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SeaWatch-B: citizens monitoring the Belgian North Sea from the beach (2014-2018)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Vervaele, K.; Vanhaecke, P.; Van Landschoot, W.; Saevels, M.; Goossens, H.; Berkers, M.; Balcaen, R.; Coppens, S.; Vanden Eede, S.; Fabrice, A.; Willaert, M.; Nelen, L.; Colpaert, N.; Quartier, M.; Verbeke, D.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2020): SeaWatch-B: citizens monitoring the Belgian North Sea from the beach (2014-2018). Marine Data Archive. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/401 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-22.

Description

SeaWatch-B dataset (in Dutch) for the period of June 2014 to June 2018.

Additional info

At a regular basis (seasonally) a range of variables are measured at the beach according to a standardized protocol. Measurements of the coastal water will include temperature. At the beach, counts can be made of lug worms, common limpet, jellyfish, marine litter as well as human activities. Sampling of fish and crabs by means of a small fishing net is part of the program as well.

Taxonomic Coverages

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  1. Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138992
  1. Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140687
  1. Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126751
  1. Ammodytes marinus Raitt, 1934
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152829
  1. Angulus fabula
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146491
  1. Angulus Megerle, 1811
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146492
  1. Angulus tenuis (da Costa, 1778)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125976
  1. Aphia Risso, 1827
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208
  1. Arcidae
    rank: family
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129206
  1. Arenicola
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138824
  1. Astarte sulcata (da Costa, 1778)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123776
  1. Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127430
  1. Atherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135306
  1. Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140767
  1. Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:426075
  1. Cakile maritima
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126792
  1. Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107276
  1. Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107381
  1. Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138998
  1. Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138999
  1. Cerastoderma glaucum (Poiret, 1789)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135304
  1. Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1766)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126448
  1. Ciliata mustela (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126417
  1. Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238371
  1. Corbicula
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107552
  1. Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140656
  1. Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138963
  1. Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135302
  1. Cyanea lamarckii Péron & Lesueur, 1810
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126975
  1. Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139951
  1. Diodora graeca (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107199
  1. Diogenes pugilator (Roux)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107199
  1. Diogenes pugilator (Roux)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139604
  1. Donax vittatus (Da Costa, 1778)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139604
  1. Donax vittatus (Da Costa, 1778)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150630
  1. Echiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124392
  1. Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124273
  1. Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146905
  1. Epitonium clathrus (Linnaeus)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138239
  1. Euspira Agassiz, 1838
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151894
  1. Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1804)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117517
  1. Eutonina indicans (Romanes, 1876)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125988
  1. Gobius Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102317
  1. Haustorius arenarius (Slabber, 1769)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158417
  1. Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan, 1835)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119039
  1. Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139004
  1. Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin,1791)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131495
  1. Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131495
  1. Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127139
  1. Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107388
  1. Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107394
  1. Liocarcinus vernalis (Risso, 1827)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140262
  1. Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141579
  1. Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141579
  1. Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107345
  1. Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus, 1761)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140299
  1. Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101540
  1. Marinogammarus Schellenberg, 1937
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236719
  1. Mimachlamys varia
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106401
  1. Mnemiopsis leidyi (Agassiz, 1865)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140431
  1. Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140480
  1. Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140480
  1. Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138235
  1. Nassarius
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140403
  1. Nucella lapillus
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140405
  1. Ocenebra erinacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124929
  1. Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126736
  1. Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140658
  1. Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215
  1. Ostreidae
    rank: family
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107232
  1. Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107032
  1. Palaemon
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140685
  1. Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140730
  1. Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140730
  1. Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115088
  1. Phaeocystis
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107562
  1. Philocheras trispinosus (Hailstone, 1835)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127141
  1. Platichthys flesus (Linneaus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106386
  1. Pleurobrachia pileus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127143
  1. Pleuronectes platessa (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:10331
  1. Pleuronectiformes
    rank: order
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125999
  1. Pomatoschistus Gill, 1863
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107400
  1. Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106763
  1. Portunidae
    rank: family
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124319
  1. Psammechinus miliaris (Gmelin)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100994
  1. Sagartia troglodytes (Price in Johnston, 1847)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127149
  1. Scophthalmus maximus (Linneaus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127150
  1. Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141424
  1. Scrobicularia plana (Da Costa, 1778)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135220
  1. Scyphozoa
    rank: class
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141454
  1. Sepiola atlantica d' Orbigny, 1839
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127160
  1. Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141546
  1. Solen marginatus
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140300
  1. Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140300
  1. Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140301
  1. Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140301
  1. Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140302
  1. Spisula subtruncata (Da Costa, 1778)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140302
  1. Spisula subtruncata (Da Costa, 1778)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140302
  1. Spisula subtruncata (Da Costa, 1778)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126425
  1. Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127387
  1. Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127204
  1. Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138582
  1. Trivia
    rank: genus
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367756
  1. Venerupis philippinarum
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140771
  1. Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)
    rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Belgium, SW-Westende-01
Belgium, SW-Blankenberge-01
Belgium, SW-Bredene-01
Belgium, SW-De Haan-Vosseslag-01
Belgium, SW-Duinbergen-01
Belgium, SW-Heist-01
Belgium, SW-Koksijde-01
Belgium, SW-Middelkerke-01
Belgium, SW-Nieuwpoort-01
Belgium, SW-Nieuwpoort-Westende-01
Belgium, SW-Oostduinkerke-01
Belgium, SW-Oostende_Oosteroever-01
Belgium, SW-Wenduine-01
Belgium, SW-Zeebrugge-01
EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jan Seys
originator
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: jan.seys@vliz.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1131-6740
Steven Pint
originator
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: steven.pint@vliz.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5530-6785
Katrien Vervaele
originator
Paul Vanhaecke
originator
Willy Vanlandschoot
originator
Marleen Saevels
originator
Hilde Goossens
originator
Marc Berkers
originator
Rudy Balcaen
originator
Solange Coppens
originator
Sarah Vanden Eede
originator
Aäron Fabrice
originator
Marleen Willaert
originator
Ludo Nelen
originator
Nathalie Colpaert
originator
Mia Quartier
originator
Dominique Verbeke
originator
originator
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
metadata author
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
BE
email: info@vliz.be
homepage: https://www.vliz.be
custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
Jan Seys
administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: jan.seys@vliz.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1131-6740
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