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PROJECT DATA: WESTBANKS integrated database (2007-2010)
Citation
Marine Biology Section, Ugent; Laboratorium voor Aquatische Ecologie, KUL; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek- Belgium; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, NIOO-Netherlands. Westbanks (2007-2010). Understanding benthic, pelagic and air-borne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas. - SSD - Belgian Science Policy. http://www.vliz.be/projects/westbanks/westbanks.php?module=dataset&dasid=1846. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1846

Access data
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
All data gathered during the Westbanks project (2007-2010) is integrated in one database. This database consist of biological, environmental, granulometric and experimental data. Genetic data is integrated in the genebank. Some Experimental data is archives in the Marine Data Archive

Scope
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS)

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

Contributors
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Departement Biologie; Afdeling Dierenecologie en -systematiek; Diversiteit en Systematiek van Dieren, more
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Leefmilieu, Natuur en Energie; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; Afdeling Biodiversiteit en Natuurlijk Milieu; Onderzoeksgroep Ecosysteemdiversiteit, more
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), more

Related datasets
Child datasets:
Benthic diversity and ecosystem functioning: experiments February 2007/2008 - Westbanks, more
Benthic diversity and ecosystem functioning: experiments September 2007/ June 2008 - Westbanks, more
Benthic diversity and ecosystem functioning: fieldwork - Westbanks, more
Populationstructure and dispersal dynamics of Lanice conchilega - Westbanks, more
Populationstructure and dispersal dynamics of Pomatoschistus minutus in Belgian Waters: 2006-2010 - Westbanks, more
Populationstructure and dispersal dynamics of Solea solea in the Southern Bight of the North Sea, more
Trophic interactions at the sediment-water interface: effect of Lanice conchilega on Solea solea - partly Westbanks, more
Trophic interactions at the sediment-water interface: effect of beam-trawling on Lanice (lab) - partly Westbanks, more
Trophic interactions at the sediment-water interface: effect of beam-trawling on Lanice and associated fauna - partly Westbanks, more
Source datasets:
Linking pelagic food web and its top predators: bird and prey fish sampling - Westbanks, more
Linking pelagic food web and its top predators: historical observations - Westbanks, more
Linking pelagic food web and its top predators: observations - Westbanks, more

Publication
Used in this dataset
Vanaverbeke, J. et al. (2011). Understanding benthic, pelagic and airborne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas. "Westbanks": Final Report. Belgian Science Policy Office: Brussels. 82 pp., more
Vanaverbeke, J. et al. (2009). Long-term data from the Belgian Continental Shelf in the framework of science-based management of the coastal North Sea: Report of the WestBanks integrative workshop, October 2008. Belgian Science Policy: Brussel. 23 pp., more
Vanaverbeke, J. et al. (2009). Understanding benthic, pelagic and airborne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas. "Westbanks": Final Report Phase 1. Belgian Science Policy: Brussel. 46 pp., more


Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2009-02-13
Information last updated: 2015-12-07
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