Macrobenthos and Phytoplankton monitoring in the Belgian coastal zone in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)
Citation
Scory S, Vandenberghe T (2021). Macrobenthos and Phytoplankton monitoring in the Belgian coastal zone in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6rk9c3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-20.Description
This dataset is the result of the monitoring performed with regards to the European Water Framework Directive for the coastal areas (1 mile zone). The following data is included:- Species composition, abundance and biomass of the macrobenthos of three communities (Abra alba, Macoma balthica, Nephtys cirrosa). - Phytoplankton biomonitoring, identification and enumeration of marine phytoplankton samples, with special attention to Phaeocystis.Taxonomic Coverages
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Actinopterygii, Bivalvia, Clitellata, Echinoidea, Gastropoda, Hexacorallia, Malacostraca, Maxillopoda, Polychaeta, Pycnogonida, Stelleroidea, Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Coscinodiscophyceae, Cryptophyceae, Dinophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Prasinophyceae, Prymnesiophyceaerank: Class
Geographic Coverages
Belgian part of the North Sea (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26567)
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Serge Scoryoriginator
position: Head of BMDC
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
BE
email: bedic@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2692-8651
Thomas Vandenberghe
metadata author
position: Data manager
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
email: tvandenberghe@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9269-6548
Serge Scory
administrative point of contact
position: Head of BMDC
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
BE
email: bedic@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2692-8651