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Monitoring data from the federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

Citation

Kirchhoff N, Dahm V (2017). Monitoring data from the federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). Version 2.2. BioFresh. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.13148/bfe91 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-05-31.

Description

The dataset consists of occurrence data of the aquatic organism groups fish, macroinvertebrates and macrophytes that were sampled in the German federal state North Rhine-Westphalia between 2004 and 2009. The sampling was conducted according to the protocols of the national monitoring programme for implementation of the Water Framework Directive.

For additional metadata see: http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/metadb/bf_mdb_view.php?entryID=BFE_91

Sampling Description

Method steps

  1. commonly used series of methods steps regarding fish (e.g. sampling, identification, data management)
  2. commonly used series of methods steps regarding macro invertebrates (e.g. sampling, identification, data management)
  3. commonly used series of methods steps regarding macrophytes (e.g. sampling, identification, data management)

Additional info

No claim is made that the data gives a complete picture of occurrence since the sampling stations in the dataset do not cover all waterbodies. The resource creator does not guarantee for the correctness of the data.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Fish
  2. Macro invertebrates
  3. Macrophytes

Geographic Coverages

Regional coverage

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Norbert Kirchhoff
originator
Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW (LANUV), FB 55
Leibnizstraße 10
Recklinghausen
45659
North Rhine-Westphalia
DE
Telephone: (+49)571808203
email: norbert.kirchhoff@lanuv.nrw.de
Veronica Dahm
metadata author
University of Duisburg-Essen
Universitätsstrasse 5
Essen
45141
North Rhine-Westphalia
DE
Telephone: (+49)2011834724
email: veronica.dahm@uni-due.de
Norbert Kirchhoff
owner
Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW (LANUV), FB 55
Leibnizstraße 10
Recklinghausen
45659
North Rhine-Westphalia
DE
Telephone: (+49)571808203
email: norbert.kirchhoff@lanuv.nrw.de
Veronica Dahm
administrative point of contact
University of Duisburg-Essen
Universitätsstr. 5
Essen
45141
North Rhine-Westphalia
DE
Telephone: (+49)2011834724
email: veronica.dahm@uni-due.de
Norbert Kirchhoff
administrative point of contact
Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW (LANUV), FB 55
Leibnizstraße 10
Recklinghausen
45659
North Rhine-Westphalia
DE
Telephone: (+49)571808203
email: norbert.kirchhoff@lanuv.nrw.de
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