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

Yvette Vermeulen; August Coomans; August Coomans

doi:10.14284/231

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

Citation

Vermeulen Y.; Coomans A.; Faculteit Wetenschappen. RUG: Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos of the Western Scheldt (Ossenisse, Valkenisse, Terneuzen and Vlissingen) on 27 and 28 September 1978. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4221) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/231 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-23.

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.

Additional info

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.

Taxonomic Coverages

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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

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Terneuzen

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Valkenisse

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Vlissingen

ANE, Scheldt Estuary

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Yvette Vermeulen
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

August Coomans
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

metadata author
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
BE
email: info@vliz.be
homepage: https://www.vliz.be

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE