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Epibenthic fauna along the salinity gradient in the Westerschelde area in 1990

Dataset homepage

Citation

Puturuhu L.; Vincx M.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Epibenthic fauna along the salinity gradient in the Westerschelde area in 1990. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4590) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/222 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-22.

Description

Overview of monthly epibenthic fauna in a marine and brackish zone along the salinity gradient of the Westerschelde in 1990. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Puturuhu, L. (1994). Density, biomass and feeding consumption of some demersal fish along salinity gradient in the Westerschelde area. MSc Thesis. RUG: Gent. IV, 44 pp.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Entire sampling area

Sampling

; Beam Trawling

Method steps

  1. Samples were taken from the R/V Shikmona using a 1.15 m wide beam trawl. Each "run" had a duration of 20 minutes and three "runs" were taken in each station.

Additional info

The epibenthic fauna was collected with the R. V. 'Luctor' with a 3 metre beam trawl every month during 1990. Forty-five epibenthic species were found in the study area and dominated by brown shrimp Crangon crangon, lozano's goby Pomatoschistus lozanoi, sand goby P. minutus, dab Limanda limanda and shore crab Carcinus maenas.

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107381
  1. Carcinus maenas
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107552
  1. Crangon crangon
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127139
  1. Limanda limanda
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126925
  1. Pomatoschistus lozanoi
    rank: species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126928
  1. Pomatoschistus minutus
    rank: species

Geographic Coverages

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

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Louise Puturuhu
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program
Magda Vincx
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: magda.vincx@ugent.be
Magda Vincx
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: magda.vincx@ugent.be
Peter Herman
originator
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Netherlands Institute of Ecology
NL
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2188-6341
Kristian (Kris) Hostens
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8476-1362
Marie Hermande Daro
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
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
administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
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