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Description
The dataset is the result of the integration of more than 83 smaller datasets, with information on meiobenthos in general and nematodes and copepods more specifically. This dataset has been compiled under the MarBEF European Network of Excellence. more
This dataset contains information on meiobenthos in general and nematodes and copepods more specifically. There is also a lot of information available on environmental variables, on feeding types of nematodes and biometric data. All these data will be analysed together, in order to reveal any ecological and latitudinal aspects in the biodiversity of meiobenthic diversity in general and nematode biodiversity more specific. This comprehensive dataset will also serve as the basis for future updates of the European Register of Marine Species (ERMS). By adding ecological and geographical information, a first large-scale analysis of the nematode communities in European marine waters can be performed, aimed at
Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Biodiversity, Data storage, Ecological distribution, Latitudinal variations, Meiobenthos, AE, East Atlantic, ANE, Baltic, ANW, North West Atlantic, MED, Mediterranean, Pacific Ocean I., PNE, Arctic, PSW, Antarctica, Copepoda, Nematoda Geographical coverage AE, East Atlantic [Marine Regions] ANE, Baltic [Marine Regions] ANW, North West Atlantic [Marine Regions] MED, Mediterranean [Marine Regions] Pacific Ocean I. PNE, Arctic [Marine Regions] PSW, Antarctica [Marine Regions] Parameters
Copepoda count Copepoda density Count of Nematoda Meiobenthos #/ Major taxa Meiofauna density Nematode density Nematode measurements Nematode species Stage of Nematoda Contributors
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the role of contamination, more Cefas09 - Effects of paint-derived tributyltin (TBT) on structure of estuarine nematode assemblages in experimental microcosms, more Cefas10 - Effects of physical disturbance on nematodes communities in sand and mud, more Cefas11 - Spatial variability of nematode assemblages in four soft-bottom subtidal habitats, more Cefas12 - Spatial variability of nematode assemblages at two subtidal sandbanks in the North Sea, more Copepoda from the Middelkerke bank (North Sea), more Copepoda of the Dutch Continental Shelf, spring 1993, more Copepods from a sublittoral sandy station in the North Sea, more Copepods from the Southern Bight of the North Sea, more Darwin Mounds, more Dataset Bougainville, more Deep-sea Meiobenthos, more European estuarine nematodes, more Evaluation of the meiofauna and nematode community at a TiO2 dumping site after recovery, more Experimental effects of TBT on meiobenthic communities, more Free-living marine nematodes from the Southern Bight of the North Sea, more Free-living nematodes in a brackish tidal flat of the Westerschelde, more Free-living nematodes of the Voordelta, more Harpacticoida species and meiofauna major taxa from Hooksiel, more Heraklion Harbour Meiobenthos, more Irish sublittoral coastal nematodes, more Length and width measurements of nematodes in the Ligurian Sea, more Length/Width and biomass of nematodes from sandbanks on the Belgian Continental Shelf, more Liverpool Bay Nematoda and Copepoda (UK), more Malia Nematodes, more Meiobenthic data Manuela, more Meiobenthos and nematodes from the continental shelf of the Laptev Sea, more Meiobenthos and nematodes from the sediment of Zostera noltii seagrass, more TROPHOS: Meiobenthos at station 115bis in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (1999), more Meiobenthos at the stations 115, 702, 790 on the Belgian Continental Shelf, more Meiobenthos of subtidal sandbanks on the Belgian Continental Shelf, more Meiofauna and nematodes from the Atacama Slope and Trench, more Meiofauna from Kongsfjord (Spitsbergen Arctic), more Meiofauna from Lynher estuary in microcosms with contaminated sediment from the Fal estuary, more Meiofauna from the Firth of Clyde (Scotland), more OMEX-1993: Meiofauna from the Goban Spur (OMEX) - 1993, more Meiofauna of the Gulf of Trieste-Slovenia, more Meiofauna of the Ligurian Sea, more Meiofauna of the North Adriatic Sea, more Meiofauna of the Southern Baltic, more Nematoda and Copepoda from the Fal estuary, more Nematoda from Kenya and Zanzibar, more Nematoda from Oslofjord (bioturbation experiment), more Nematoda from the Porcupine Seabight, more Nematode assemblages from European sandy beaches, more Nematode biodiversity data from the North Sea Benthos Survey, more Nematode data from the Firth of Clyde (Scotland), more Nematode data from the Gulf of Gdansk, more Nematode fauna from the bottom of the Southern North Sea, more Nematode fauna of the North Sea near the Westerschelde Estuary, more TROPHOS: Nematode length/width measurements for stations 115bis and 330 in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (1999), more Nematodes at two abyssal sites in the NE Atlantic, more Nematodes from Crete sandy beaches, more Nematodes from Humber Estuary, more Nematodes from Italy and Poland, more Nematodes from Kongsfjord, Svalbard, more Nematodes from the Exe Estuary (microcosm experiments), more OMEX-1994: Nematodes from the Goban Spur (OMEX) - 1994, more Nematodes from the Lynher Estuary (microcosm experiments), more Nematodes from the South Sandwich Trench, more Nematodes from the Weddell Sea, more Nematodes of Solbergstrand, Norway (in presence and absence of Brissopsis), more Nematodes of the central Arctic Ocean, more Nematodes of the Plymouth Sound, more Offshore nematodes from Rame and in microcosm experiment (exposure to metals), more Size Indian Nematodes, more Size of Atlantic nematodes, more Spatial heterogeneity of nematodes on an intertidal flat in the Westerschelde Estuary, more SPEEK database: Meiobenthos of subtidal sandbanks on the Belgian Continental Shelf, more Study of the meiobenthos from a dumping site in the Southern Bight of the North Sea, more The meiobenthos of the Southern Bight of the North Sea, more Thermaikos Gulf: impact of trawling and re-suspension on meiobenthos, more Tidal migration of nematodes on an estuarine tidal flat in the Western Scheldt, more TROPHOS/PODO-I work-database I (23/01/2004): Meiobenthos from station 330 - structural and funtional biodiversity on the Belgian Continental Shelf, more Western Baltic Sea Copepods, more Project
Publication
Based on this dataset
Veit-Köhler, G. et al. (2010). Large-scale diversity and biogeography of benthic copepods in European waters. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 157(8): 1819-1835. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1454-0, more
Schratzberger, M. et al. (2009). The impact of seabed disturbance on nematode communities: linking field and laboratory observations. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 156(4): 709-724. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-1122-9, more
Soetaert, K. et al. (2009). Factors affecting nematode biomass, length and width from the shelf to the deep sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 392: 123-132. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08202, more
Describing this dataset
Vandepitte, L. et al. (2009). The MANUELA database: an integrated database on meiobenthos from European marine waters. Meiofauna Mar. 17: 35-60, more
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Dataset information: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: experiment
Metadatarecord created: 2006-11-24
Information last updated: 2016-10-05
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