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Ecology of the Sluice Dock in relation to oyster culture (1960-1961)
Citable as data publication
Polk P.; De Coninck L.A.P.; Laboratorium voor Morfologie en Systematiek; Instituut voor Dierkunde. RUG: Belgium; (2016): Ecology of the Sluice Dock in relation to oyster culture (1960-1961). https://doi.org/10.14284/133
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
Dataset on densities and (larval) settlement of organisms important or harmful to the oyster culture for 5 biotopes in the Sluice Dock Oostende. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (1965). Oecologie van de Spuikom te Oostende in verband met de oestercultuur. PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 3 volumes pp. more

First part of this dataset gives an overview of species found at the study site found between March 1960 and December 1961. A second part focused on the settlement of larvae on wooden planks to study the attachment period and vertical distribution of these larvae. The last part gives densities of most important zooplankton taxa per biotope (E, S, N, W, SE). Additionally growth is measured for Mytilus edulis, Ostrea edulis and Crepidula fornicata. For each sampling date transparency and water temperature were measured for the 5 biotopes.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Fixation, Growth, Hard substrates, Larval settlement, Mortality, Oyster culture, Sessile species, ANE, Belgium, Oostende, Sluice Dock, Bryozoa, Chaetognatha, Coelenterata, Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758), Crustacea, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758, Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758, Polychaeta, Porifera, Tunicata, Turbellaria

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Oostende, Sluice Dock Stations [Marine Regions]
Biotope E
Coordinates: Long: 2,9552; Lat: 51,2299 [WGS84]
Biotope N
Coordinates: Long: 2,9513; Lat: 51,2302 [WGS84]
Biotope S
Coordinates: Long: 2,9494; Lat: 51,2259 [WGS84]
Biotope SE
Coordinates: Long: 2,9535; Lat: 51,2261 [WGS84]
Biotope W
Coordinates: Long: 2,9438; Lat: 51,2256 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
3 March 1960 - 23 January 1962

Taxonomic coverage
Bryozoa [WoRMS]
Chaetognatha [WoRMS]
Coelenterata [WoRMS]
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Porifera [WoRMS]
Tunicata [WoRMS]
Turbellaria [WoRMS]

Parameters
Absolute density
Air temperature
Count
Density
Length
Presence of biota
Rainfall
Transparency
Water temperature
Width

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie, moredata creator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen, moredata creatordata creator

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Historical Sluice Dock data (1960-1991), more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Polk, P. (1965). Oecologie van de Spuikom te Oostende in verband met de oestercultuur. PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 3 volumes pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-11-13
Information last updated: 2016-11-09
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