on this dataset
Vermeulen, Y. (1980). Studie van het makrobenthos van het Westerschelde-estuarium. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 83, maps, figures pp.

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2013-05-13
Information last updated: 2016-10-06
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