Epifauna community at Waarde and Saeftinghe (Westerschelde) in 1991

Esther Shushu Makwaia; Olivier Hamerlynck; Carlo Heip; André Cattrijsse; Olivier Hamerlynck

doi:10.14284/224

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

Carcinus maenas
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102101

Corophium volutator
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107552

Crangon crangon
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102292

Gammarus salinus Spooner, 1947
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120072

Mesopodopsis slabberi (Van Beneden, 1861)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120136

Neomysis integer
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107624

Palaemonetes varians (Leach)
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127141

Platichthys flesus
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126927

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