Macrobenthos of the Western Scheldt (Ossenisse, Valkenisse, Terneuzen and Vlissingen) on 27 and 28 September 1978

August Coomans; Yvette Vermeulen

doi:10.14284/231

Macrobenthos of the Western Scheldt (Ossenisse, Valkenisse, Terneuzen and Vlissingen) on 27 and 28 September 1978

Citation

Coomans A, Vermeulen Y, EurOBIS Data Management Team (2020). Macrobenthos of the Western Scheldt (Ossenisse, Valkenisse, Terneuzen and Vlissingen) on 27 and 28 September 1978. Version 1.1. Flanders Marine Institute. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/231 accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-09-19.

Description

Counts, density and biomass of macrobenthos species for 20 stations sampled in the Western Scheldt estuary on 27-28 September 1978. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Vermeulen, Y. (1980). Studie van het makrobenthos van het Westerschelde-estuarium. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 83, maps, figures pp.

On 27 and 28 September 20 stations in the Western Scheldt (Ossenisse, Valkenisse, Terneuzen and Vlissingen) were sampled using a Van Veen grab (3 replica's per station). A list of species is given for each sampling station. For each station replica (total of 60) density and biomass is noted.

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129876

Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138998

Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102101

Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1066

Crustacea
rank: subphylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130616

Eteone longa
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129884

Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140126

Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141579

Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:51

Mollusca
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339374

Nereis diversicolor
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2036

Oligochaeta
rank: subclass

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883

Polychaeta
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131170

Pygospio elegans Claparède, 1863
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Ossenisse - http://marineregions.org/mrgid/18624

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Terneuzen - http://marineregions.org/mrgid/213

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Valkenisse - http://marineregions.org/mrgid/234

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Vlissingen - http://marineregions.org/mrgid/9105

ANE, Scheldt Estuary - http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4812

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Universiteit Gent Faculteit Wetenschappen (UGent)
BE

August Coomans
originator
Universiteit Gent Faculteit Wetenschappen (UGent)
BE
email: august.coomans@ugent.be

Yvette Vermeulen
originator
Universiteit Gent Faculteit Wetenschappen (UGent)
BE

EurOBIS Data Management Team
metadata author
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
BE
email: info@eurobis.org
homepage: http://www.eurobis.org

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)
BE

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)
BE