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Characterisation of the habitat of the Flemish banks, the maritime country banks and of the hinder banks on the basis of the hyper benthos communities [Habitatkarakterisering van de Vlaamse Banken, de Zeelandbanken en de Hinderbanken aan de hand van de hyperbenthosgemeenschappen]
Citation
Cattrijsse, A.; Verween, A. ; Marine Biology Research Group - Ugent, Belgium (2004). Characterisation of the habitat of the Flemish banks, the maritime country banks and of the hinder banks on the basis of the hyper benthos communities. http://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?module=dataset&dasid=153. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/153
Contact: Cattrijsse, André

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Description
The hyperbenthic community of subtidal sandbanks is described (density, species composition) and related to abiotic variables in order to get an idea about the habitats and the biota of the sandbanks. more

Sampling took place at 3 different Sand Banks: the Oosthinder, the Kwintebank and the Thorntonbank. At each bank, 6 stations were sampled, once in spring and once in authumn.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Benthic communities, Ecosystem functioning, Habitat, Hyperbenthos, Sand banks, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Belgium, Flemish Banks, Kwinte Bank, ANE, Belgium, Hinder Banks, Oosthinder, ANE, Belgium, Zeeland Banks, Thornton Bank, EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
ANE, Belgium, Flemish Banks, Kwinte Bank [Marine Regions]
ANE, Belgium, Hinder Banks, Oosthinder [Marine Regions]
ANE, Belgium, Zeeland Banks, Thornton Bank [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 2,6008; MinLat: 51,2525 - MaxLong: 2,9842; MaxLat: 51,5911 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
February 1997 - October 1998

Parameters
Ammonium (NH4+)
Chlorophyll a+c
Depth
Fucoxanthine
Granulometric variables
Hyperbenthos biomass
Hyperbenthos density
Nitrate (NO3-) + Nitrite (NO2-)
Phosphate (PO43-)
Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
Salinity
Solar radiation
Temperature in water
Turbidity
Wind direction
Wind speed

Contributors
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), moredata creatordata owner
Cattrijsse, André
Verween, Annick

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
IMERS: Integrated Marine Environmental Samples and Readings, more
(Partly) included in:
Historical hyperbenthos data (1987-2001) from the North Sea and some adjacent areas

Project
Structural and functional biodiversity of North Sea ecosystems: species and their habitats as indicator for the sustainable management of the BCS

Publication
Based on this dataset
Verween, A. (1999). Habitatkarakterisering van de Vlaamse banken, de Zeelandbanken en de Hinderbanken aan de hand van de hyperbenthosgemeenschappen. MSc Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 74 pp.

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2004-06-10
Information last updated: 2017-04-11
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