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Pollution of the North Sea on the Belgian coast from Koksijde to Middelkerke
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Description
The goal, aimed at in this study, in the frame of the planned emission of waste water in sea in the surroundings of Nieuwpoort-Lombardsijde, was to check the qualitative and quantitative composition of micro and nanno plankton in this zone of the Belgian coast. In order to do this monthly samples were taken in two subsequent years, from May 1970 until May 1972, in 9 stations located around the planned emission location. When possible , as well as surface layer samples, deep layer samples were taken.

Scope
Keywords:
Pollution (water), ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1970 - 1972

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager

Related datasets
(Partly) included in:
Phytoplankton community structuring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

Project
4DEMON: 4 Decades of Belgian Marine monitoring: uplifting historical data to today's needs

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2018-05-28
Information last updated: 2018-05-28
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