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Experimental effects of TBT on meiobenthic communities
Citation
Austen, M. & McEvoy, A. (1993). Experimental effects of TBT on meiobenthic communities. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/713
Contact: McEvoy, Andrea
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Description
This dataset arises from probably the first study on the effects of TBT on meiobenthic communities. Microcosm experiments were conducted where meiobenthos is concentrated in TBT contaminated and uncontaminated sediments.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · ANE, British Isles, England, Cornwall · ANE, British Isles, England, Devon, Exe Estuary · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Experimental research · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Meiobenthos · Meiofauna communities · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Cornwall · Exe Estuary · Nematoda
Geographical coverage
Cornwall Stations [Marine Regions]
Rame Estuary
Lynher Estuary
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -4,2493; MinLat: 50,3067 - MaxLong: -4,2445; MaxLat: 50,3828 [WGS84]
Exe Estuary [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
September 1993
1 October 1993 - 16 November 1993 (EurOBIS harvested data)
Taxonomic coverage
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Parameters
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Count of Nematoda
Contributors
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), more, data creator, data owner
Austen, Melanie
McEvoy, Andrea
Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), more, data provider
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
(Partly) included in:
MANUELA: MANUELA Database
Publication
Based on this dataset
Austen, M.C.; McEvoy, A. (1997). Experimental effects of tributyltin (TBT) contaminated sediment on a range of meiobenthic communities. Environ. Pollut. 96(3): 435-444
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Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: experiment
Release date: 2009-03-10
Metadatarecord created: 2006-01-18
Information last updated: 2026-01-26
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