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Analysis of macrobenthos in the Southern Bight of the North Sea (1971-1972)
Citable as data publication
Govaere J.; De Coninck L.A.P.; Coomans A.; Faculteit Wetenschappen. RUG: Belgium; (2016): Analysis of macrobenthos in the Southern Bight of the North Sea (1971-1972). https://doi.org/10.14284/208
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Description
Species frequencies, density and biomass for macrobenthos sampled in the Southern Bight of the North Sea between May 1971 and September 1972 and sediment grain size data for all 60 sampling locations. Samples were taken using Van Veen grabs. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Govaere, J. (1978). Numerieke analyse van het makrobenthos in de Southern Bight (Noordzee). PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 220, 122 tab. [2 delen] pp. more

The first part of the dataset contains species frequencies for all sampling stations during the sampling period. In the second part species are clustered in station groups and density and biomass was calculated for each species in the station group. In the last part species density observations are given for some sampling stations. Additionally grain size analysis was done for each sampling location.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Grain size analysis, Macrobenthos, Numerical analysis, ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Bivalvia, Cephalochordata, Crustacea, Echinoidea, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Oligochaeta, Phoronida, Polychaeta, Sipuncula, Stelleroidea

Geographical coverage
ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 1,6472; MinLat: 51,0889 - MaxLong: 4,55; MaxLat: 52,6083 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
24 May 1971 - 28 September 1972

Taxonomic coverage
Bivalvia [WoRMS]
Cephalochordata [WoRMS]
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Echinoidea [WoRMS]
Gastropoda [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Oligochaeta [WoRMS]
Phoronida [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Sipuncula [WoRMS]
Stelleroidea [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]
Count
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Depth (spatial coordinate) relative to water surface in the water body [BODC]
Gravel
Macrobenthos biomass
Macrobenthos density
Proportion of particles (sand size-fraction) in sediment [BODC]
Relative abundance
Sand
Silt-clay percentage
Skewness

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

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Govaere, J. (1978). Numerieke analyse van het makrobenthos in de Southern Bight (Noordzee). PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 220, 122 tab. [2 delen] pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-09-20
Information last updated: 2016-09-23
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