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Sampling campaigns - Belgian Continental Shelf Wreck Fauna (pilot study)

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Description
There is less knowledge of faunal diversities on hard substrates than on soft bottoms in the Belgian marine zone. This project aims at making an inventory of the faunal diversity that occurs on shipwrecks at the Belgian continental shelf.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Fauna, Taxonomy, Wrecks, Belgium

Geographical coverage
Belgium Stations [Marine Regions]
Birkenfels shipwreck
Coordinates: Long: 2,53; Lat: 51,65 [WGS84]
Kilmore shipwreck
Coordinates: Long: 2,49; Lat: 51,39 [WGS84]
Bourasque shipwreck
Coordinates: Long: 2,55; Lat: 51,25 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
9 July 2001 - 18 December 2003

Parameters
Count

Contributors
Massin, Claude
Norro, Alain
Mallefet, Jérôme
Haelters, Jan
Zintzen, Vincent
De Blauwe, Jean-Pierre
Darchambeau, François

Related datasets
Following versions:
BEWREMABI dataset: Belgian Shipwreck - hotspots for Marine Biodiversity: Macrofauna in vicinity of shipwrecks, more
BEWREMABI dataset: Belgian Shipwreck - hotspots for Marine Biodiversity: Macrofauna on shipwrecks, more
BEWREMABI dataset: Belgian Shipwreck - hotspots for Marine Biodiversity: Meiofauna, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Zintzen, V. et al. (2004). Belgian shipwrecks: hotspots for marine biodiversity, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) (2004). VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 85
Massin, Cl.; Norro, A.; Mallefet, J. (2002). Biodiversity of a wreck from the Belgian Continental Shelf: monitoring using scientific diving: preliminary results. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 72: 67-72

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2004-07-02
Information last updated: 2013-12-04
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