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Epifauna community at Waarde and Saeftinghe (Westerschelde) in 1991

Citation

Makwaia E.S.; Hamerlynck O.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Epifauna community at Waarde and Saeftinghe (Westerschelde) in 1991. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4591) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/224 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-13.

Description

Species composition, density and biomass of epifauna in the creeks of saltmarshes Waarde and Saeftinghe between February and August 1991. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Makwaia, E.S. (1992). Utilization of saltmarshes by fishes and macrocrustaceans in the Westerschelde estuary. MSc Thesis. RUG: Gent. 49 pp.

Additional info

Samples were collected in February, April, June and August in the saltmarsh of Waarde. In the saltmarsh of Saeftinghe samples were collected in April, June and August. A passive fishing method was used to sample the organisms migrating in and out of the creeks. The gear used was a simple fykenet that was operated from a bridge across the saltmarsh creek. When water started to enter the creek on the rising tide, the net was placed on the creek bottom, its mouth facing the current. Ropes and weights kept the net in place and the net was hauled every hour. After the moment of high water the net was placed at the other side of the bridge, now facing the ebb current. Measurements of the current and waterheight allowed quantification of the catches in relation to the volume of water which passed through the net. All animals caught were identified to species level, counted and measured under the binocular microscope. The dry weight of the detritus present in all samples was measured and used as an environmental variable. Common species caught included, Neomysis integer, Mesopodopsis slabberi, Crangon crangon, Palaemonetes varians, Corophium volutator, Gammarus salinus, Carcinus maenas, Pomatoschistus microps and Platichthys flesus postlarvae.

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107381
  1. Carcinus maenas
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102101
  1. Corophium volutator
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107552
  1. Crangon crangon
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102292
  1. Gammarus salinus Spooner, 1947
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120072
  1. Mesopodopsis slabberi (Van Beneden, 1861)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120136
  1. Neomysis integer
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107624
  1. Palaemonetes varians (Leach)
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127141
  1. Platichthys flesus
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126927
  1. Pomatoschistus microps
    rank: species

Geographic Coverages

ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Saeftinge
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Waarde
ANE, Scheldt Estuary
EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Esther Shushu Makwaia
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program
Olivier Hamerlynck
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be
Carlo Heip
originator
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Netherlands Institute of Ecology
NL
email: contact@nioo.knaw.nl
André Cattrijsse
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0772-3087
Olivier Hamerlynck
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.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
email: info@vliz.be
administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be
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