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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/doc/dataset/845
Contact: Vincx, Magda
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Availability: Creative Commons License 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.
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 > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, 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), 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
(Partly) included in:
MANUELA: MANUELA Database
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.
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Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2009-03-10
Metadatarecord created: 2006-06-20
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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