[ report an error in this record ] Print this page

Functional redundance in marine food webs: feeding experiments with harpacticoid copepods and diatoms [Functionele redundantie in mariene voedselwebben: voedingsexperimenten met harpacticoïde copepoden en diatomeeën]

Archived data
Availability: Unrestricted
The data are freely available to anybody and may be used for any purpose. Usage acknowledgement may be required

Description
In a first experiment, the feeding ecology of harpaticoid copepods was compared between a species-rich and species-poor environment. In a second experiment inter- and intraspecific relationships were studied. This database contains the results.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, PaulinaPolder · Carbon isotope ratio · Competition · Crustacea · Feeding experiments · Food webs · Poland · ANE, Poland · ANE, Scheldt Estuary · Copepoda · Copepoda · Cyclopoida · Bacillariophyceae · Harpacticoida · Huntemannia jadensis Poppe, 1884 · Microarthridion littorale (Poppe, 1881) · Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865 · Paraleptastacus spinicauda (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895) · Seminavis robusta D.B.Danielidis & D.G.Mann, 2002

Geographical coverage
ANE, Poland Stations [Marine Regions]
Hel
Kuznica
ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions]
Hel
Kuznica
ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
2006 - 2007

Taxonomic coverage
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Cyclopoida [WoRMS]
Bacillariophyceae [WoRMS]
Harpacticoida [WoRMS]
Huntemannia jadensis Poppe, 1884 [WoRMS]
Microarthridion littorale (Poppe, 1881) [WoRMS]
Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865 [WoRMS]
Paraleptastacus spinicauda (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895) [WoRMS]
Seminavis robusta D.B.Danielidis & D.G.Mann, 2002 [WoRMS]

Parameters
13C copepods (weight)
13C diatoms (weight)
Copepoda count
Count of diatoms
Delta 13C copepods
Delta 13C diatoms

Contributors
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), moredata ownerdata creator

Publication
Based on this dataset
Heynssens, E. (2007). Functionele redundantie in mariene voedselwebben: voedingsexperimenten met harpacticoide copepoden en diatomeeën. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Ghent. 62 pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: lab experiment
Metadatarecord created: 2007-06-13
Information last updated: 2015-12-04
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy